Legal Opinion
Hess Tankship Co. v. S.S. M. L. Gosney
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 24, 1963No. 8185PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
In cross-libels the HESS DIESEL, owned by libelant and cross-respondent, and the M. L. GOSNEY, owned by respondent and cross-libelant, seek damages for a collision between the two vessels which occurred during the early morning hours of February 9, 1961.
At 0458 hours on the morning in question the HESS DIESEL got underway from Sewells Point anchorage bound for the Phillips 66 terminal on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River. The tanker was fully loaded and drawing approximately SO feet of water.
At approximately the same time the M. L. GOSNEY, a tanker…
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