A/S SKAUGAAS (I. M. SKAUGEN) v. T/T P. W. THIRTLE

Adm. Nos. 4469, 4474.

227 F.Supp. 281 (1964)

A/S SKAUGAAS (I. M. SKAUGEN), as Owners of the Norwegian MOTOR VESSEL SKAUSTRAND v. The T/T P. W. THIRTLE, her engines, boilers, etc., and Sinclair Refining Company, a body corporate, her owner. A/S SKAUGAAS (I. M. SKAUGEN), as Owners of the Norwegian MOTOR VESSEL SKAUSTRAND v. DREDGE CARTAGENA, her engines, tackle, boilers, equipment, etc., and Standard Dredging Company, a body corporate, her Owner.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

March 2, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niles, Barton, Gans & Markell, Baltimore, Md. (Carlyle Barton, Jr., Baltimore, Md., advocate), proctors for A/S Skaugaas (I. M. Skaugen), and M. V. Skaustrand.

Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md. (William A. Grimes, Baltimore, Md., advocate), and Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, New York City (Stanley R. Wright, New York City, advocate), proctors for T/T P. W. Thirtle and Sinclair Refining Co.

Skeen, Wilson & Coughlin, Baltimore, Md. (John H. Skeen, Jr., Baltimore, Md., advocate), and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Richard H. Brown, Jr., New York City, advocate), proctors for Dredge Cartegena and Standard Dredging Co.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

These consolidated libels, cross-claims and petitions arise out of a collision in Fort McHenry Channel in Baltimore Harbor between the inbound ore-carrier Skaustrand and the outbound steam tanker Thirtle. At the time of the collision Thirtle was completing a right turn from Curtis Bay Channel into Fort McHenry Channel around the dredge Cartagena, which was spudded and anchored in the west1 (outbound) half of Fort...

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