Legal Opinion
Kosnac v. The Norcuba
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 6, 1956PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a proceeding in admiralty for damages caused by the sinking of the launch Octyn after it came into collision with the propeller of the claimant’s Norcuba as the Norcuba was leaving its anchorage in New York Harbor.
The Octyn was 38' long with an 11' beam and a 4' draft, the pilot house forward, the cabin amidships, an open cockpit, with a recently installed Gray machine engine. The Norcuba is a Liberty ship '445' long and at the time was without cargo or ballast with her propeller out of the water to its hub.
On April 1, 1953, at 5:30 P.M., the Norcuba…
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