Houston Towing Co. v. United States

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

The steamship Steadfast, in charge of a pilot and assisted by the tug Noches on the Ship Channel at Parker’s Bend, took a sheer to starboard, whereupon the pilot signaled the Neehes to starboard its helm and get over to port to break the sheer, and also signaled the tug to hook her engines up and pull ahead at full speed. In the execution of this maneuver the tug fell astern, tripped on her line, and was dragged astern to against the side of the ship, causing serious damage 'to the tug, which, the line having been cast off, went across the channel and beached on the…