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EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND Richards Collection EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND, Built in 1906 at West Superior by the Sup- erior Shipbuilding Company (Hull #515). Her dimensions are: 586 x 58 x 32. Operated by Bethlehem for the Cam- bria Steamship Company since 1957. She was laid up after the MORRELL sinking in 1966 and is still inactive. VENUS, Built in 1901 at Loraine,Ohio by the American Shipbuild- ing Company (Hull #307) for the Gilchrist Transportation Company. Her dimensions are: 346 x 48 x 28/ Operated by Interlake after 1913 and converted by them into a crane- ship in the late twenties. Acquired by Bethlehem in 1940 and operated for them by Boland & Cornelius until 1958. Later STEEL PRODUCTS. Stranded on the Canadian Shore off eastern Lake Erie in 1961 and sold for scrapping but has apparently not been scrapped as yet. WILLIAMSPORT (ex J.H. MACOUBREY, ex JOHN A. DONALDSON). Built in 1908 at Lorain, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Company (Hull #362) for the Valley Steamship Company and managed by W.H. Becker. Her dimensions are: 380 x 50 x 28 Acquired by Bethlehem in 1952 from the Midland Steamship Company and operated until 1956. Scrapped in 1957. The Bethlehem vessels are painted a dark chocolate-brown hull! with white forecastle and cabins. The stack is a bright yellow with a black top. The pleasent geographical mames on the many ships of the fleet are given in honor of the eastern cities where Bethlehem's plants are located.