THE SANDY HOOK


35 F.Supp. 150 (1940)

THE SANDY HOOK. THE OSLOFJORD. DEN NORSKE AMERIKALINJE v. UNITED NEW YORK SANDY HOOK PILOTS ASS'N et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

June 24, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Wm. H. McGrann, of New York City, of counsel), for Pilot Boat Sandy Hook and owners.

Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City (John W. Griffin and W. Parker Sedgwick, both of New York City, of counsel), for Den Norske Amerikalinje.


COXE, District Judge.

This is a libel and cross-libel for a collision between the Norwegian motor ship Oslofjord and the pilot boat Sandy Hook, which occurred at about 6:24 A.M. on April 27, 1939, at a point bearing about 150 degrees true, and distant about a quarter to half a mile, from Ambrose lightship at the entrance to New York harbor.

The collision took place in a dense fog, with a visibility variously estimated at from 200 to 250 feet. The Oslofjord...

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