United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey. Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey v. United States. The Yms-12. The John Worthington

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The interesting question presented in this case is whether damage from a collision of an oil tanker with a mine-sweeper at work in the swept channel off New York harbor on December 16, 1940, was covered by special “war risk” or ordinary marine insurance, when the collision was due to the faulty navigation of the two vessels.

The vessels involved in the collision were the United States Navy Ship YMS-12 and the steam tanker John Worthington; it occurred at sea in a buoyed channel in the approaches to the New York harbor. At the time of the collision the YMS-12 was one of a…