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Page 86 MEMBERSHIP NOTES • An exhibit titled "Let's Go to Bob-Lo" opened in August at the Detroit Historical Museum (comer of Woodward and Kirby). The exhibit features portions of the carousel, rides, costumes and photos of this downn ver amusement park. The 225-acre park opened on June 18, 1898 on what was then called Bois Blanc Island. The island was officially re-named Bob-Lo Island in 1909. The exhibit also features a tribute to "Captain Bob-Lo", the costumes worn by park employees and, a parade of the fashions worn by visitors from the 1890's to the present. The Detroit Historical Museum is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00-5:00 p.m. For more information call (313) 833-1805. MEETING NOTICES • The next entertainment meeting will be Saturday, November 18th at 11:00 a.m. Our guest speaker will be Mr. William Worden, founder of the Steamer Columbia Foundation. Mr. Worden's slide presentation will trace the history of Bob-Lo Island and the ships that earned passengers to the amusement park CONTENTS • Members Notes, Meeting Notices, etc. 86 A Diamond Belle Connects David and Goliath bv Alan Mann 87 M. V Highway 16 (USS LST 393) by Howard Peterson 93 World War U Submanne USS Tambor bv Wilfred Stamant 96 First There Were Many . . Then There Were None 98 "Spare Your Tires And Ride The Ships" Repnnted from The Lake Erie Breeze 100 Great Lakes & Seaway News Edited by Don Richards 101 Great Lakes Calendar 109 Back Cover Photo . . . The forward cabin from the St. Clair River flyer Tashmoo was transformed into a summer cottage on the Chenal Ecarte River in Ontano from 1938 until it burned in 1951. Many travellers passing the cottage would stop to look for their initials once carved into the rail Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc. OUR COVER PICTURE . . The United States Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw resumed her duties in Lake Superior ports this spring, breaking a channel in the ice for ships to enter the Twin Ports of Duluth-Superior in early April. The USCG Mackinaw is shown passing under the Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge. This lithograph titled "The Mighty Macs" by marine artist Robert Tyrrell is available at the Dossin Museum for $100.00. Telescope, is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an aeencv of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.