Belgian American Maritime Co. v. The Great Northern
District Court, E.D. Virginia
This is a libel by the owners and crew of the steamship Saga-more against the steamship Great Northern for an award of salvage. The Sagamore is a steamship of the whaleback type, of about 2,300 tons gross, and 1,801 tons net, with triple expansion, vertical engines of 1,400 horse power indicated, and nominal horse power 350, English register. Her home port is Antwerp, in the kingdom of Belgium, and her owner is the Belgian American Maritime Company. She is built of steel.
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This is a libel by the owners and crew of the steamship Saga-more against the steamship Great Northern for an award of salvage. The Sagamore is a steamship of the whaleback type, of about 2,300 tons gross, and 1,801 tons net, with triple expansion, vertical engines of 1,400 horse power indicated, and nominal horse power 350, English register. Her home port is Antwerp, in the kingdom of Belgium, and her owner is the Belgian American Maritime Company. She is built of steel. Her length is about 315 feet, beam about 38 feet, and depth about 25 feet. Her highest carrying capacity is about 3,000…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, District Judge
(alter stating the facts as above). The sole question in this case is the amount to be allowed to the Sagamore for salvage and for towing. Towing a disabled vessel on the high seas is always a salvage service. Courts, judges, and lawyers of the interior are apt to assimilate this service to towing on the inland canals and rivers of the country, and are apt not to realize the full nature of towing at sea. In the towing of a canal boat by a mule on a towpath, there is no danger of the boat running into the stern or sides of the mule, or of the mule’s backing down from the towpath and driving…
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