Alaska S. S. Co. v. United States

NETERER, District Judge.

On November 15,1929, the steamship De-pere was wrecked at or near Port McArthur, Southeastern Alaska, and unable to proceed on its voyage. No other vessd of plaintiff was available. The crew consisted of 35 seamen that were taken to Port McArthur and from there transported to Ketchikan, Alaska,. The customs office, by the deputy collector at Ketchikan, took full charge of the crew upon arrival, and provided subsistence until transported on the plaintiff’s steamship Yukon to port of Seattle, Wash., the Depere’s debarking port.

Upon the arrival of the steamship Yukon at…