Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. The MV 117

WRIGHT, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem for salvage brought by Crescent Towing & Salvage Company, Inc., as owner of the Tug Port Hudson on behalf of itself and her crew members against the Barge MV 117. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company is the claimant and owner.

The Tug Port Hudson is a 1000 horsepower. Diesel engine single screw tugboat of steel construction. She is 91 feet in length, 25 feet abeam and 11 feet, 6 inches in depth. On February 18, 1946, libellant purchased the Port Hudson from the United States Maritime Commission for $140,-000.00. She is carried on the books of…