Atlantic Coast Co. v. United States

RUNYON, District Judge.

This action is brought as the result of a collision between the steamship George Washington and the schooner Augusta G. Hilton, which occurred off the Massachusetts coast on July 20, 1921.

The George Washington at the time was bound from the port of Boston to the port of New York, there to finish her reconditioning and take her place as a merchant vessel of the United States. She had left Boston at 4:30 p. m., July 19, and was proceeding in a general southeasterly direction when the accident occurred.

The Hilton, close-hauled upon the starboard tack, was on her way from…