M. & J. Tracy, Inc. v. Cattaneo

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the liability for a collision between the “San Giuseppe,” an Italian steamship, ' and the American steamship “Michael ' Tracy,” which occurred about 7:45 p. m. on October 23, 1924, on the southerly side of the channel between Old Point Comfort and Thimble Shoal Light,' at the entrance to Hampton Roads.

*685The San Giuseppe is a large steamship, 4,859 tons gross, 400 feet long, 52 feet beam, and 28 feet deep. The Tracy is a much smaller vessel of 2,351 tons gross.

At the time of the collision, the San Giuseppe was inward bound in ballast from Philadelphia…