MAY JUNE, 1972 Page 74 B. B. McCOLL (Can 136820), exePuloe Brani (Br), exsH.M.S. Servitor); 1914 Chatham, Enge land by Chatham Naval Dockyards for the Admiralty. Came to Great Lakes, c.1926 for McColl Frontenac Oil Company, Montreal. Later A. J. Patmore (US 229053), USS Rotary, A. J. Patmore, Peggy Reinauer, and Detroit. Rebuilt and repowered in recent years. In service in Marathon Oil Company fleet. NIPIWAN PARK (Can 175359); 1943 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Canadian Gove ernment. Later operated by Irving Oil Company, St, John, New Brunswick. Renamed Irving- lake in 1950's. Stranded at Charleur Bay, New Brunswick & abandoned, 1963. The wreckis causing some ecological uneasiness presently due to threat of oil leakage. OIL TRANSPORTER (Can 193666, ex-sPanamanian, exsTransoil, US 234569); 1936 Chichesaw, Alabama by Ingalls Iron Works, for coastwise and New York State Barge Canal service. Originally a typical lowsprofile 'mudhen' style vessel. Built up to a full canaller in 1948. Later Hall Corporation's Oil Transport and recently renamed Wit. In service in the Caribbean. OTTAWALITE (Can 155285); 1930 Haverton Hill, England by Furness Ship Building Company for Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Ottawa River service. Later Imperial Ottawa and Imperial LaHave. Scrapped at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1966. PETROLITE (Can 170138); 1938 Sorel, P.Q. by Marine Industries Ltd. for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Goderich, Unitanker, and Pacific Wind. In service and now owned in Vane couver. POPLARBRANCH (ex«Springbank Park, Can 175591); 1944 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Canadian Government. Later owned Branch Lines Ltd. until damaged by stranding near Barranquila, Colombia in 1953. Sold 'as is' and reduced to a barge and renamed Straits Conveyor, of Vancouver. REGINOLITE (Can 81928); 1917 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyarda for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Baytown (US 220590); 1922, and Italian Luisiano (in 1923), 1925. Lost by enemy Action, 10/29/42 in the Mediterranean. RIDEAULITE (Can 155286); 1930 Haverton Hill, England by Furness Ship Building Company for Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Ottawa River service. Later Imperial Lachine. Converted into a sand dredge in 1954 and renamed Niagara. Later W. M. Edington, In service. ROYALITE (Can 134513); 1916 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Welland. Scrapped. SARNOLITE (Can 134515); 1916 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Sarnia and Imperial Hamilton. Reduced to a barge in the early 1960's. SIMCOLITE (Can 155282); 1930 Haverton Hill, England by Furness Ship Building Company for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Simcoe. Recently retired. SPRUCEBRANCH (exeOtterburn Park, Can 175399); 1944 Sorel P.Q. by Marine Industries Ltd., for Canadian government. Owned by Branch Lines Ltd. after World War II. Lengthened to 321 feet in 1960. In service. TALARALITE (Can 137907); 1918 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Imperial Oil Ltd.'s South American coastwise service. Came back to the Great Lakes in the 1920's. Later Imperial Midland. Sold to Reoch Transports Ltd. in 1963, converted into a dry cargo carrier and renamed Willowdale. Scrapped in the late 1960's. TRANSITER (Can 158633); 1935 Fort Erie, Ontario by Horton Steel Works for Transit Tanke ers & Terminals Ltd. Later rebuilt, lengthened, and renamed Transtream. Scrapped in the late 1960's. TRANSPET (Argentine); 1920 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Cia. Transportadora de Patroleos, S.A., Buenos Aires for service on the River Platte. Later Esso Marino, Esso Parana, and Parana. In Lloyd's, 1966. TYEE SHELL (Can 188392); 1958 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Shell Canadian Tankers Ltd. Served on the Canadian west coast until returned to the Great Lakes in 1969. Lengthened and rebuilt at Collingwood in 1969 and renamed Arétic Trader. In sere vice. WILLOWBRANCH (Can 192522); 1950 Sorel, P.Q. by Marine Industries Ltd. for its subside iary, Branch Lines Ltd. Lengthened to 282 feet in 1966. In service. WINDSOLITE (Can 138580); 1927 Haverton Hill, England by Furness Ship Building Company for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Windsor. In service.