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tbe and picked up with hooks from the port pontoon. In that manner the chains were slung under the Niagara and drawn taut, forming a hammock in which the old battle ship swung safe. No sooner had the hammock been placed than the storm broke and the bay froze 20 in. deep. The men worked fifteen hours a day cutting blocks of ice which were lifted out and through the holes, endeavored to raise the Niagara inch by inch to the ice. When she was brought up 8 ft., her ribs touched the ice and the work was delayed for a month. The hulk could be raised no higher until the ice broke. When it started NIAGARA EMERGING FROM THE WATER, SHOWING PORT SIDE BETWEEN PONTOONS BOW OF NIAGARA to melt the old battler was protected with difficulty: Only the pontoons on all sides saved her-from destruc- tion. Ice banked up about the pon- toons 10 ft. high and battered them steadily. Repairs were necessary when the first signs of spring arrived and after that the work was rushed as much as possible. The engines were kept up to their highest pressure andthe big. crane on the stern pontoon worked stead- ily lifting the Niagara inch by inch. For hours but two links of 'the "chain hammock" would appear above the water. Had the engine been "jerked" the chains probably 'shore. - THE MARINE REVIEW would have pulled through the water-soaked wood of the old craft, dropping her to the bottom of the bay where she had rested for almost a century. For that reason, Paasch was careful. His every order was deliberate and the men were under a constant strain. Their desire to accomplish the task within the spec- ified time caused them to hurry the work sometimes and "Bill" was the man who always held them back. It was too delicate a task to rush and he knew it. Not long ago, the crane reached its full. height, "rearing into the air thirty feet. It stood perpendicular PUSHING and the chains from the pulley at the top were stretched taut to the bat- tered hulk below. When the crane was first erected it stood 300 ft. from shore and when it was at its fullest height it was but 10 ft. away. As slowly and as steadily as the Niagara had been lifted the pontoons had moved toward Presque Isle. With then. went the Niagara. So far as lifting the hulk was concerned then the work was completed. All that remained was to slide it upon "but- ter-boards" and tilt them toward the "Butter-boards" were huge timbers coated liberally with grease, over which the Niagara slipped rap- April, 1913 idly to shore, held back by the ropes and chains connected with the Don- toon, . Once beached, the shelter hog. was erected and again the Niagara was pushed forward. She stands to- day, broadside alongshore, in the shelter house. In the water, she lay with stern pointed Erieward and bow to the open sea, facing the storms and waters as she did that memor. able day when Perry sent his mes. sage from her decks, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," After her trip around the Great Lakes the Niagara will be returned to Erie, where she will be a lasting relic for posterity. SHOWING BOW OF NIAGARA ABOVE THE PONTOONS NIAGARA TOWARDS THE SHORE Oil Tanker San Fraterno The oil tanker San Fraterno was launched from the Wallsend shipyard of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richard- son on Feb. 22. The San Fraterno is 541% ft. long over all with a breadth of 66% ft. She is designed to carry 15,500 tons of oil on a draught of 28 ft., and her speed on a fully loaded trial is to be 11% knots. The ship is the largest oil carrying steamer afloat in the world, though the owners have altogether ten of these great ships under construc tion, three being built at the Wallsend shipyard. The owners also have 4