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TELESCOPE May 101 LAKE-BUILT OCEAN SHIPS: PART ONE American Transportation Co. Operated on the Lakes by Hall in late Twenties, and sold British in 1928. Not listed in Lloyds' Register, 1930. (See illustration.) s. s. Vaguez (US 209370), 1912 Ecorse by G. L. E. W. (#98) for Ocean Freight Lines. Later renamed Rochester and operated in transatlantic service by Kerr Steamship Co. Lost by enemy action on North Atlantic, November 3, 1917. can Bureau of Shipping from 1898 to 1916. s. s. Ruby (US 210550), 1912 Ecorse by G.L.E.W. (#103) for American Transportation Co. Returned to the Great Lakes in late Twenties, and operated briefly for Hall Coal Company. Sold British in 1928. Not in Lloyds' Register, 1930. s.s. Robert M. Thompson (US 210287), 1912 Ecorse by G.L.E.W. (#101) for Robert M. Thompson. In 1915 two more double deck Engineering Works for the Clyde service. They differed from decks (no raised forecastle o bridge deck. They are describe s. s. Norfolk (US 214564), 1916 at Ecorse by G. L. E. W. (#157) for Clyde Lines. 253 x 43 x 21. Sold Chinese in 1946 and renamed Hsin Hwa. Still listed as of 1957. Photo from author's collection. rs were completed by Great Lakes e Line of New York for coastwise the 1911 ships in having flush r poop), having only a raised be 1ow: s. s. Philadelphia (US 214565), 1916 Ecorse by G.L.E.W. (#158) for the Clyde Lines. Same dimensions as Norfolk. Abandoned, 1937.