BYERS, District Judge.
This is an admiralty cause in which the libelant seeks recovery because of personal injury suffered by him on January 26, 1949, while he was assistant surgeon on the passenger steamship Marine Perch (to be called the Perch), owned by the United States and operated by American Export Lines, Inc., as agent.
A motor lifeboat No. 4 on the port side was being launched from the Perch for the purpose of removing an injured mate of the Greek...
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