Peering v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Gardiner G. Deering and others, owners of the Schooner H. O. Barrett, against the United States, as owner of the steamship Ozark.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a case of collision in a fog between the United States monitor Ozark and the five-masted schooner H. O. Barrett. It occurred on the high sea off the capes of the Delaware, near Five Fathom Bank light vessel, shortly after 1 a. m. on April 19, 1917. This suit is brought under a special Act of Congress (41 Stat. p. 1639). The facts are as follows:
The Ozark was bound south, from New York to Tampico. She was about 250 feet long and about 50 feet beam, with a very low free-board, so that her forward deck was awash, while she was under way. She entered'the fog from 10…
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