Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. United States

This is a maritime claim and is governed by the rules of the maritime law as accepted and adopted by the courts of admiralty in this country.

The facts show that the vessel was owned and operated by the Government through the War Department. She was a public ship and used for governmental purposes. During the World War all, or most, of the private merchant ships *19which formerly operated in the Pacific Ocean were taken over by the Government through requisition and transferred to the Atlantic Ocean for the purpose of transporting troops and supplies to the Army in France. This resulted in a…