HEALY, Circuit Judge.
In 1944 appellee contracted with the War Shipping Administration to make repairs on the Russian-owned ship Minsk, then lying at the Portland, Oregon, water front. It subcontracted certain of the work, namely electrical repairs, to the Marine Electric Company, appellant's employer. On April 23 of that year, while working at the assigned task aboard the Minsk, appellant suffered severe injuries from falling through an open hatch, and was hospitalized...
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