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Che Detroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT Cratis Haseltine, Editor 13951 Faust, Detroit 23 Volume 1), No. 7 March, 1961 #4 photo by Father Dowling ARTHUR B. HOMER -- Built for Bethlehem Steel Corporation by Great Lakes Engineering Works at River Rouge as HULL #303 to dimensions of 730' (0A) X Te X 39", Keel Laid - March 18, 1959 Launched - November 7, 1959 _ Maiden Voyage = April 20, 1960 Deadweight naa - oe Gross Tonnage - Net Tonnage - Propulsion = eile Pebitene steam turbine © Speed (loaded) - 17 mph © HOMER was the heaviest vessel side-launched since the 693- book GREAT EASTERN was christened on the River Thames, London, on Jan. 31, 1858,