Kommanvittselskapet Harwi v. United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

Kommanvittselskapet Harwi (Rolf Wigand), a Belgian corporation owning the Norwegian vessel Gerwi, brought suit against the United States under Section 742 of the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 U.S.C. § 742),1 alleging that the Government was liable to it for damages which the vessel incurred when it grounded on rocks while it was proceeding up the Delaware River in the channel known as the Torresdale Range on May 23, 1963.

Plaintiffs contend that the negligence of the Government consisted of publishing misleading channel depth statements which bore no…