Dollar S. S. Line v. Matson Nav. Co.

These are libels for a collision which took place April 9, 1925, north of Cape Blanco, off the Oregon coast, between the Melville Dollar, owned by the Dollar Steamship Line, and the Mauna Ala, owned by the Matson Navigation Company. At the time of the collision the.Melville Dollar was proceeding on a voyage from the port of Seattle to the port of San Francisco, and the Mauna Ala was proceeding on a voyage from the port of San Francisco to the port of Bellingham, on a parallel course. According to the pilot house log of the Melville Dollar, her officers on the bridge first heard the fog whistle of the Mauna Ala at 5:38 a. m., on the starboard bow, well forward. The engines were then stopped, and one long blast of the whistle was sounded at short intervals; the vessel keeping her course. At 5:40 the Mauna Ala was sighted straight ahead, crossing the bow of the Melville Dollar from starboard to port at an angle of about 45 degrees. The engines of the latter were then put at full speed astern, and the collision followed about a minute later, or at 5:41, injuring both vessels. According to the bridge log of the Mauna Ala, her officers first heard the fog whistle of the Melville Dollar…