General Ins. Co. of America v. Link

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree holding appellant liable to appellees on its policy of war risk insurance for damages fo ap-pellees’ wooden motorship Eastern Prince by collision with the United States Navy Yard oiler Roustabout, a small armed tanker. The collision occurred on May 11, 1942, during the war with Japan.

The Roustabout, in command of a Naval Lieutenant, was engaged in a series of voyages in carrying naval supplies from the Naval Station in Seattle to the Naval Section Base in Sitka, Alaska, traveling in the Inside Passage. On the voyages from Sitka to Seattle…