Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. Sadie

COLEMAN, Chief Judge.

This is a case of collision between a steamer and a tug and her tow, which occurred in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on July 14, 1948.

Shortly before dawn on that day, the Union Victory, a Victory ship 455 feet long, 62 feet beam, with a, mean draft of 17 feet and 7606 gross tonnage, while under bareboat charter from the United States Maritime Commission to- the Black Diamond Steamship Corporation, was proceeding eastbound through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. When in the vicinity of beacons 11 and 12, she collided with the steel tank barge Stanco Acid No. 5,…