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UNITED STATES v. TANK VESSEL NORTH DAKOTA

208 F.Supp. 904 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, owner of DREDGE ESSAYONS, Libelant, v. The TANK VESSEL NORTH DAKOTA and Texaco, Inc., formerly The Texas Company, Claimant-Respondent. TEXACO, INC., formerly known as The Texas Company, owner of TANK VESSEL NORTH DAKOTA, Cross-Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, owner of DREDGE ESSAYONS, Cross-Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., Louis E. Greco, New York City, Atty. in Charge, Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, George M. Bates, New York City, of counsel, for the United States.

Brush & Michelsen, New York City, Joseph M. Brush, New York City, of counsel, for Texaco, Inc.

CASHIN, District Judge.

These consolidated suits in admiralty arise out of a collision between the United States dredge ESSAYONS and the tanker NORTH DAKOTA in Ambrose Channel on January 26, 1959. Texaco, Inc., the owner and operator of the tank vessel NORTH DAKOTA, is a Delaware corporation with a place of business in New York City. The ESSAYONS, a steam dredge operated by the United States Corps of Army Engineers, is 525 feet in length with a beam of 72 feet. The...

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