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ABANDONED The Kelley Island Lime & Transporta- tion Co. has ad- vised the U.S.Engineers Corps that the sandsucker JOHN M. McKERCHEY which capsized off Lorain on October 16th, has been abandoned. The wreck is to be removed soon. This ves- sel was built at Ecorse in 1906, and served this area as a fueling ship first and then as a sandsucker. Its dimen- sions were 161 x 37 x 11, and its gross tonnage was 732. No Bomplete explanation of the cause of her foundering has come to light, and there are no rumors of plans for her immediate replacement. JOHN M.McKERCHEY at Pearl Beach oe ee koe ee ee oe eek ee ke kK He SHIPS This winter Wilson Transit will repower its freighter E.J.KULAS, (ex WILLIAM C.ATWATER). The passenger and auto ferry MYSTIC ISLE, has been sold to the Fisher Island Feryy Co. and will soon operate on Long Island Sqund. The Great Lakes Towing Co. has announced that it will convert eleveh more of its tugs to diesel drive this winter. When this ig completed, about guly 4th, next, 19 of the line's 50 tugs will be dieselized- Most of the work is done at the Cleveland yards of the tug line, where our fellow member Capt.John Kelsner is in charge. The new 70 foot diesel tug for Cargo Carriers, Inc., the pusher type car-_) PORT was launched recently at Sturgeon Bay. The CARPORT will fit into the recessed stern of the barge G-1, also recently completed. The Detroit & Cleveland Nav.co has applied for 4 of the C-4 type ocean carriers made available to Great Lakes buyers recently, while Browning Steamship and Nicholson Universal Steamship have jointly applied for 5, Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship for 3, and the Cleveland & Buffalo Line of Illinois for 2. IMPERIAL LEDUC, launched at Collingwood early this month for Imper- ial Oil is 620 feet in length, and the largest tanker on the Great Lakes, and also the largest ever built in the Dominion of Canada. Coastal Care riers have added another tanker to their fleet. She is the COASTAL CREEK, (ex BASINGCREEK, ex EMPIRE TADPOLE, ex WILLOWBRANCH i, ex ROSEMOUNT ii,ex SASKATOON 1;)built in England in 1910. Ck: Oe ee ee ee ee ee ae i ee i a ea es ee ee ee oe oe a eo or a a ae a ee ee er | NEW COAL A new record for Rg Ra RECORD coal loading for the . ee the Great Lakes was extablished recently when ; the HOCHELAGA cleared Ashtabula with a load of 19,678 tons. The HOCHELAGA is one of the two large (641 x 67) vessels recently built for Canada S.S. Lines. Sear Or aR ge OK OE ak ok OR OK The first layups with storage *) grain have been made by the barges OWENDOC and PORTADOC at Port Colborne, and by the The HOCHELAGA upbound on Detroit River MANILA at Buffalo.