United States v. Steel Tank Barge Rainier

PUTNAM, District Judge.

The above entitled and numbered cause having come on for hearing in regular order, and the Court having reviewed the pleadings, evidence, pretrial stipulations, briefs, and arguments of counsel, does hereby make and enter the following:

FINDINGS OF FACT

On April 30-May 1, 1962, the Steel Tank barges SHASTA and RAINIER were loaded with distillate at Union Oil Company of California docks on East Lake Palourde. They arrived and departed in tow of the Tug MARY EDNA.

These barges were identical in hull design, being 240 feet long, 44 feet wide, and 11 feet 4 inches deep at the…