Oliver J. Olson & Co., a Corporation v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, a Corporation, Marine Leopard Cargo v. Oliver J. Olson & Co., a Corporation

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an admiralty case involving a collision at sea between the SS Howard Olson and the SS Marine Leopard.

The Leopard is a C-4 freighter 622 feet 10 inches long with a beam of 71 feet 7 «inches and 10,662.53 tons gross register. The Olson was a 261-foot lumber schooner of 2,477 gross tons. The Olson left San Pedro, California, in ballast, during the afternoon of May 12, 1956, northbound for Coos Bay, Oregon. The Leopard departed San Francisco on the morning of May 13, laden with 11,-766 tons of cargo, bound down the coast to San Pedro.

In the early hours of May…