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Telescope -217- List of U.S. Naval Reserve Training Ships By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. On the following pages is a list of the major units of the United States Navy that have been stationed on the Great Lakes for reserve or emergency training and for recruiting purposes. AMHERST (PCER 853), 1943 Chicago by Pullman Standard Corp. Steel submarine chaser escort, 185 x 33 x 10; 940 displ. tons. Diesel propulsion. Stationed at Detroit. CERO (SS 225), 1940 Groton, Conn., by Electric Boat Co. Steel submarine, 311 x 27 x 17; 1256 dt. Stationed at Detroit. COMMODORE (ex US 125452), 1875 Cleveland by Quayle as wooden package freighter for Western Transit Co. Acquired by Illinois Naval Reserve, c. 1915, for barracks and drill arena. Junked and burned, 1930. 265 x 42 x 15; 2082 gross tons. DON JUAN de AUSTRIA, 1887 Cartagaaa, Spain, by Cartagena Naval Ship- yard. Former Spanish cruiser, captured at Battle of Manila Bay, 1898. Steel hull, 210 x 32 x 12; 1130 dt. DOROTHEA 1890 Philadelphia by Cramp. Steel yacht, purchased by Navy before documentation. 182 x 23 x 12; 594 displ. t. DUBUQUE 1905 Morris Heights, N. Y., by Gas Engine Co. and C. L. Seabury Co. Composite gunboat, 174 x 35 x 12; 1085 dt. ELY (PCE 880), 1943 (Note: Most of the PCE and PCER sub--chaser escorts were built at Chicago by Pullman Standard; their names were assigned in the fifties.) Steel hull, diesel power. 185 x 33 x 10; 940 displacement tons. ESSEX Laid down 1883 at Kittery (Maine) Navy Yard, and completed at East Boston by Donald McKay. Wooden gunboat or frigate, 185 x 35 x 14; 1375 dt. Auxiliary steam power. FARMINGTON (PCE 894), 1943, probably by Pullman at Chicago. Steel hull, diesel power; 185 x 33 x 10; 940 tons displacement. GAR (SS 206), 1939 Groton, Conn., by Electric Boat Co. Steel submarine, 307 x 28 x 14; 1475 tons displacement. GOPHER (ex U.S.S. FERN), 1871 New York City by Delameter & Stack.