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Photographs Gathered From Far and Near United States shipping board's wooden ships laid up in Lake Union, Seat- tle. War emergency over, they may now be sold to private shipping in- terests. Here is the largest sail- ing ship in the world, the five-masted bark, France, of Bordeaux, which, painted a glisten- ing white, successfully defied submarines in re- peated trips to the United States during the war. Below is the Chemung, once owned by the Erie railroad and operated for many years on the Great Lakes. She was sunk by a sub- marine. The _ illustra- tion is from a painting in possession of Rich- ard P. Joy, Detroit banker. i International F "Big Bill," one of the largest drydocks ever put in commission on the Pacific coast, is' owned by the Todd Drydock Co., Seattle. This dock has been the scene of much. activity ever since its comple- tion a few months ago, in handling rush repairs on ships. Below is the United States transport Thomas unloading a cargo of supplies at the base of the American expedition in Vladivos- tok, Siberia.