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PICKANDS, MATHER FLEET, continued from last month: The following steel freighters were purchased in 1916 and renamed as listed. Str.JOSEPH SELLWOOD 525 x 55 -1905 for Mitchell " C¢.S.ROBINSON ben ex: 55. 1905. 0 " ex LOFTUS CUDDY w " J.A.CAMPBELL Boo x 58 1013 v ex ALTON C.DUSTIN WILLIAM B.DAVOCK 420 x 52 1908 for Elphicke (Vulcan SS Co.) Lost '40 The following vessels were built for the line at the dates indicated Str.HENRY G.DALTON 580 x 60 1916 at Lorain. Tug INTERLAKE 6x11 1916 " Buffalo " C.C.CANFIELD 57x15 1918 " Buffalo, now B.H.BECKER Bge.JERRY HIGGINS 35. x16 alsa ay Suerte os repair boat. Str.CHARLES M.SCHWAB 580 x 60 1923 " Cleveland. " Samuel Mather 586 x 60 1926 " Lorain " Col.James Pickands 386x60 1926 " Lorain " HARRY COULBY 613 x 65 1927 " Lorain " ROBERT HOBSON 580 x 60 1927 " Lorain " WILLIAM McLAUCHLAN 580 x 60 1927 " Lorain The following ships were purchased in 1930 from Youngstown Steamship Co. Sime FAYETTE BROWN 505 5h 1910 for Wineman. Ex CHARLES L.HUTCHINSON. HARVEY H.BROWN 582 x 56 1908 for Tomlinson. Ex HARRY A BERWIND. " HARRY W.CROFT Silex 58 1908 for Tomlinson. Ex FRED G.HARTWELL. " ELTON HOYT IL 530 x 56 1907 for Shenango. Ex WILLIAM P.SNYDER. Renamed ALEX D.CHISHOLM, 1952. " YOUNGSTOWN 580 x 60 1920 for Brier Hill SS.Co. Ex H.H.PORTER. The following ships were purchased from U.S.Maritime Commission in 1943. Str. FRANK ARMSTRONG 603 x 60 1943 Ashtabula. ex PILOT KNOB (i). " E.G.GRACE 603 x 60 1943 Lorain. " FRANK PURNELL 603 x 60 1944 River Rouge. Two ships were built for the line in 1952: Str. ELTON HOYT 2nd 626 x 61 built at Sparrows Point, Md. (Over all bon” 3.L.MAUTHE 647 x 70 built at River Rouge, Mich. ( length give) La) NOTE: Despite the similarity in names, all indications show that the fol- lowing vessels were not part of the Pickands, Mather Fleet: Str. H.S.PICKANDS 181 x 32 wood,1884 Grand Haven, Mich. Sch. S.L.MATHER 350-86 wood, 1870 Vermilion, Ohio. Str. SAMUEL MATHER 308 x 38 steel, 1892 W.Superior, Wis. by McDougall, whaleback #120, later CLIFTON, and lost 1924. Deo ek eee Reirerteeterk ade Ook ook ok. ok ok OR a ak Rak kk a KOK, oe, ok ok ak ke aia Shown below are two of the former ships of the Pickands,Nather Fleet. at the left (Ed Wilson photo), is now the Paterson freighter SASKADOC, while WILLIAM B.DAVOCK, right (Pesha photo) foundered on Lake Michigan in the "Armistice Day" storm in 1949.