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AMERICA Fr, Dowling Collection SHIPS THAT AMERICA (US,107367) Steel passenger and freight propellor, built at NEVER DIE Wyandotte, Mich,, by Detroit Dry Dock Co, as their HULL 127, for the # 120 Booth Fisheries Co,, of Chicago, Dimensions as built, 164 X 34X11 486 gross tons and 283 net, Driven by triple expansion engines of 15", 24" and 38" diameter of cylinders by 24" stroke, built by Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit. AMERICA's first service was out of Chicago. In summers she ran excursions to Michigan City, Ind,, making a stop at Calumet Harbor, South Chicago, to pick up passengers from Chicago 's south side. Later on, around 1909, she was transferred to her owner's Lake Superior line, the United States and Dominion Transportation Co., for operation between Duluth and Port Arthur, She was lengthened to 182 feet in 1911 and her tonnage corres- pondingly increased to 681 gross and 478 net. She stranded on Isle Royale June 7, 1928, and proved a total loss, Her wreck was visible for many years after. The Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. AMERICA sunk on Isle Royale William A, McDonald Collection oe