The Governor Warfield

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

The two above-entitled suits on stipulation were tried together, the United States of America having been impleaded in the first above-entitled suit, on the petition of Standard Transportation Company, claimant of motor vessel Soeony No. 5.

On evidence which is somewhat conflicting, I find as follows:

The Governor Warfield, a dredge owned by the libelant Arundel Corporation, 120 feet long and 42 feet wide, was engaged in a dredging operation on the Middle Reef area, Hell Gate, East River, New York, under contract with the United Státes government, and *927had been engaged…