United States v. Admiral Oriental Line

Appellee, the Admiral Oriental Line, also styled the American Mail Line, of Seattle, Wash., owns the steamship President Grant and acts as operating agent for the Dollar Steamship Lines (Inc.) (Ltd.) which •owns the steamship President Jefferson and the steamship President McKinley, which vessels are three of nine sister ships operated under American registry in trans-Pacific trade between United States Pacific •coast ports and between the United States and certain ports in the Orient. The vessels were laid down in war time for troop-transport purposes and after the war were converted into…