Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 14, n. 8 (August 1965), p. 191

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TELESCOPE August 191 Above are Coalfax (right) and Keyshey (a Clearwater b Trenora) at Kingston last February as photographed by Skip Gillham. Both are reportedly sold for scrap and will be moved to Hamilton shortly. ...The Reiss Steamship Co. announced that their recently ac- quired RAYMOND H. REISS (a.EMORY L. FORD) will be converted to diesel and fitted with a bow thruster at Superior. July 29...The PRINS WILLEM V, which sank in 80 feet of water off Milwaukee on October 1h, l9Sh, after colliding with an oil barge, was auctioned off in Milwaukee to a Chicago businessman for $85,000. Charles Huthsing, the new owner, plans to start salvage operations in about two weeks. ...The WILLIAM A. REISS (a.JOHN A. TOPPING) set a new draft record for the $00 when she locked through with a draft of 26% feet. July 31...A series of exPlosions and a resulting fire tore through the tanker CEDARBRANCH at the British-American Oil Company dock in Montreal East. The blasts occurred in the engine room and as a result the ship settled to the bottom in a shallow basin adjoining the dock. One crewman was killed and three injured in the accident. ...Christy Corp. launched the CGC ACTIVE (NFC-618) at their Sturgeon Bay ard. The 210-foot cutter was christened by Congresswoman onor K. Sullivan of Missouri.

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