Henjes Marine, Inc. v. United States

KENNEDY, District Judge.

Libelant sues respondent on in rem principles, to recover for damage sustained by the tug Barbara Henjes 1 resulting as it is claimed, from the fault of the liberty ship John A. Quitman,2 while the latter was being docked at Tiffany Street Pier in the Bronx on May 22, 1945, at about 7:00 P.M. war time. Tiffany Street Pier is just west of Barretto Point. It juts out into the stream in a southwesterly direction from the Bronx shore (209° true). Its sides are 543 feet long from bulkhead to pier head, and the pier face is 52 feet wide.

On May 22, 1945, toward evening, John…