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Highty Ships to The Sea J. ALBIN JACKMAN The new St. Lawrence Seaway has now been in existence for ten years, a fact just commemorated amid much formal fanfare and civic celebration. This waterway provided the impetus for the construction of large new bulk freighters, and the large new bulk freighters brought about mass retirement among old vessels. This super waterway also became an avenue of outbound trips for these obsolete vessels, and there has been a long silent funeral procession of the old, but still proud, 'Queens of Old.' Prior to the Seaway the old vessels had to be scrapped on the Lakes be- cause they were too large for the old St. Lawrence Canal System. Now they can be loaded with valuable scrap cargoes and towed from the lower St. Lawrence ports to overseas destinations where their metal brings higher prices. Many vessels are towed from the upper Lakes to Quebec, but many have made the trip under their own power. At Quebec they are made ready for the tow Overseas, a process that involves welding shut all outside openings and the removal of their propellers. Deep-sea tugs then take them in tow across the Atlantic for dismantling. Before 1964 these ships were taken across in single tows, but since that time they have been crossing in tandem. Most have completed their doleful voyage, but a few have bucked and gone down into the dark fathoms of the Atlantic. Among the latter are Arcturus, Fayette Brown, W. Wayne Hancock, Laketon, Mohawk Deer, North American, Perseus, and Edward Y. Townsend. Following is a list of those vessels that have left the Sweetwater Seas for a one-way trip across the briny deep...Eighty Ships to The Sea. Above ALGOS00, 8/20/53. Cover MARQUETTE, 9/13/53. (Unless other- wise noted, all photographs are by the author.