Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit April 25, 1945, No. 8693 (The Pan-Am)

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The United States filed a libel against the Oil Tanker Pan-Am alleging breach of the Oil Pollution Act, Act of June 7, 1924, 33 U.S.C.A. § 431 et seq., in that the vessel had discharged oil into coastal navigable waters of the United States.