United States v. City of New York

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

This ease involves a collision between tho steamship Waubesa, belonging to tbe United States, and the ferryboats Queens and Mayor Gaynor, belonging to tbe city of New York. The collision occurred on March 17, 1919, in New York Harbor, during a dense fog. Tbe Waubesa was anchored at or near the anchorage grounds in the upper bay to the southwest o£ Bedloe’s Island.

The United States appeared specially and filed a plea to the jurisdiction to the effect that the Waubesa was not employed as a merchant vessel, but was engaged in the European food relief service,…