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c THE "LAKERS" OF WORLD WAR I, Continued from first page: The first of the true "Lakers" was a group of 26 ships contracted for by the Lamport and Holt Line of Great Britain very shortly before America's entry into World War I. They bore names whose first word was "WAR." While they were under construction our Conntry joined the Allied Cause, and they were taken over by the U.S.Shipping Board, and their design was used for the 200 or more subsequent vessels built in 1917 and 1918. Some of these "WAR" ships were renamed with "LAKE" names, as were the majority of the group which followed. Herewith is a list of the "WAR" group (1917-18). WAR BANNER, Cleveland WAR BAYONET, Toledo, later LAKE SUPERIOR, C.D.JOHNSON, ANNA SCHAEFER and TULURAN. Sailed for many years on Pacific. Serapped in 1946. [AR BEAVER, app a wan CASTLE, Manitowo “a CENTAUR, DUluth, viaves LAKE TRAVERSE. On the Lakes in the 20s & 30s. [AR CHANT, Superior wan FINCH, Cleveland WAR FOX, Wyandotte, later LAKE FOREST, VENEHER, TABANHANDEL, ESTE CHOLLEN, RAFAEL ARIZTIA AND san PATRICIA. In sefvice in Chile. WAR HONOUR, Wyandotte, later WAR HOUND, Chicago WAR MAJOR, Wyandotte WAR MELODY, aatentae DOLLAR, HAKUTATSU RYUUN MARU. WAR OTTER, * superior, later LAKE CaPExS. Barge, 1928-8 still going WAR PATH, Wyandotte, later LAKE PLACID WAR PATROL, Wyandotte [AR PENGUIN, eta WAR RAVEN, Clevelan: WAR RIFLE, Toledo — LAKEBRIDGE, CASCADE. ° LAKESHORE, BLYMPIC, TAGANAK. Toledo. WAR SPHINX, Ecorse, later LAKE CONESUS. Scrapped by Ford, 1926. ae ae TRUMPEE, Ecorse, later LAKE ALLEN. Ford barge, 1926. "sola foreign, '47. Wyandotte wae AE YrOT » Manitowoc, later LAKE ONTARIO. As soon as America was in War I nearly all major Great Lakes auberiees began building ships of this type. As stated above, most were names with "LAKE" titles, said to have been selected by Mrs.Woodrow Wilson. However, there was a large group with names beginning with "C" also many ships named for municipalities and counties which had been a in the male of Liberty Bonds. These are listed in alphabetical order, omitting dimensions, which are approximately 260 x 43 for all, and dates, all 1918 or 1919. Continued, bottom of next page. SeEKKERKEKRKEKERKE REAR