The Mary T. Tracy

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On January 24, 1919, at about 2:45 a. m., the barge Powerful,-in tow of the Mary T. Tracy and Walter Tracy, came in collision with the stem of the steamship Finsen, then moored on the westerly side of the National Dry Dock pier at Port Richmond, Staten Island. The tugs had in tow 16 loaded boats. The Mary T. Tracy was 95 ,feet long, 24 feet beam, and 375 horse power. The Walter Tracy was 175 horse power. Th'e tugs thus had a combined horse power of 550, which was ample. The boats were 120 feet long and placed four abreast in the first tier; the second and third tiers…