American Oil Company v. M/T LACON

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

This admiralty action grows out of a collision that occurred about 7:30 P.M. on November 27, 1970, in which the Motor Transport Lacón struck the pier of American Oil Company which is located on the south bank of the Savannah River near Savannah. The Lacón is owned by a Liberian corporation. Another defendant is Atlantic Towing Company, owner of the tugs Lawton M. Calhoun and Robert W. Groves which assisted in the docking operation of the Lacón. At the time of the collision the latter vessel was being handled by a docking master…