Hellenic Lines, Ltd., Cross-Appellee v. United States of America, and Commodity Credit Corporation, Cross-Appellants

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge: ■

This Odyssey concerns a large government shipment of bagged flour from various Gulf ports to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), on plaintiff’s vessel, MV Italia, intended to arrive at Aqaba, Jordan, around May 20, 1967. After various delays and peregrinations hereafter described, the shipment finally reached Ashdod, Israel, on July 17, 1967. However tortuous was the voyage, the course of this suit in admiralty to determine the rights of shipowner and cargo has equalled it.

I. The Facts.

The background is recounted in Judge Tyler’s findings of fact, which…