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Che Betroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT Rey. Edward J. Dowling, S. J., Editor University of Detroit, Detroit 21, Mich. By.i.0. 10, No.2 October, 1956 RK RRR KR RR KR RK KKK KK KR KR RR KR KK KKK KK OK OK THE "LAKERS" OF WORLD WAR I, Part 2 (Editor's Note: Since beginning this series on the "Lakers" your Editor has received from our fellow member, Mr.Barry Thomas of Woodstock, N.Y., some very helpful information on these ships. His scholarly treatise the result of many years of accurate and painful research, is the basis for a number of corrections and additions to what we published in Septem- ber, and will enhance greatly the completeness of the remaining install- ments on the "Lakers" in the Marine Historian. Your Rditor is déeply grateful to Mr.Thomas, and wishes more members would assist in like manner.) The MARY, formerly the WAR COMET. Graham Photo KKK KK KR KKK KA KE KK KKK KEK KEK KK KER First of all, the following corrections and additions should be made in the lists which appeared in the September issue: WAR MAJOR, WAR PATROL, and WAR TUNE, should be classed with the "Pre Lakers” rather than the "Lakers," because they were delivered to their British own- ersbefore the U.S.Shipping Board could requisition them. WAR MELODY, should be removed from the list entirely, because she was built in Great Britain, not on the Great Lakes. As a matter of information, she was Harland & Wolff's (Belfast) Hull #543. Here is additional information and/or corrections regarding the "Wars:" WAR BANNER, Chicago, later LAKE WORTH, PHOENICIER, AMBERSTONE, ORLAND. WAR BEAVER, Wyandotte, later LAKE ERIE, GEZINK, . WAR CASTLE, manitowoc, later LAKE ONTARIO. Scrapped in 1928. WAR a gael) later LAKE CHAMPLAIN, NIPPONIER, FRUITHANDEL, MEISEI R WAR FINCH, Cleveland, later LAKE MICHIGAN, PICARDIER. WAR HOUND, Chicago, later CAKE HURON, SERBIER, CAP LA HEVE, BINAB, BENITD, ADVANCE, TROJAN, TROJAN III, ADVANCE. WAR PENGUIN, Cleveland, later LAKEPORT, DANUBIER, HOUTHANDEL, KOSHIN MARU. JAR RAVEN, Cleveland, later LAKE LILLIAN, BESTUM, HAI JUI. JAR lg od lean later LAKESIDE, SICILIER, KOFFIEHANDEL, CAP FEDHALA, WAR SPHINX, Ecorse, correct rename should be LAKE CRYSTAL. Later Ford barge, later repowered. Foundered, 2-14-46, near Watch Hill, R.I.- WAR VICTOR, Manitowoc, correct renamed should be LAKEVIEW. Scrapped, 1928. Continued on page 3