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THE MEDFORD

Nos. A-17668, A-17728, A-17675.

65 F.Supp. 622 (1946)

THE MEDFORD. THE S. S. THOMAS H. BARRY. TRAWLER MEDFORD, Inc., v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. TRAWLER MEDFORD, Inc. JOHANNSSON v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. New York.

April 30, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Andrew J. McElhinney, of New York City, of counsel), for Trawler Medford, Inc., and Gudmunder Johannsson, Master, and Gunnlaugur Jonsson, Seaman, of Motor Fishing Boat Medford.

J. Vincent Keogh, Esq., U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Edwin Longcope, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., of New York City, and Edward R. Downing, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for United States of America.

BYERS, District Judge.

On October 21, 1945, at 10:38½ or 10:39 a. m., E. W. T., the steel trawler Medford out of Boston was cut down and sunk by the steamship Thomas H. Barry, and the lives of seven of her crew were lost. A heavy fog prevailed at the place of collision, which was about 125 miles easterly of Nantucket Light, 40° 41' north latitude, and 67° 18' west longitude, in the vicinity known as the George's Bank.

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