Legal Opinion
McNabb v. O.S. Bowfin
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided April 28, 1983No. C80-699BPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BEEKS, Senior District Judge.
At approximately 0350 hours on June 7, 1980, defendant vessel (BOWFIN) ran aground at full speed, IOV2 knots, on a rocky, sloping beach at the western entrance to Akutan Harbor, Akutan Island, Alaska. After an inspection, the master determined that the vessel was hard aground, but was not taking on water and was not substantially damaged. An at tempt to back BOWFIN off the strand with her own engines was unsuccessful.
BOWFIN is a reefer of steel construction, 174 feet in length, valued at $1,751,926. At the time of grounding, BOWFIN was laden…
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