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PETITION OF UNITED STATES

No. 8036, Civ. A. Nos. 66-289, 66-315, 66-316, 66-325, 66-327.

300 F.Supp. 358 (1969)

Petition of the UNITED STATES of America, as owner of the SS WINGED ARROW, for exoneration from or limitation of liability. DAMMERS & VAN DER HEIDE SHIPPING & TRADING (ANTILLES) INC., as owner of the MV SANTA MARIA v. The STEAMSHIP JOSEPH LYKES, her engines, etc., in rem and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., in personam, et al. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, as owner of the SS GREEN PORT v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc. and the SS Joseph Lykes. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, as owner of the SS Green Port v. The UNITED STATES ARMY BARGES and the United States of America. MARINE TANKERS, INC., as owner of the MT SAVFUEL v. SS JOSEPH LYKES, her engines, etc., in rem, and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., in personam. HAMBURG-SUDAMERIK. DAMPFSCHIFF.-GES. Eggert & Amsinck, as owner of the SANTA ISABEL v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Frank C. Allen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Central Gulf Steamship Corp.

Edmond C. Salassi, New Orleans, La., for Marine Tankers, Inc. and the M/T. Savfuel.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, James Hanemann, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Hamburg-Sudamerik. Dampfschiff.-Ges. Eggert & Amsinck and the Santa Isabel.

George W. Healy, III, New Orleans, La., for Thomas Jordan, Inc.

Thomas J. Boyle, Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, John B. Gooch, Jr., New Orleans, La., for National Marine Service, Inc., and the Barge LTC-22.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for S/S Joseph Lykes, and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

FINDINGS OF FACT

1.

These consolidated actions arose out of Hurricane Betsy which struck the port of New Orleans on the night of September 9th and early morning of September 10, 1965. Owners of various moored vessels, which were damaged as a result of the breakaway of others, contend that the owners of the SS JOSEPH LYKES, SS WINGED ARROW and the United States Army barges were negligent in preparing for the hurricane,...

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