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JANUARY PAGE 8 The ENDRESS Fleet by Charles C. Endress The Endress family operated a fleet of fishing tugs and _ small freight and passenger ships.out of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan during the Nineties and the early years of the present century. The Following list of known Endress ships was sent to your Fleet List Editor by Mr. Charies C, Endress of Anaheim, California, a descendant of the ship- owning family. .CITY OF GREEN BAY (ex. M.C. HAWLEY, US, 91228), wooden passenger and freight steamer, built at Fort Howard, Wisconsin by Hawley in 1880, 134 x 26 x 15, Foundered off Whistler's Point, Saginaw Bay, 8-19-1909. CITY OF MARQUETTE (US. 126614), wooden freight and passenger steamer, built at Manitowoc in 1890 by Burger & Burger. 114 x 25 x 9, Engines from St. MARIES of 1875. Drops out of U.S. Merchant Vessels in 1930, Probably abandoned due to age. PETER COATES (US,150368), built in 1886 at Grand Haven by Duncan Robertson, Steam fish tug, wooden hull, 61 x 15 x 7. Purchased from Coates in the early nine- ties, Later Canadian WILLIAM G, FOX (Can.130- 31106 E.M.B.A. (US.136186), built in 1891 at Grand Haven by Robertson. Wooden steam fish tug, 71 x 18 x 7.6. Purchased from Coates in the early Nineties, Out of U.S. Merchant Vessels in 1925, BERTHA ENDRESS (US.3013), built in 1876 at Two Rivers, Wisconsin Wooden steam fish tug, 42 x 11 x 5. Built for the line, Later Canadian BERTHA ENDRESS (Can, 71229). C.W. ENDRESS (US,127228), wooden freight steamer, built for the line by Burger & Burger at Manitowoc in 1898, 86 x 20 x 8.4, Later Canadian MAC JEAN (Can, 130778) Abandoned at Kingsville, Ontario in the early twenties, ORA ENDRESS (US.209780), built in 1912 at Manitowoc by Burger Boat Co. Wooden gas powered fish tug, 58 x 14 x 6.6. Renamed SOUTH SHORE in 1928. Foundered off Death's Door, Lake Michigan in 12-13-1932.