Coastwise Transp. Corp. v. Charles Nelson Co.

The collision occurred in the Elizabeth river near Norfolk, Va., on the night of August 9, 1929. The Fort Armstrong left the Army Base piers and proceeded through a channel leading to the main channel into which she turned to go down the river. To make her turn to starboard and get straightened out in the 600-foot dredged channel necessitated backing, and while she was engaged in this maneuver the Coastwise, which was bound down the river from Lambert’s Point, *721came up with her and the port bow of the Coastwise eame into contact with the stem of the Fort Armstrong. No damage was suffered by…