CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES INCIDENT TO OPERATION OF VESSELS OF THE NAVY

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT TO PAY CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES BY COLLISION OR DAMAGES INCIDENT TO THE OPERATION OF VESSELS OF THE NAVY, IN THE SUM OF $2,789.78

FEBRUARY 6, 1940.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 5, 1940.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress estimates of appropriations submitted by the Navy Department to pay claims for damages by collision or damages incident to the operation of vessels of the Navy, in the sum of $2,789.78 which have been considered and adjusted under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (34 U. S. C. 599), and which require appropriations for their payment.

Respectfully,

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D. C., February 3, 1940.

The PRESIDENT,

The White House.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration estimates of appropriations submitted by the Navy Department to

pay claims for damages by collision or damages incident to the operation of vessels of the Navy, which have been considered and adjusted under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (34 U. S. C. 599), and which require appropriations for their payment as follows:

Claims for damages by collision with naval vessels: To pay claims for damages adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Navy under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to amend the act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims for damages to private property arising from collisions with naval vessels," approved Dec. 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document No. Seventy-sixth Congress...

$2,789. 78

The letters of the Navy Department submitting these claims are transmitted herewith.

In accordance with the provisions of the act providing for these submissions, I recommend that these estimates be transmitted to Congress.

Very respectfully,

HAROLD D. SMITH,

Director of the Bureau of the Budget.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., August 31, 1939.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (U. S. Code, title 34, sec. 599) I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following-described claim accuring after April 6, 1917, on account of damages incident to the operation of vessels, for which a vessel of the Navy has been found to be responsible.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who advises me that it is a legal claim for submission under said act. I certify the amount found due the claimant, as herein set forth, as a legal claim, and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor.

The Hammond Lumber Co., 417 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Calif., for reimbursement for damages to the steamship Redwood resulting from a collision between that vessel and No. 2 motor launch of the U. S. S. Idaho, in San Francisco Harbor, on July 20, 1938. At the time of the collision No. 2 motor launch, with approximately 150 civilian passengers, had backed, stern to port, away from the small boat landing at the inshore end of the slip between piers 20 and 22, San Francisco Harbor, and was going ahead turning to starboard to leave the slip when it struck the steamship Redwood, a wooden cargo steamer of 679 gross tons, which was moored in the slip starboard side to the south side of pier 20. The stem of the motor launch struck the Redwood a glancing blow on the port side at a point some 15 feet forward of amidships, the center line of the motor launch being at an angle of approximately 60 degrees to the center line of the steamship Redwood at the instant of collision. As a result of this collision the

steamship Redwood sustained substantial damages. The No. 2 motor launch of the U. S. S. Idaho was responsible.

The amount claimed was $294; the amount allowed is $294.

Respectfully,

CHARLES EDISON, Acting Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., August 31, 1939.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (U. S. Code, title 34, sec. 599), I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following described claim accruing after April 6, 1917, on account of damages incident to the operation of vessels, for which a vessel of the Navy has been found to be responsible. This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who advises me that it is a legal claim for submission under said act. I certify the amount found due the claimant, as herein set forth, as a legal claim, and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor.

New York Central System, West Shore Terminal, Weehawken, N. J., for reimbursement for damages to the barge Antrim resulting from a collision between that vessel and the United States Navy barge No. 94, at pier 17, Brooklyn, N. Y., on May 3, 1938. United States Navy barge No. 94 while being towed by United States Navy power lighter YF-221, collided with the barge Antrim, owned by the New York Central Railroad Co., of New York City, then moored to the south side of pier 17, Brooklyn, N. Y., at about 11 a. m., on the above date. United States Navy barge No. 94 hit the barge Antrim in the bow resulting in the following damage: Top plank of bow chafed on the outside about 12 feet from the port side toward the center; upper plank and third plank from the top broken; and second plank slightly cracked. United States Navy barge No. 94 while being towed by United States Navy power lighter YF-221 was responsible for this damage.

The amount claimed was $360; the amount allowed is $262.55.

Respectfully,

CHARLES EDISON, Acting Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., November 22, 1939.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (U. S. C., title 34, sec. 599), I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following-described claim accruing after April 6, 1917, on account of damages incident to the operation of

vessels, for which a vessel of the Navy has been found to be responsible.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who advises me that it is a legal claim for submission under said act. I certify the amount found due the claimant, as herein set forth, as a legal claim, and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor.

Cia Maritima de E. Moreno & Co. S. en C., San Juan, P. R., on behalf of Agustin Lledo, San Juan, P. R., for reimbursement for damages to the schooner Patria resulting from collision between that vessel and No. 1 motorboat of the U. S. S. Yorktown, on January 14, 1939. The schooner Patria arrived in the Harbor of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, at about 10:30 p. m., on the evening of January 13, 1939, from San Juan, P. R., with a cargo of cement aboard, and anchored approximately 400 yards from Kings Wharf dock.

No. 1 motorboat of the U. S. S. Yorktown left the Yorktown for Kings Wharf dock at about 1 a. m., on the morning of January 14, 1939, and in proceeding to the dock collided with the schooner Patria on the starboard bow, tearing a large hole in the schooner; breaking away part of the stem, and causing considerable damage to the vessel's port bow down to the fourth frame. No. 1 motorboat of the U. S. S. Yorktown was responsible for the damage to the schooner Patria.

The amount claimed was $1,000; the amount allowed is $502.97. Respectfully,

CHARLES EDISON, Acting Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., January 19, 1940.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (U. S. Code, title 34, sec. 599), I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following-described claim accruing after April 6, 1917, on account of damages incident to the operation of vessels, for which a vessel of the Navy has been found to be responsible.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who advises me that it is a legal claim for submission under said act. I certify the amount found due the claimant, as herein set forth, as a legal claim, and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor.

Board of State Harbor Commissioners, Ferry Building, San Francisco, Calif., for reimbursement for damage to pier No. 9, San Francisco, caused by the U. S. S. Wasmuth, on May 29, 1939. At about 9:30 a. m. on May 29, 1939, the U. S. S. Wasmuth got underway from berth A-4, San Francisco, to moor alongside the north side of pier No. 9. A slight flood tide was running at the time in midchannel. As the vessel entered the slip a countercurrent, which appeared to be ebbing around the ends of the piers, swung the stern to starboard and