The New York Central Tug No. 2.

HULBERT, District Judge.

The libelant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine and operates a steamship service for the transportation of passengers and freight from a terminal on the North River, New York, N. Y., to Boston, Mass., daily, except Sunday, around the Battery, through the East River, Long Island Sound and Cape Cod Canal.

On August 11, 1938, the S/S New York, one of the vessels owned and operated by the libelant, steamed out of the slip on the south side of Pier 19, North River, at 5:31 p. m. (D.S.T.) and five minutes later, about 800 or 900 feet off Pier 17,…