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NORFOLK SHIPBUILD. & DRYDOCK v. M/V HARRY W. ADAMS

Nos. 75-1859, 75-1860.

537 F.2d 1222 (1976)

NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION, Appellee, v. M/V HARRY W. ADAMS, her engines, tackle, etc. in rem, et al., Appellants. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION, Appellant, v. M/V HARRY W. ADAMS, her engines, tackle, etc. in rem, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. W. Birkhead, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant in No. 75-1860 and appellee in No. 75-1859.

Andrew S. Fine, Norfolk, Va. (Lewis Allen, Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant in No. 75-1859 and appellee in No. 75-1860.

Before CRAVEN, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

I.

Bound for Nova Scotia for repairs, the M. V. HARRY ADAMS encountered sudden, heavy squalls as she came around Cape Hatteras a week before Christmas 1973. She weathered the storm, but in bad condition, and was towed into Hampton Roads by the Coast Guard. When she tied up at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock's wharf on December 18, 1973, there was a steady leak in the stern, and the ship was in danger of sinking.

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