Martin Kehoe

CLANCY, District Judge.

At 8:30 p. m. on March 6th, 1943, the Bernardsville, a Lackawanna tugboat, 95 feet long, entered the slip on the south side of pier No. 41, North River, to pick up a railroad car float which she intended to move to Hoboken. The pilot, mate, a stern line man and a float man constituted her deck crew. The evening at that time was overcast but apparently fair visibility obtained. The Bernardsville had two staff lights and her running lights and head light. She entered the slip head-on and nosed against the float, the bow end of which was toward the river and her mate put a…