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12 Telescope Tug LEATHEM D. SMITH (ex U.S. Light Vessel No. 59) Photo by Edwin Wilson LIGHT VESSELS OF THE' GREAT LAKES, Cont!d Correction: The tug LEATHEM D. SMITH is tho former U. S. Light Vessel No. 59, not the former U.S.L.V. No. 62 as we stated in the October TELESCOPE. The error is ours. In the list of U.S. Merchant vessels for 1919, the tug is listed with merchant ships while the Light Vessel No. 62 is still listed with the Gov eminent s hip s 0 Addition: Regarding the light vessel at COLCHESTER REEF, fellow member, David T. Glick, has called ovr attention to an account in the Detroit Free Press for September 19, 186if, telling of complaints raised by local slaip owners because the captain of the schooner WAVE, after having been paid to station his vessel at Colchester as a lightship, had taken the money and left the station unattended. There were several vessels named WAVE in existence at that time, hence we cannot say which one this was. The stcry is interesting, however. Colors of the Light Vessels: Most of the light vessels maintained by the U.S. and Canadian Governments were painted red, with the name of the station painted on the vessel's sides in large white block letters. Some were painted black with white letters, while a few had a yellcwish hull and cabins with either white or black letters. At least one light vessel, NORTH MANITOU SHOALS. (No. 56), was painted white, probably because it lay close to the island, which was heavily wooded. We know of no special color pattern for private lightships. lightship Stations on the Great Lakes and the vessels that served them: 1. Buffalo (Located off Point Abino, eastern Lake Erie). U.S. Light Vessel No. 82 (1912-1913) U.S. Light Vessel No. 96 (1911*) U.S. Light Vessel No. 98 (1915) Replaced by Point Abino Lighthouse (Canadian), 1916.