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™ Volume 8, No.5 Che Detroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J., Editor at January, 1955 University of Detroit, Detroit 21, Mich. KR KR KK OK ROR OK KOR OK KK KOK KK ROK OK KOR KR ROK RK OR KOK KK KK KK The Ships of the Cleveland Cliffs Fleet - Part II The first WILLIAM G.MATHER, 1905 Pesha Photo The WILLIAM G.MATHER, shown above, came out from the Ecorse yeards in 1905 as flagship of the fleet. Her dimensions are 513 x 60. She was the first ship on abe Great Lakes with a hull beam of sixty feet. She was re- named J.H.SHEADLE (ii) in 1926. The following freighters were in the fleet between the period 1910 to 1930, either by purchase, charter, or operational basis only. Several éf these are still in the fleet, as will be noted below: Str. E.L.WALLACE, 1908 Ecorse, 420 x 52. Later MARQUETTE. In fleet STEEL KING, 1308 Lorain, 380 x 50, Later CADILLAC (11) and CHACORNAC. waiting scrapping presently at Buffalo. F.M. OSBORNE, 1902 Lorain, 380 x 50, Later MUNISING. Scrapped at Buffalo during the past autumn E.N. _ pat eee 380 x 50. Later NEGAUNEE. Scrapped recently EUGENE ZTMURELAN "1505 "toledo, 488 x 52. Later GRAND ISLAND. In fleet. J.H.BARTOW, 1907 Wyandotte, 504 x 54. Later PIONEER (ii). In fleet. lw CLIFTON (ex SAMUEL MATHER), 1891 Superior, 308 x 38, whaleback #120. Foundered on Lake Huron, 9-21-24. COLONEL, 1901 Wyandotte, 356 x 50. Scrapped recently at Buffalo. YOSEMITE, 1901 Wyandotte, 356 x 50. Scrapped recently at Buffalo. (Continued on page 3)