Southern Pac. Co. v. United States

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On July 12, 1920, at 3:20 in the morning, with the weather clear, east of the Tucker Beach Light off the New Jersey coast, the Prampton and Co-mus came into collision, resulting in the sinking of the former and causing the loss of two lives and very serious property damages.

The Prampton was a Shipping Board vessel, and left New York, in ballast, on the afternoon of July 11th, bound for Newport News. She was a steel lake-type vessel,- of 2,621 gross tons, 261 feet long, 43 feet beam, and her bridge and engines were amidship. She proceeded down the coast on her usual…