Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Ltd. v. The Motor Vessel Elene

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The libel and eross-libel herein arise out of a nighttime collision in Baltimore harbor between the Japanese M.V. Atlas Maru and the Greek M.V. Elene.

The witnesses from the Elene testified that at the time of the collision the Elene was safely anchored in Deep Water Anchorage No. 3, several hundred feet east of the Fort McHenry Channel, dead in the water, with her engines and all engine valves cut off, when the Atlas Maru came into the anchorage and struck the Elene’s bow. The witnesses from the Atlas Maru testified that their vessel was proceeding northerly up the…