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THE YFNX-6

Nos. 3827, 3875.

156 F.Supp. 325 (1957)

THE YFNX-6. THE NORA V. Petition of The UNITED STATES of America, as owner of the Navy Barge YFNX-6, for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Admiralty Division.

November 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Charles S. Haight, Jr., Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for petitioner.

Skeen, Wilson & Coughlin, Baltimore, Md., Rollins, Smalkin, Weston & Andrew, Josiah F. Henry, Jr., Dallas F. Nicholas, and Harry K. Lott, Baltimore, Md. (John H. Skeen, Jr., Baltimore, Md., of counsel), for claimants.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

On July 7, 1954, the YFNX-6, a wooden-hulled Navy barge, under tow of the U. S. S. Bannock, foundered and sank in the middle of Delaware Bay. Eight days later the Nora V, a wooden-hulled fishing vessel, filled with water and capsized immediately after striking an unseen object in the bay four miles west of the wreck. Claimants—the owner and operator of the Nora V, her surviving passengers, and the personal representatives of three passengers...

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