Rustad

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty awarding the owner and crew of the oil screw fishing boat Stampede II salvage for the services of ship and crew on July 24 and 25, 1945, in bringing into the Columbia River from 9 miles off North Head, north of the river’s mouth, the wrecked fishing boat Melody.

The salved value of the Melody and her equipment is $17,500. The amounts found as the value of the services and awarded appellee were $2,000 for those of the Stampede II and of her master; $500 each to two of her seamen; $1,000 to one of her seamen, who boarded the wreck and affixed the tow line below water while standing on the Melody’s submerged deck with water to his shoulders; and $300 for loss of a cable, for fuel and food ■ consumption and sundries.

The appellants admit some meritorious service was performed by appellees. The sole question before us is whether the award is excessive. The district court heard the testimony of all the witnesses and its findings are here accorded the weight stated in our decision in The Ernest H. Meyer, 9 Cir., 84 F.2d 496, 501 . We are of the opinion that not only no manifest error appears but that upon our “examination, thought and…