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PETITION OF UNITED STATES

No. 1765.

155 F.Supp. 714 (1957)

Petition of the UNITED STATES of America and Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owners of THE USNS MISSION SAN FRANCISCO.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

October 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard G. Hagner, U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., and Leavenworth Colby, Washington, D. C., for petitioners, the United States of America and Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc.

William H. Bennethum (of Morford & Bennethum) Wilmington, Del., and Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., (of Krusen, Evans & Shaw) Philadelphia, Pa., for claimant, Oskar Tiedemann and Co.

Harold Leshem, Wilmington, Del., and Joseph Weiner (of Freedman, Landy & Lorry) Philadelphia, Pa., for crew members.

CALEB M. WRIGHT, District Judge.

This matter arises out of a collision in the Delaware River at a location between Pea Patch Island and New Castle, Delaware, at approximately 12:30 a.m. March 7, 1957. The USNS "Mission San Francisco," operated by Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc., pursuant to an agreement with the United States Navy's agency, the Military Sea Transportation Service, was in ballast bound for Paulsboro, New Jersey. The SS "Elna II," owned and operated...

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