Baltimore Steam Packet Co. v. United States

This case involves the value of the vessel State of Virginia, her equipment and furnishings, on April 1, 1942.

The plaintiff was the owner of the vessel. On April 1, 1942, pursuant to Section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 53 Stat. 1255, and Executive Order 9054, 7 Fed. Reg. 837, the War Shipping Administration requisitioned the title to and took possession of the vessel, together with her equipment and furnishings. On July 3, 1945, the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration determined that just compensation for the State of Virginia was the sum of $400,000, plus…