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Telescope PUBLISHED BY Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. George 0. Young Editor Otto Strek Assistant Editor William A. Hoey Advisory Editor William M. Worden Gordon P. Bugbee Associate Editors Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Vessel List Editor TELESCOPE The TELESCOPE magazine is the official publication of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. It was first published in 1952 as a sheet of announcements and meeting notices. Today it is a full-size monthly magazine, valued by members and non-members alike as a source of Great Lakes data. The TELESCOPE includes articles of interest to almost everyone, including such subjects as history, salvage, current news, and model shipbuilding. There are three monthly features, current news section, vessel list of a Great Lakes fleet, and a blueprint of a Great Lakes ship.Subscription to TELESCOPE is included in the membership fee. The editors will consider articles of Great Lakes or general marine interest for publication in TELESCOPE. Such material need not be expertly written, but must be of a nature suited to the purposes of the publication. Address any such material to: The Editors, TELESCOPE Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle. Detroit 7. Mich. LO. 7-7441 Address all other correspondence to the Coordinating Director. The editors will assume no responsibility for statements trade by the authors. Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society This Month's Issue SONTSNTS The Green Fleet by Robert E. Lee............123-126 Picture Page by Emory J. Massman, Jr 127 A Report........................128 Report Pictures.................129 Blue Print- WALTER A. STERLING....130-131 The Big SplasL by Rev. E.J.Dowling,S.J 132 Fleet List by Rev. E.J.Dowling,?.J..133-135 Great Lakes Marine News by Robert Radunz............136-138 Gurators' Gorner by Robert E. Lee................139 COVER A proud moment is recorded by Institute and SSHSA members as the flags of both groups fly from the SOUTH AMERICAN. (see story pp.128-9) Regular Membership........$4 annually Contributing Membership..$5 annually Sustaining Membership...$10 annually Life Membership...........$100 Membership by the Calendar Year Single Copies 354