GALSTON, District Judge.
These libels were consolidated at the trial.
Early on the morning of February 21, 1943, a collision occurred between the tankers New England and Plattsburgh Socony in Kill van Kull, at a point somewhat west of the Staten Island-Bayonne ferry slips.
The New England, with fuel oil in one of her tanks, left the Standard Oil plant at Bayonne and headed westward for Bayway at about 12:30 a.m. As she proceeded through the Kills,...
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