United States v. Logan & Craig Charter Service, Inc.

LAY, Chief Judge.

This is a suit brought by the United States for damage to an extension of a lock on the Mississippi River. On October 14, 1976, the M/V Margie Logan, a diesel towboat owned and operated by Logan & Craig Charter Service, Inc., approached Lock and Dam No. 26 (located on the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois) heading south with nine loaded barges in tow. A 600 foot long concrete guidewall extends upriver along the bank from the lock gates. Three DeLong Pier barges are appended to the guidewall, extending it 600 feet upriver.1 The tug approached the DeLong Pier barges at a…