KNOX, District Judge.
Anthony O'Boyle, Inc., owner of the floating crane O'Boyle No. 1, here seeks a limitation, or exoneration, of liability, growing out of an accident that occurred on the East River on March 19, 1943.
Generally speaking, the facts are these —
In June of 1942, Fichter Steel Corporation was about to engage in some construction work for the United States Navy at the foot of North First Street, nearby the Brooklyn Navy Yard....
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