Cities Service Oil Co. v. M/V Melvin H. Baker

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

During the early morning hours of November 16, 1961, on the Delaware River along a ridge known as “Little Tinicum Range” the Cities Service Miami, libellant, an American flag vessel with an American crew, was proceeding outbound and the Melvin H. Baker, respondent, a Liberian flag vessel, with a Chinese crew, was proceeding inbound. The collision occurred in a dense fog bank which each ship had entered shortly before. Both of the radars on the Miami bridge were in operation on the night in question; it had a…