Legal Opinion
Dion v. United States
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 7, 1961No. Admiralty No. 188PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
This libel under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. arises out of a collision in Penobscot Bay between the yacht Bob-Tom II, a double-ended motor sailer owned by libellants, and the CG 64300, a United States Coast Guard tug.
The collision occurred in dense fog at about 11:40 A.M. on July 31, 1959 at a point within 30 yards of Bell Buoy No. 3 off Monroe Island. The Bob-Tom II, with Leo Dion at the helm and Captain Kenneth Mayo as navigator, had departed earlier that morning in a moderate fog from Camden en route to Boothbay Harbor, and had been running for…
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- The FarragutSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Noble v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1951
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- Lorentzen v. Vessel Martha AnnDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1962