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August TELESCOPE 174__________________ LAKERS OF WORLD WAR ONE: THE WARS s.s. War Banner, 1917 Chicago by Chicago Shipbuilding Co. (hull #83). Renamed Lake Worth (US 215716). Sold Belgian in 1920 and renamed Phoenicier. Later names were Amber stone and Orland. Sunk at Midsund, 4-29-1940. s.s. War Bayonet, 1917 Toledo by Toledo Shipbuilding Co. (#141). Renamed Lake Superior (US 215756). Later named C. D, Johnson III, Anna Schafer, Tuluran and Anna Schafer. Scrapped in 1946. Spent most of her life in the Pacific Coast lumber trade. s.s. War Beaver, 1917 Wyandotte by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (#211). Renamed Lake Erie (US 215747). Sold Norwegian in early twenties, and successively renamed Gezina, Ragni , Arpeco and Force. In service as of 1958. s.s. War Birch, 1918 Lorain by American Shipbuilding Co. (hull #726). Renamed Lake Charles (US 216091). Later Norwegian Kirsten B. s.s. War Branch, 1918 Lorain by American Shipbuilding Company (hull #730). Renamed Lake Fernwood (US 216400) and later Virginia Dispatch for Old Dominion Lines. Later British and Italian Mercur- io. Sunk by Allied action at Par-enzo, 1944. s.s. War Briar, 1918 Lorain by American (#727). Renamed Lake Jessup (US 216092). Sold Norwegian in 1924 and renamed Ekstrand. s.s. War Bugle, 1918 Ashtabula by Great Lakes Engineering Works (#180). Renamed Lake Maurepas (US 216184). Scrapped by Ford at Dearborn in the twenties. s.s. War Castle, 1918 Manitowoc by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (#82). Renamed Lake Ontario (US 215816). Also scrapped by Ford at Dearborn. s.s. War Centaur, 1918 Duluth by McDougall-Duluth Corp. (hull #3). Renamed Lake Traverse (US 216150 and later Pan. 1193). Spent most of her life on the Great Lakes. Foundered due to sprung plates, near Tortuga Island in the Caribbean, 7-6-1955. s.s. War Chant, 1917 Superior, Wis., by Superior Shipbuilding Co. (hull #528). Renamed Lake Champlain (US 215642). Sold Belgian in 1920 and renamed Nipponier. Later Fruithandel and Meisei Maru (Jap. 32635). Sunk by U. S. Submarine Flying Fish in Sea of Japan on 6-11-1945. s.s. War Cloud, 1918 Manitowoc by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (#93). Renamed Lake Linden (US 216805). Scrapped by Ford in 1927. s.s. War Comet, 1918 Manitowoc by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (#90). Renamed Lake Monroe (US 216739). Later named Mary (A. H. Bull & Co.) and British Thorpebay. Sunk as disposal hulk for cargo of gas bombs, 11-1947. s.s. War Cornet, 1918 Ecorse by Great Lakes Engineering Works (#189). Renamed Lakehurst (US 216262). Scrapped by Ford, 1928. s.s. War Cross, 1917 Cleveland by American Ship Building Co. (#463). Delivered before requisitions of U. S. Shipping Board. Later 4rs, Cap d'Ailly, Blink and Hsing Ping. s.s. War Cymbal, 1918 Ashtabula by Great Lakes Engineering Works (#186). Later Lake Charlotte (US 216424). Scrapped at Dearborn by Ford in 1928. PHOTOGRAPHS ON OPPOSITE PAGE: Above: Lake Harris (the former War Fairy), aground, at Be i1ly Isles, 1918. Photo from author's collection . Below: Lake Stirling (the former War Thrush). Photo courtesy of Richard J. Wright.