SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was a stevedore in the employ of the United States at the Army Base, Brooklyn, N. Y. On January 19, 1943 he was ordered aboard the S. S. "Benjamin Hawkins" to operate a winch at hatch No. 5 in loading government-owned cargo. This vessel was a Liberty ship owned by the United States and managed
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