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TELESCOPE May 105 LAKE-BUILT OCEAN SHIPS: PART TWO s. s. Gisla, 1916 Wyandotte by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (#196) for A/S Lindvig, Oslo. Out of Lloyds' in 1930. Data wanted. s. s. Kiowa (i) (US 215375), 1917 Cleveland by American S. B. Co. (#466) for A.G.W.I. Combine. Later Valka, Kurzeme (Latvian #125) and Elizebete. Still listed in Lloyds' Register for 1951. s. s. Labor, 1917 Wyandotte by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (#208) for the French Government. Later Cap d'Anti fer and Sifnos. Drops out of Lloyds' after World War II. s. s. Levisa (US 216484), 1916 Wyandotte by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (#199) for Hasler Bros., Inc., New York. Later owned by United Fruit Co. Sold Norwegian in 1930s and renamed Bjerka. Still later Chinese Poo Ming. In service as of 1957. s. s. Limoges, 1917 Toledo by Toledo Shipbuilding Co. (hull #139) for Cie. des Chemins de Fer, Orleans, France. Later Kalev, Estonian and British (#165996). In service in 1951. s. s. Lyderhorn, 1917 Cleveland by American Shipbuilding Co. (#464) for Norwegian owners. Later named Patria and Mers el Kebir (French Morocco). In service in 1951. s.s. Manta (US 214554), 1916 Chicago by Chicago Shipbuilding Co. (hull #80) for A.G.W.I. Later named Ring and Trym. Out of Lloyds' by 1939. s.s. Johan Mjelde, 1917 Cleveland by American Shipbuilding Co. (hull #459) for N. Mjelde, Bergen. Renamed Storo in 1917. Sunk by a German submarine, 10-27-1917. s. s. Munisla (US 214291), 1916 at Ecorse by Great Lakes Engineering Works (#159) for J. L. Crosthwaite (acting for Munson Lines, New York). Sailed from Mobile bound for Havana, 9-9-1919, and never heard from again. s.s. Nordal, 1917 Chicago by Chicago Shipbuilding Co. (#79) for Erling Lund, Christiana, Norway. Data wanted. s. s. Ozama (US 214562), 1916 %a> dotte by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (#201) for A.G.W.I. Later Norwegian and Swedish Malmo. Out of Lloyds', 1930. Data wanted. s.s. Poitiers, 1917 Superior by Superior Shipbuilding Co. (hull #526) for French Government. Later data wanted. s. s. Sioux (US 214569), 1916 Cleveland by American Shipbuilding Co. (#462) for A.G.W.I. Out of U.S. M.V. List and Lloyds', 1930. Probably abandoned. s. s. Toulouse, 1917 Superior by Superior Shipbuilding Co. (#527) for Cie. des Chemins de Fer, Orleans, France. Later French Aquila (in 1928) and Russian Ufa (1934). No further record available. s. s. Tours, 1917 Toledo by Toledo Shipbuilding Co. (#138) for Com-pagnie des Chemins de Fer, Orleans, France. Delivered to her owners only a few days before the United States Shipping Board began requisitioning such vessels. Attempts were made to apprehend the vessel before it left the Great Lakes. A considerable hassle followed, involving the U. S. Shipping Board, the owners, the French Government, the Canadian Government and Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Tours eventually got to France. Later named Janine, Andre Mon-treuil, d'Enambuc and Louis Fluviaux. s. s. Vest land, 1916 Wyandotte by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (#198) for Norwegian owners. Out of Lloyds', 1933. Part Three, "The 'Wars' ", will appear in a future Telescope.