Baltimore Steam Packet Co. v. United States

JONES, Chief Judge.

This case involves the value of the vessel Yorktown, her equipment and furnishings, on July 13, 1942.

On July 13, 1942, the War Shipping Administration, pursuant to Section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 53’ Stat. 1255, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1242, and Executive Order No. 9054, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1295 note, 7 Fed.Reg. 837, requisitioned 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 Yorktown was the sum o'f…