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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. P.d.MoAlliste: Erveitent eh eB eboney rice yeas venn c geodes oy Treasurer kovert A.Zelesaik, Seorete bbb Sandwich Stree Lothrop Ro A role 2015 Dine Building id Windsor, ‘Ontario. Sehcee Pointe! eee %, Mien. weaee pen t 26. Michigan. > w ANNOUNCEMENT: We'll be able to see exactly what hets talking a- bout when Fred Smith, resident engineer on the Am- herstburg Channel improvement project, explains that project to us at our June 6 meeting in Amherstburg. Drop down in the after- noon to visit with our hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Botsford, and en- joy a picnic on the spacious lawn while you watch the boats go by. The Botsfords will furnish coffee as usual. The meeting will be in the Fort Malden Museum building. Al Bradley SHIPS _ Alot of old friends on the Lakes are going under new names this season and some of the familiar names will hardly be re- cognizable with their new, longer dimensions to take advantage of the new Seaway locks dimensions. Both of the Interlakers bought by Decks have been raised on four of Kinsman have been renamed. The SAT- the Hall boats, the STERNECLIFFE, the URN, which never ran under that name, FRANKCLIFFE, the SOUTHCLIFFE and the is now the GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER. EASTCLIFFE. The latter two were alwo She was the JOHN SHERWIN when she was lengthened 90 feet. Canada Steamship in the Interlake fleet. The VERONA Lines lengthened the METIS 72 feet. is now the HENRY STEINBRENNER. The By now the CANADIANA may be comp- G. A. TOMLINSON has been sold to Gar- letely repaired and fitted out fon» tland and is now the H#NRY R, PLATT, her opening Memorial Day cruise. Shtw JR. and the former HENRY R. PLATT has had 18 plates repaired together with been sold for conversion to a barge. boiler work and paint. The A. M. BYERS is now the Clemens A. The JOHN cc. F. MISENER is demons- REISS and the former CLEMENS A. REISS trating the value of the Seaway by is now the SUPERIOR. The SMITH THOM- taking a load of grain direct from PSON has been renamed ROBERT M. JOYNT the Lakehead to Montreal. She will and the RALPH BUDD is the L. A. MC - continue on to Sept Iles for ore to CORQUEDALE. The CEMICO ERIE is now bring back to Ashtabula. the JOHN F. MCKAY. Three Beacons- And speaking of ASHTABULA, that field boats have been lengthened. The carferry is to be taken to Hamilton TECUMSEH and BELVOIR were stretched by a couple of McQueen tugs for scrap 90 feet and their decks were raised. ping. Thus goes the last carferry on The GRIFFIN was lengthened 72 feet. Lake Erie. C HART Our fellow member, Dick McDaniels, has published a fine stack chart in color showing the stack emblems of the ocean fleets that are now sailing in our Lakes. They are available, at $1.50, from his Seaway Publishing Co., at St.Clair, Mich. MASTHEAD That silhouette of a Great Lakes bulk freighter gracing our mast- head spot this month is from the identification chart of Great ~« Lakes vessels published by fellow member Jim Wackter. He has given us per-@ mission to use these in The Historian so others will be showing up in the future. And just to keep the memory of the old Lakes windjammers fresh, he has the silhouettes of the principal rigs.