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TAYLOR SHIRLEY G. often infested with German subs, they usually travelled in convoys. However, underwater detection dev- ices had not yet been discovered and the U-boats could easily approach the convoys and create havoc. All three vessels were grey and JUDGE KENEFRICK was armed. Two vessels, the CHARLES R. HUNT- LEY and JAMES STEWART, were charter- ed in June 1942 to carry supplies from Montreal to bases on Newfound- land and Labrador. They served in this trade until December 1942 when they were chartered by the United States Wartime Shipping Administra- tion. In this capacity they deliver- ed coal to power plants along the east coast of the United States. In June, 1943, they were refitted and returned to the Great Lakes. Eight Upper Lakes canallers were actually requisitioned by the Can- adian government and these served in McNutt Photo-Dossin Museum the Caribbean bauxite and British coastal service. two areas; trade, All eight vessels had been con- structed in Britain, and few changes in structure were required to pre- pare them for wartime service. The hatch comings were raised to twenty- four inches on the main decks, and added protection was given to the Draiicigielss smlst lies icousms Otome (e;te block shields built around the orig- inal structures. Only narrow slits remained for windows. These ships were armed, painted grey and carried the previously mentioned gun place- ments. The FRANK B. BAIRD, GEORGE L. TOR- IAN and JOHN A. HOLLOWAY joined the bauxite trade in the West Indies. The shallow draft of these vessels permitted them to penetrate inland along the Mungo River of British Guiana and carry valuable bauxite ore out to the transshipment center