United States v. Porto Rico Coal Co.

The steam tug Berwind, of 147 tons gross and 3% tons net, 85 feet-long, 21 feet of beam, and with 10 feet depth of hold, was built in Ly-tham, England, about the year 1921. In 1922 she was purchased by the Yera Cruz Coal Co., of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and was brought across the ocean, but whether under her own power or not does .not appear. In 1925 she was removed to the harbor at Habana, Cuba, and was used there for two years in the towing of lighters. In March, 1926, she was transferred to the appellee, the Porto Rico Coal Co., and proceeded to San Juan, P. R., from Habana, Cuba, a distance of…