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Che Detroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. John C. Goodrich, Vice Pres 116 Farrand Park, Highland Park 3, Michigan & Robert A. Zeleznik, Pres. 2015 Dime Building, Detroit 26, Michigan John R. Campbell, Treasurer 1575 Cleveland, Lincoln Park, Michigan John E. Poole, Sec! 8236 Ford Ave., Van Dyke, Michigan Volume 7, No. 3 November, 1953 Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J., Editor University of Detroit, Detroit 21, Mich. WILLIAM R. LINN Ed Wilson Photo SHIPS OF THE PITTSBURGH STEAMSHIP CO., part III RICHAPD V. LINDABURY, built at Lorain, 1923, for the line. 580 x 60. WILLIAM R. LINN, built 1898 at Chicago for C.W.Elphicke & Co. 400 x 48. Purchased in the same year for Carnegie's Pittsburgh fleet. Sold, 1940, converted into a tanker and renamed L.S.Wescoat. THOMAS LYNCH, built at Chicago, 1907, for the line. 680 x 58. ALEXANDER McDOUGALL, 1898 Superior. 413 x 50. From Bessemer S.S.Co., 1901. Sold, 1936, scrapped, 1947. "Straightback" or half-whaleback design. WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE, built at Lorain, 1916 for the line. 580 x 60. JOHN H. McLEAN (ex BRANSFORD), 1902 W.Bay City. 414 x 50. From Acme Transit Co. (Hawgood),1916. Transferred in 1942 to U.S.Steel's subsidiary American Steel & Wire Co., rebuilt as a craneship for delivery of fin- ished steel products, and renamed CLIFFORD F. HOOD. SAMUEL MATHER, 1892 Superior (Whaleback #120), 308 x 38. From American Steel Barge Co., 3,-'Ol. Sold 1922, renamed CLIFTON. Foundered on Lake Huron, with all lives. 1904. (Editor's Note) The continuation of this fleet list, on page 3, will de- seribe the 22 ships acquired by Pittsburgh from the Minnesota Steamship Co., in 1901, all of whose names began with "M", A more detailed account of Minnesota Steamship Co., appeared in DMH vol. 3, No. 7, March 1950. Note: Paterson will launch a new boat to be called the S.S. Paterson on Nov.21,