Compania De Navegacion Cebaco, S. A. v. The Steel Flyer

WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, Chief Judge.

This case involves a collision in Chesapeake Bay between the Steamship Domina, a Panamanian cargo vessel of 5531 gross tons, 426 feet long, and the Steamship Steel Flyer, a cargo vessel of the standard C-3 type, of 8018 gross tons and 492 feet in length, owned and operated by the Isthmian Steamship Company.

The Domina was proceeding up the bay to Baltimore in the early morning of March 28, 1951, with a bulk cargo of iron ore. The Steel Flyer was proceeding from Baltimore down the bay, bound for Norfolk, Virginia, partly loaded with general cargo. The night was…