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Ships That Never Die M/V CAPTAIN C. D. SECORD US-127426, Can-158644, Built W. Superior, Wis., 5117, net 3673, 1750 hp. 1900. 458 X 50 X 25.. Gross Lengthened Buffalo 1919 542.2 X 50 X 33.6. Gross 6922 (Canadian measurement), Phot by the Rev. Peter VanderLinden, ‘ dna The M/V CAPTAIN C. D. SECORD was built at Superior, Wis., in 1900 as the Str. CHARLES R. VANHISE for the Bessemer Fleet. Capt. Secord brought the vessel out new. In 1901 she became a part of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Her status remained unchanged until World War I when in 1918 she was sold to the U.S. Government for $640,000. The Government planned to cut the ship in two sections at Buffalo and take each section down through Leke Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to be joined together again at Montreal, then refit her for oc- ean service. The 50-foot beam of the ship was too wide for the Old Welland Canal so the first section was turned on her side and squeezed through the locks at Port Colborne. Before the second section was taken through, the war ended and the Government found themselves with $3,140,000 invested and half a ship in Canada and half in Buffalo. The Paisley interests in Cleve- land purchased the ship in 1919 and had her rejoined at Buffalo with a new 84-foot midsection. She came out in 1920 as the A. E. R. SCHNEI- DER and her length was now 542 feet. She had five compartments in her hold and 16 hatches on 24-foot centers. In 1931 her name was changed to S. B. WAY and in 1934 she was sold to the Columbia Transportation com of Cleveland. However, she conti- nued to carry the same name. She was sold Canadian in 1936 and was renamed CAPTAIN C. D. SEC- ORD after the man who brought her out new 36 years before and was now associated with Mohawk Navigation, the purchasers. The English tanker M/V EMPIRE METAL was sunk in an Italian harbor in World War II. After many years on the bottom she was salvaged. Her 3500-hp diesel engine was found in good condition. It was shipped back to the manufacturer, Burmeis- ter & Wain, in Europe, recondition- ed and then shipped to Canada. The SECORD'S two scotch boilers, 15'4 X 11', which were installed in 1916, and her original steam quad expansion engine, 203-30-433-63 X 42, were removed in 1953 and the diesel engine and a new stack were installed. The vessel is current! } in service and sometimes tows t barge ALFRED KRUPP (352 X 44 X 26) Her capacity is approximately 9000 tons, E. &. Massman, Jre