District Court, S.D. New York June 23, 1951 (Lucadou v. United States)

S. H. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Libellants, seventeen seamen, seek to recover an additional month’s wages pursuant to the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 594 1.

On November 17, 1947, libellants signed articles as members of the crew of the S. S. Chalmette, an oil tanker owned and operated by the United States of America and with respect to which Tankers Company, Inc. acted as general agent.