In re Karlsson

OPINION

LAYTON, District Judge.*

Petitioner signed ship’s articles as an Assistant Electrician on the SS LANE VICTORY, on a voyage from California to Wilmington, N. C., and, thence, to Viet Nam and return. After leaving the Panama Canal westbound for Viet Nam, petitioner claimed to have developed a severe pain, congestion and/or cold in his chest which grew worse to the point that he was, with the consent of the Master, given a thorough medical examination at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, and told to report the next day for such diagnosis and treatment, if any, as was required. Through the…