The Amolco

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a case of collision between the steam trawler Heroine and the steamship Amolco. The collision occurred in Lower New York Harbor about noon on April 23, 1920. It was a clear day with a light breeze. The Heroine was outward bound. Her general course is not greatly in dispute. From a point near the buoy at the entrance to the Pennsylvania Terminal she headed for buoy 12 (also called “12J4”). This course took her on a long slant across the channel from starboard to port. She sighted the Amolco when the vessels were a mile or more apart, and kept the same course…