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DREVAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 2676.

58 F.Supp. 1008 (1945)

DREVAS v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, D. Maryland.

February 9, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollen B. Hoffman, C. Arthur Eby, and T. K. Nelson Sterling, all of Baltimore, Md., for libelant.

Bernard J. Flynn, U. S. Atty., and C. Ross McKenrick, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Baltimore, Md., and Arnold W. Knauth, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for respondents.

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The libelant in this case, a member of the crew of a Liberty ship, claims a salvage award for participation with other members of the crew in bringing the ship safely to port after she had been damaged at sea by enemy action.

Ordinarily seamen are not entitled to salvage awards for saving a ship of which they constitute members of the crew because that service is a part of their duty. It is only in extraordinary cases that they become...

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