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MATTER OF HESS TANKSHIP CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 73-2020, 73-343, 74-186, 74-304, 74-1274 and 74-2186.

526 F.Supp. 1333 (1979)

In the Matter of the Complaint of HESS TANKSHIP COMPANY, Owner, and Amerada Hess Corporation, as Bareboat Charterer and Owner Pro Hac Vice, of the STEAMSHIP HESS REFINER, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION v. HESS TANKSHIP COMPANY OF DELAWARE, et al. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. v. LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS MUTUAL INS. ASSN., LTD., et al. HESS TANKSHIP COMPANY, et al. v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION, et al. HESS TANKSHIP COMPANY, et al. v. The VESSEL XYZ, etc., et al. HESS TANKSHIP COMPANY, et al. v. The UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

June 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Lugenbuhl, Wm. J. Larzelere, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Allied Chemical Corp., DeFelice Towing Co., Savare DeFelice and DeFelice Marine Contractors, Inc.

John W. Sims, J. Barbee Winston, Antonio J. Rodriguez, New Orleans, La., for Hess Tankship Co. and Amerada Hess Corp.

Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va., Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Allied Towing Corp.

David A. Paysse, New Orleans, La., for Certain British Underwriters.

Clayton G. Ramsey, Washington, D.C., for United States of America.

Robert B. Deane, New Orleans, La., for Great Fortune Navigation, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EDWARD J. BOYLE, Sr., District Judge:

On the morning of February 1, 1973, the SS HESS REFINER and a barge in the tow of the tug SOCRATES collided in the Mississippi River in Southwest Pass. Minutes following impact between the bow of the vessel and the starboard side of the barge near its stern, the skin of the HESS REFINER on the starboard side aft was pierced below the water line by a submerged metal object which entered the vessel causing...

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