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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. John R. Campbell, Pres. _F. J. McAllister, Vice Pres. Kenneth E. Smith, Treasurer Robert A. Zeleznik, Secretary 1575 Cleveland, 444 Sandwich St., W., 153 Monterey, 4 2015 Dime Building, Lincoln Park, Michigan Windsor, Ontario Highland Park 3, Michigan Detroit 26, Michigan ANNOUNCEMENT: XN Our April meeting will be held on Saturday the 27th, and will feature a tour of the Test Tank and other facilities of the Depart- ment of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Our hosts will be the Quarterdeck Club, the student organization of this department at U. of M. At 1:00 P.M. we will gather at the Allenel Hotel Dining Room in downtown Ann Arbor for lunch. In a brief program after the luncheon there will be a talk by Professor L.M.Baier, Chairman of the Department, and one by our Vice President, Mr.F.J.McAllister, Then we will all go to the West Engineering Building on the U. of M. Campus to visit the hull testing tank and the hull storage rooms, and have a ride on the towing bridge. This meeting should be interesting and informing to all. Plan now to attend. Please send in the enclosed form to your Secretary, at 2015 Dime Building, NOT LATER THAN Wednesday, April 24th. § Robert A.Zeleznik, Secretary * OR ROK KK KOK KK KOK KK KK KK KK KOK KKK KK OK KK * KK KK OK MASTHEAD The S.B.BARKER, Booth Line, from the Poole Memorial Collection. MORE ON WAR MIDST, Manitowoc, later LAKE GREENWOOD, CATHERINE, STRAT- THE LAKERS FORD, GRANTON GLEN & ANNE DE BRETAGNE, was omitted from our list of the "Lakers". This ship was scrapped in Italy last year. In future issues we will add lists of similar Canadian vessels, of the N-3 type built on the Lakes in World War II, and the C1-M-AV1 type of the same era. SHIPS The former B.H.TAYLOR is now the ROGERS CITY, and the A.F.HARVEY will come out this season as CEDARVILLE. YOUNGSTOWN has been re- named WALTER E.WATSON. The old tug J.R.SPRANKLE has been abandoned. The JOSEPH S.YOUNG ( ex ARCHERS HOPE) is being converted to a self unloader at Manitowoc. REISS BROTHERS (ex WILLIAM K FIELD) has been repowered at Toledo. The tanker COMET opened the Soo Locks on April 5th. KOR KR KK KK KK KK KOK OK KK KOK KK OK KOK OK OK KOK KOK KOK KOK KK KK af é At left: The IONIC, one of two ships of the Northern Navigation Co. used only as freighters. The other was the larger steel DORIC. Both were transferred. out of N.N.Div- ision when Can- ada SS Lines took over in 1914.