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Ship of the M o n t h - cont'd. 10. "There was quite a lot of w o r k to do to mak e the S I N A L O A rea dy for the trip to Manitowoc, such as r e m o v i n g pumps, co ff erdams, and the c o n s i d e r a b l e amount of sand w h i c h r e m a i n e d in her. Since the S I N A L O A had the scr ap er type self- unloader, Capt. R oen got his e n g i n e e r s to r u n n i n g the scra pe rs to r emove more of her cargo, but wit h her u n l o a d i n g boo m gone, the sand had to be dumped on her deck. The n the T R A N S P O R T clammed it off the dec k and cast it ashore. "The tugs took the SINA L O A in tow on D e c e m b e r 31, 1940, at about noon. They went as far as the (Stu rg eo n Bay) Canal, a r r i v i n g there at 5: 00 p . m., and tied up there beca us e the weat h e r was un fa vo rable. Per ha ps this b eing New Y ear's Eve ma y have i n f l u e n c e d their decision. The day after N e w Year's, Janu a r y 2, 1941, at noon, the two (tugs) departed the Ca nal and got (SINALOA) down to M a n i t o w o c at 2 : 00 a. m. on J a n u a r y 3 . " S I N A L O A was pl a c e d on the d r y d o c k of the M a n i t o w o c S h i p b u i l d i n g Company, but u pon sur vey there, it was deci d e d that the ship was a c o n s t r u c t i v e total loss. The i n s urance u n d e r w r i t e r s then settled their o b l i g a t i o n s to Capt. W i l l i a m N i c h o l s o n ' s interests, and the ship hers e l f was forfeit to the Roen Ste a m s h i p Company, a c c o r d i n g to the terms of the salva ge contract. Roen re tained own e r s h i p of S I N A L O A for the 1941 season, s e arching for a b u y er for her, as the Roen fleet itsel f had no need for a ship of her type. In October, 1941, Roen sold S I N A L O A for $ 5 5 , 000 to the A m e r i c a n Ste a m s h i p C o m pany, Buffalo, of w hich Bola nd & C o r nelius then were managers. Joh n Purves' book states that "Cap (Roen) sold her... in a deal w i t h A d a m E. C o r n e l i u s . " A press report, dated Octo b e r 10, 1941, carr ie d an a n n o u n c e m e n t by Mr. Cornelius of the purchase, mentioning that the ship ear li er had "been aba n d o n e d to u n d e r w r i t e r s by the pr evious owner, N i c h o l s o n Tran si t i n t e r ests". The report went on to quote Mr. Cornelius: "The def en se p r o g r a m has placed us in the p o s i t i o n of hav in g mor e bus in es s a c t u a l l y than our boats can handle. Pur chase of the SINA L O A will re lieve the situation. The ves se l will undergo ex tensive b o t t o m repairs bef or e r e t u r n i n g to ser vi ce next spring as a self-u n l o a d e r in the stone and coal t r a d e s . " The n e c e s s a r y repair s we re carried out at the M a n i t o w o c ship ya rd over the w inter of 1941-1942, during the course of w hich the sa n d s u c k i n g and gr avelsorting equi pment was removed. Her u n l o a d i n g boom was put back in pl ace (we are not sure w h e t h e r it was a ne w one or sim pl y the old one r e t urned to its position), and she was put back in servi ce as a re gular s e l f - u n l o a d i n g bulk carrier. Her tonnage now was shown as 4614 Gross and 3587 Net, and her port of r e g istry was cha ng ed to Buffalo, New York, as was nor ma l for Boland & Cor nelius vessels. SIN ALOA r e t a i n e d her old name, but soon was r e painted in the usual A m e r i c a n Steamship C o m p a n y livery. Her hull was black, her fo re castle and cabins white, and her stack black wit h two bro ad silver bands su r r o u n d i n g a red band of about equal width. The s e l f - u n l o a d i n g gear was pai nt ed silver. The foremast was buff, whi le the mai n was black. By this time, a clo se d steel rail had been built aro un d the coal bun ke r h atch atop the bo i l e r h o u s e at the f orw ard end of the after cabin. Boland & Co r n e l i u s con t i n u e d to opera te S I N A L O A unt il 1960, by w h i c h time she had become surplus to the comp an y' s needs. In A pril of that year, she was acquired by the A l g o n q u i n C o r p o r a t i o n Limited, of Nassau, Bahamas, which was an aff i l i a t e of the Hal l C o r p o r a t i o n of Canada, Montreal. At that time, Ca n a d i a n fleets we re unable to b ring old, f o r e i g n - b u i l t ships onto the Ca n a d i a n register, and accordingly SINA L O A was placed under Bahamas registry, e n r o l l e d at Nassau, and was giv en Brit is h O f f icial Number 315851. SINALOA, wit h her f o recastle now black, and her stack all black, made her m a i d e n (under the new owner sh ip ) arriv al at Toron to on Wednesday, Apr il 13, 1960. There was no name pain t e d on her bows, but the name SI NALOA was still evident on her p i lothouse na meboards, and on her stern was pai nt ed "SINA LO A of N A S S A U " .