The Tungus

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant’s steamship Tungus on November 15, 1919, anchored in the harbor on the Red Hook flats in a northwestern position from the appellee’s vessel, the Westerner, which distance it deemed safe. Both vessels were light, without cargo, and were riding on their anchors for four days swinging with the tides and with no unusual occurrence. On the 19th, a northwestern gale blew, the wind averaging a velocity of over 40 miles an hour. The Tungus was riding on her port anchor and dropped a starboard anchor, let out more chain in the port anchor so that there were 50…