Milton v. Blue Goose

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This proceeding is based upon a libel in rem in a case of salvage, civil and maritime, against the Yacht Blue Goose. The facts are as follows:

The Blue Goose is a pleasure schooner yacht, approximately 70 feet long, with an auxiliary diesel engine, originally of ISO horse power but due to its age and mechanical condition at the times here referred to incapable of developing full power when operating. At the time the libel was filed she was at the plant of the Norfolk Shipbuilding Corporation at Norfolk, Virginia, and within the jurisdiction of this Court. The libellant…