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SHELTON WEED of Port au Spain, Trinidad. From here, larger vessels carried the ore to New York where it was transferred to smaller craft for the trip to Buffalo, via the Hudson River and Erie Canal. At Buffalo the ore was again loaded into canallers for the trip to the aluminum mills of Que- bec. This costly, round-about method of shipment was justifiable due to the great risk involved in shipping the valuable cargo directly through the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The FRANK 8B, BAIRD was requisit- ioned in 1940 and after being fitted out was delivered to her British of- ficers and crew in Montreal. She was enroute to Halifax for repairs when she was sunk by enemy gunfire on May 22, 1942. The GEORGE L. TORIAN was requisit- ioned in 1941 and after being fitted out in Montreal, she entered the West Indies service. On February 2, McNutt Photo-eDossin Museum 1942, she was torpedoed while cross- ing the Caribbean. The only survivor was a watchman, who, after clinging to a hatch cover for 24 hours, was rescued by an American Vessel. The JOHN A. HOLLOWAY was also re- quisitioned in 1941 and after her Montreal fitout she, like the TORIAN sailed with her Canadian crew for the Caribbean. On her first trip she ran into heavy seas, but despite a water shortage she arrived unscath- ed. In July 1942 she went to Mobile, Alabama for repairs and upon comple- tion was loaded with supplies for Trinidad. She was torpedoed enroute in September 1942. Only one life was lost. The remainder of the crew made shore in a week by sailing and row- ing their lifeboats. The vessels ALBERT C. FIELD, ROB- ERT W. POMEROY, WATKINS F. NISBET, EDWIN T. DOUGLAS, (b. P.S. BARGE No.