Legal Opinion
Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc. v. A Vessel Hong Kong Clipper
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided January 27, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 66-579PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER
DONALD RUSSELL, District Judge.
At 0840 hours on the morning of Sunday, August 7, 1966, the steamship HONG KONG CLIPPER struck and sank a floating drydock which was permanently moored on the western bank of the Cooper River, in the Harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, doing considerable damage to the drydock, an adjacent pier and a United States Navy tugboat in the drydock.
Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., Charleston Division, the owner of the drydock, promptly commenced an action In Admiralty against the vessel, in rem, and Overseas Maritime…
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