Text this: Estimate of appropriation by the Navy Department to pay certain claims for damages. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting an estimate of appropriation 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 $12,997.86, which have been considered and adjusted under the provisions of the Act of December 28, 1922 (34 U.S.C. 599), and which require an appropriation for their payment.