Motor Launch No. 12

BARD, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem brought by Lake Tankers Corporation, owner of tank barge L.T.C. No. 6, to recover for damages sustained by the L.T.C. No. 6 in an alleged collision with Tug Motor Launch No. 12 and tow on April 5, 1942 off Sandy Point, Maryland. I make the following:

Findings of Fact.

1. Libellant Lake Tankers Corporation is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. At all times pertinent hereto, libellant was the owner of tank barge L.T.C. No. 6.

2. Tug Motor Launch No. 12 has been released from the jurisdiction of this court under a…