United States v. M/v Marilena P and Her Appurtenances, in Rem, and Marilena Compania Naviera, S. A., a Corporation, in Personam

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

In admiralty asking damages, the United States complained of the M/V Marilena P and her owner, Marilena Compañía Naviera, S.A., for nullifying a charter party. The controversy grew out of the crew’s refusal to sail. As the ad-port was within the Viet Nam war theatre and the ship’s lading was combat materials, they declined the voyage, either as too perilous or for some other reason not clearly recorded. The charterer argues that the ship thus became unseaworthy, in violation and dissolution of the charter. The shipowner, responding for itself and as the vessel’s…