Curry

Two libels were filed against the oil tanker Kekoskee, belonging to the Richfield Oil Company, one on behalf of the crew of the Georgia, a small tug, and the other on behalf of tho tug itself, for having salvaged the vessel from fire.

Tho two cases wore consolidated. A decree was entered for the sum of $6,250 for the five members of the crew of the Georgia and $4,750 to the tug Georgia. Appellants claim that the allowance is excessive. The appellees contend that the award was not excessive, and while the proctors for the tug Georgia express the opinion that the proportion allowed its crew was unduly large, they acquiesce in the decree and seek to sustain it as reasonable.

The facts are fully set forth in the opinion of tho trial judge, to which we refer for a detailed statement (D. C.) 47 F.(2d) 235 . It will be sufficient for the purposes of this opinion to make a brief statement of the salient facts.

On February 3, 1980, the ship Kekoskee was lying in Smith Cove Water Way, Elliott Bay, Seattle, alongside Pier 40, discharging fuel oil from her tanks into the Surveyor, a government vessel operated by the Department of Commerce. Immediately previous thereto she had been…