Telescope PUBLISHED BV 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 Robert E. Lee 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. Subscript ion 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 made by the authors. Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society This Month's Issue CONTENTS Olive K...................... 183-185 Curators* Corner by Robert E. Lee................186 Picture Page by Emory A. Massman, Jr.........187 The Big Splash by Rev. E. J. Dowling, S. J.....188 Lightships of the Lakes by Rev. E.J. Dowling,S.J 189 192-193 Blue Print.....................190-191 Lyman M. Davis by John F. Miller...........194-195 Great Lakes Marine News by Robert B. Radunz.........196-199 COVER The OLIVE K., palatial yacht of the late Charles F. Kettering, is the subject of our cover, and the article on page 183 of this issue. Regular Membership........$4 annually Contributing Membership..$5 annually Sustaining Membership...$10 annually Life Membership...........$100 Membership by the Calendar Year Single Copies 35