Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 11, n. 6 (June 1962), p. 122

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-122- Telescope Lighthouse Tenders of the Great Lakes Part Three By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. SUMAC 1903 Port Richmond, N. Y. by Bur lee Dry Dock Co. Steel steamship, 160 x 30 x 19. Later tug OSCAR LEHTINEN (Can. 173181) of Port Arthur. SUNDEW (i) (ex CAPTAIN EDWIN C. LONG), 1919 Rocky River, Ohio. Wood motor vessel, 101 x 24 x 13. SUNDEW (ii) 1944 Duluth by Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. Steel motorship, 180 x 37 x 12. Stationed on Great Lakes. Rescued only survivors of sunken CARL D. BRADLEY, 1958. SWEETBRIAR 1943 Duluth by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding'Co. Steel motorship. 180 x 37 x 12 . SWEETGUM 1943 Duluth by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Co. Steel motorship. 180 x 37 x 12. TAMARACK 1934 Manitowoc by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Steel motorship, 124 x 39 x 7.5. Presently stationed at the Soo. TUPELO 1942 Duluth by Zenith Dredge Co. Steel motorship, 180 x 37 x 12. Presently stationed on the Great Lakes. VIOLET 1930 Manitowoc by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Steel steam- ship, 170 x 32 x 10. WALNUT 1939 Oakland, California, by Moore Dry Dock Co. Steel steamship, later motor vessel. 173 x 34 x 11. Stationed on the Great Lakes briefly in the early 1940s. WARRINGTON (ex HENRY WARRINGTON, US 11857), 1868 Detroit. Wooden Steamship. Sold in 1910 to Hines Lumber Co. of Chicago and converted into a steam barge. Stranded near Charlevoix, Michigan, 8/21/11, loaded with lumber. WHITE LUPINE (ex U.S.S. YF 446), 1943. Steel diesel-electric powered tender, 133 (oa) x 30 x 10. Stationed on Lake Ontario. WOODBINE 1942 Duluth by Zenith Dredge Co. Steel motorship, 180 x 37 x 12. Stationed on Lake Michigan at present. WOODRUSH 1944 Duluth by Zenith Dredge Co. Steel motorship, 180 x 37 x 12. Stationed at Duluth at present. Fellow member Ken Smith of Highland Park has informed us that the hull of ASPEN (see March Telescope) is lying at Spring Lake, Mich., near Grand Haven, and is owned by A. E. Bonner of Spring Lake, who hopes to convert the hull into a commercial vessel. Fellow member Ed Clark of Chalfont, Pa., has sent us a photo of the former tender CAMELLIA (see March Telescope) lying at Wright Brothers scrap yard at Bridgeport, New Jersey, in 1948, apparently awaiting scrapping. Ed also informed us that CAMELLIA had been converted from steam to diesel power in 1936.

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