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Suggest you start by getting a copy of the book Red Stacks Over the Horizon by James Elliot. It is the history of the Goodrich line, which owned the Carolina. Lots of information to get you going. Also, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc has a substantial collection of material on Goodrich ...

You are looking for the case Hong v. United States, 59 F. Supp. 794, or 1945 A.M.C. 40, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from November 16, 1944.