Gibbs v. United States

JOHNSON, Judge:

This action involves the cost of materials, labor, and other expenses incident to installing on board the steamship Gretna Victory certain shifting boards and feeder boxes, which were necessary for the transportation of grain, and ..also the costs incident to the painting and lettering of parts of the ship’s hull while the ship was in Canada immediately prior to her arrival at the port of Seattle on January 29, 1948.

The Gretna Victory is documented under the laws of the United States to engage in foreign or coasting trade and is owned by the United States Maritime Commission.…