OAKES, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals from an award made by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, Judge, in a suit under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-790, which incorporates the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752. Plaintiff, the chief mate of the S.S. Washington, a de-mothballed public vessel, sued for injuries sustained at sea in the early morning of October 17, 1977...
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