Admiralty -- Mortgages -- Preferred mortgage -- In rem admiralty action to foreclose a first preferred ship mortgage claimed by mortgagee bank on defendant vessel, which was assigned second identification number after execution of mortgage, documented under different name, and sold to third-party purchaser for value, all without notice to bank -- Third-party purchaser for value claims competing ownership interest in defendant vessel as subsequent innocent purchaser for value -- Validity of mortgage… [read post]