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8 GREAT LAKES MARINE NEWS OF 1957 Compiled by Robert B.Radunz Continued Soo6 Locks forced to close due to heavy fog. Several vessels forced to anchor below the locks or in Whitefish Bay. Harold L. Cobeille, vice - president of Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. named "Great Lakes Shipping Industry's Man of the Year." Coast Guard Corara. Evor Kerr of icebreaker MACKINAW also receives citation for "outstanding work in keeping Lake Superior shipping lanes open in the worst ice conditions in half a century.* June 5 The steamer SULLIVAN BROTHERS of the Gartland Steamship Co. has been renamed HENRY R. PLATT JR. June 14 The port of Detroit Commission engages firm to make studies and plan for development of 1,200 feet of river frontage facilities for the St. Lawrence Seaway. June 17 _ Canadian package freighter COLLINGWOOD fogbound in the St. Clair River off Port Huron dragyed her anchor, smashed into a boathouse on theAmeri-can shore and then backed off into the bow of the anchored freighter CORNELL. That collision punched a hole amidship in the COLLINGWOOD, two smaller holes below waterline. Ship sinks in shallow water on the Canadian side. June 19 Freighter COLLINGWOOD raised and towed to Detroit. June 20 John C. Mackie, Michigan State Highway Commissioner elect, mails employment questionnaires to 436 State Ferry employees. Mackie said, "Placement of these people is a matter which cannot wait." Ferry service will be discontinued when the Mackinac Straits Bridge is opened in November. June 21 Cruise steamer AQUARAMA is delayed 90 minutes on her inaugural run from Detroit to Cleveland as she has trouble turning around in the Detroit River. Property owners around Marysville complain to authorities that ship passed that City on the St. Clair River, at high speed producing high waves that upset small boats and damaged shore property. June 23 AQUARAMA scraped Cleveland pier when she loses control of her steering gear. Loss of control caused by high winds. Damage to pier and ship slight. June 26 Unable to complete her swing into the Detroit River as she was leaving for Cleveland, the steamer AQUARAMA crashed into the Detroit News dock and river - front warehouse at West Grand Blvd. causing damage estimated at $30,000.