Cities Service Oil Company, as Owner of the Steamship Cities Service Baltimore, Libellant-Appellant v. The Arundel Corporation

Cities Service Oil Company appeals from a judgment dismissing its libel against the Arundel Corporation. Libellant’s supertanker, the Cities Service Baltimore, was in the Prall’s Island Reach, en route from a Staten Island anchorage to the Cities Service dock at Linden, New Jersey, when it ran aground while attempting to pass Drill Boat No. 3, a non-selfpropelled dredge owned by respondent. Libellant brought this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the resulting damages.

Cities Service Baltimore is an oceangoing tanker, 661 feet long and 91 feet…