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SHIPS Late in August both the WILFRED SYKES and the new EDWARD B.GREENE set records for ships of their respective classes. September saw the launching of the BADGER and the christening of the SPARTAN, new car ferries for C.&0's. Lake Michigan service, at the Christy yards at Stur- geon Bay. The new CHARLES L.HUTCHINSON has passed her trials and gone into service for the Pioneer Steamship Co. Likewise the new pride of the Colonial Steamships,Ltd., the 678 ft.JOHN O.McKELLAR (ii), initiated her service with a record cargo of 749,681 bushels of barley. Rumors indicate that more new and big bulk freighters will be laid down in our Great Lakes shipyards in the near future, with capacities quoted as high as 30.000 tons per trip! The two sections of the converted C-4 JOSEPH H.THOMPSON have arrived at South Chicago, where preparations are being made to dry- dock them and join them and complete other necessary work. It is hoped to have the vessel ready for several trips this season. Her over all length of 714 ft. makes her the third largest American merchant ship,being ex- ceeded in length only by the new UNITED STATES and the AMERICA. In fact your editor at the moment can recall only two other American flag merchant ships which were longer, the former German ships LEVIATHAN (ex VATERLAND ) and GEORGE WASHINGTON, both of which have been scrapped. The passenger ship CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, lying idle at Benton Harbor, has been sold for scrap. She will be broken up at Hamilton. (This ship was described in DMH ve4, n.10, and likewise appears in our new booklet - Editor). Two British ships, BALLYHOLME BAY and DUNDRUM BAY, were on the Lakes in August. They are canal size steamers, built on the Great Lakes in American yards during the last war, and alloted to England on Lend Lease. At the moment we are unable to learn their former names, but will print this information in the next issue. The Canadian light ship GROS CAP (ex ST.JULIEN) stationed in Whitefish Bay, above the Soo, will be replaced next year by a light house. Her removal leaves the American light ship HURON the only one on the Lakes. A large ship's anchor has been found near the mouth of the Clinton River at Mount Clemens. No other information known at present. The Wilson freighter E.J.KULAS ii, (ex WILLIAM C.ATWATER i), rammed the upper Livingstone Channel lighthouse in a heavy fog and pushed it off its foundations. The GEORGE R.FINK which was following the downbound KULAS attempted to clear the latter, but was spun around inthe swift current and grounded just above the Fort Malden Museum in Amherstburg. Both ships were severely damaged, and the lighthouse is a total lass. Capt.Robert Pringle, former operator of the Pringle Barge Line Co.,(DMH.v.3, n.5), died recently in Detroit. OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK KK OK OK OK OK K KK KK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the rearrangement and renovation of its offices, the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Milwaukee has disposed of several large oil paintings of 01d time Great Lakes ships. Through the thoughtfulness of our fellow member, Mr.Harry C.Brockel, the Port Commissioner, one of these has been given to our Society. It is an oil painting of the wooden freighter HELENA, built in 1888. The painting was done by Sprague, a prominent marine artist of the last century. It is now being cleaned and restored by our fellow member, Mr.Arthur E.Bracy, and will be on display at the October meeting. In a future "Marine Hist- orian" we will include a print from the painting, also a description of the HELENA under "Ships That Never Die," together with a biographical note on Mr.Sprague, the artist. Mr.William A.McDonald is preparing this write- up for us. Again, our sincere thanks to Mr.Brockel and the Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners. OR OR KK OR OK OK OR OK OK OK OK OK OK OR KOR OK KOK OK KOK KK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK CANAL The Chambly Canal and the Richelieu River in Quebec are expected “™ to be deepened to 12 feet, making the Canadian section of the water route from the St.Lawrence to New York coincide with the existing depths and facilities of the New York State Barge Canal.