UNITED STATES v. M/V BERND LEONHARDT

No. 4181.

241 F.Supp. 622 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, owner of the U.S.S. SARATOGA (CVA 60), Libelant, v. M/V BERND LEONHARDT, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., and Partenreederei M.S., owner of the M/V Bernd Leonhardt, Respondent. PARTENREEDEREI M.S. BERND LEONHARDT, owner of the M/V Bernd Leonhardt, Cross-Libelant v. UNITED STATES of America, Cross-Respondent.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

May 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Kenney, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Alan Raywid, Bertram E. Snyder, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

William A. Grimes, Randall C. Coleman, Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., for respondent and cross-libelant.


NORTHROP, District Judge.

The USS SARATOGA and the German Motor Vessel BERND LEONHARDT collided thirty-three miles off the outer banks of North Carolina just after midnight on the twenty-fifth of May, 1960. The United States as owner of the SARATOGA filed a libel against the Motor Vessel BERND LEONHARDT and her owners, Partenreederei M.S. and the latter have cross-libeled.

The USS SARATOGA is one of the largest vessels afloat. She is a steel-hulled aircraft...

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