The N. Y. Marine No. 3

HAND, Circuit Judge.

On January 14, 1922, the schooner St. Johns was taken in tow by the tug Jessie Y. Forsyth, to be laid alongside a pier in a slip at Perth Ambóy, N. J. On the other side of the slip and alongside the opposite pier were four or five seows, among them the libelant’s scow, Saxon, nearly light. Outside of her lay the loaded scow, Ramsey, with only 6 inches of free-board. Together they occupied about 52 feet of the slip, which was between 90 and 100 feet in width; the exact width not being shown,. The Forsyth was unable to handle the schooner alone, and called to her help…