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UNITED STATES v. S.S. SOYA ATLANTIC

Admiralty Nos. 4170, 4225, 4290.

213 F.Supp. 7 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, owner of the U.S.S. DARBY (DE 218), Libelant, v. S.S. SOYA ATLANTIC, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., in rem and against Rederi A/B Walltank, owner of the S.S. Soya Atlantic, in personam, Respondents. REDERI A/B WALLTANK, as owner of the S.S. Soya Atlantic, Cross-Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, owner of the U.S.S. Darby (DE 218), Cross-Respondent. Helen Hesson CRANDELL, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Edward Crandell, deceased, Libelant, v. S.S. SOYA ATLANTIC, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., in rem and against Rederi A/B Walltank, owner of the S.S. Soya Atlantic, in personam, Respondents, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent Impleaded. Bertha Louise JOHNSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Edward Johnson, deceased, Libelant, v. S.S. SOYA ATLANTIC, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., in rem and against Rederi A/B Walltank, owner of the S.S. Soya Atlantic, in personam, Respondents, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent Impleaded.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

January 2, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Tydings, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Alan Raywid and Charles D. Ferris, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Calvin E. Cohen, Baltimore, Md., for Crandell.

J. Calvin Carney, Baltimore, Md., for Johnson.

Southgate L. Morison and Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md., Eugene F. Gilligan, Eli Ellis and Hill, Betts, Yamaoka, Freehill & Longcope, New York City, for respondent, cross-libelant.

NORTHROP, District Judge.

These actions arise out of a collision between the U.S.S. DARBY (DE 218), a destroyer escort of the United States Navy, and the S.S. SOYA ATLANTIC, a Swedish vessel owned by Rederi A/B Walltank. The United States has filed a libel against the SOYA ATLANTIC and her owners, who, in turn, have filed a cross-libel against the United States. Also, two seamen aboard the DARBY were killed as a result of the collision; their legal representatives...

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