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SHIPS The new SCOTT MISENER, flagship of Colonial Steamships, Ltd., was floated out of the Port Weller Drydock on January 17th. The old tanker IMPERIAL WHITBY (ex IOCOMA) has been sold to Montreal buyers, who will convert her into a self unloader for dry cargoes, afd will have her renamed GEORGE S.CLEET. She will be in service next season. The NOTRE DAME VICTORY is now undergoing rebuild at an east coast yard for ore carrying service on the Great Lakes in the Cleveland Cliffs Fleet. After conversion she will be 619 ft long, and will be renamed CLIFFS VICTORY. She is expected to start service on the Lakes about July lst. Two new ore carriers for Bethlehem will be built at their shipyards at Sparrows' Point, Maryland, and be brought to the Lakes via the Mississippi for service in 1952. Canada Steamship Lines will add a third large carrier, similar to the HOCHELAGA and COVERDALE: construction will begin soon at Port Arthur. The Ford Motor Co will add a third big carrier to thier fleet, the WILLIAM C.FORD, 647 x 70, to be built at the Rouge. She will be driven by steam turbine engines, and will have @il fueled boilers. ‘The veteran sandsucker NASSAU (See DMH,v.1,no.3), built in 1893 as the package freighter GEO.J. GOULD, has been abandoned at Chicago. (Note: we will describe this ship in the next Marine Historian, under "Ships That Never Die",Ed.) Lee Se, ae Se, See ae Se ee See ee Set Se ee SR ae ee ee Pe ee TUG The Second International Tugboat Race will be held on the River RACE on Saturday, May 19th. The race will start at Fort Wayne and go up river to a point at the Veteran's wemorial Building. There will be many more entrants than last year, so many that it may be neces- sary to have races in more than one class. Plan to watch this.: Dame eee Se ke oa ko: OR ak Ae aeeiera ek ge ase ak, ROR ak, okies ok oe ok Sake Ok ae LAID This winter the following vessels are laid up at Milwaukee: UP Strs. CLEMSON, COLE,DINKEY, FAIRLESS, FERBERT, FILBERT, FRICK, HARVEY, HAT: FIELD, KERR, LAMON NT, OLDS, PERKINS, STANLEY, WATSON, ALTADOC, PRINDOC, QUEDOC, NORTON, CONWAY, KENDRICK, HOSFORD, STEVENSON. Also, we are informed by our fellow members, Messrs.Strong of Buffalo, that the following ships are wintering there: Strs. ADAMS, AMAZON, BAY- TON, BENNETT, J.J.H.BROWN, CARL, CHEMONG, COLLINS, J.DAVIDSON, DUNLAP, EVERETTON, FARR, GALLAGHER, INGALLS, KING, LAXETON, MANION, MATHEWSTON , McALPINE, McF. ‘ARLAND, MEAD, MILLER, INCH, PERSEUS, PRESCODOC ROYALT oN; SAUNDERS, JR. , SCOTIADOG, _suasta, SHIRAS, H.W. SMITH. STACKHOUSE, STANDARD P.CEMENT, STEINBRENNER, STIFEL, SULLIVAN BROS. , WALTERS, SWEDEN, TAPLIN, C. THOMPSON, S.THOMPSON, J.E.UPSON, WILKINSON, WOLVERINE, YATES, and Barges MAGNA, MATA, MANILA, MARSALA, and SMEATON. BR pr OR = Ae aR RR 09K OR ak cok tae ki "AR GR ae a sie RMS SK oR ak sk Usk peas Sk ace ery eco ic "THE The following quotations from the "Amherstburg Echo" are of YELLOW interest: April 13, 1904 - "In the presence of an immense KID" crowd of spectators, the big steamer AUGUSTUS B.WOLVIN, the largest vessel ever built on fresh water, and said to be the largest exclusively freight boat in the world, was fully 1 hed at the Lorain yards of the American Shipbuilding Co. on Saturday, April 9th. The vessel is the largest ever built to sail fresh water and there are few ocean vessels that exceed her in dimensions, her length being 560 ft.over all, with a beam of 56 ft., and a molded depth of 32 ft., amidships." June 24th, 1904 - "All lake records for iron ore were smashed last Sunday when the AUGUSTUS B.WOLVIN, on her maiden voyage, took out of Two Harbors 10,694 net tons of ore. With the immense load the ship drew only 18'3" forward and 18'6" aft. The WOLVIN goes to Lake Erie." Today, nearly 47 years later this vessel is still oats big cargoes. aoe original orange-yellow hull gave her her nickname " Yellow