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Che Actroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT Curtis Haseltine William A. McDonald Editor William J. ke Associate Editor - History 13951 Faust Associate Editor - Current 3303 Vicksburg Detroit 23, Mich. 1323 Northlawn Detroit 6, Mich. Birmingham, Mich. Canadian Associate Editors John H. Basc! James Kid 100 Whitehall Ra. 83 nasi wee Rd. Toronto 5, Ont. Toronto 9, Ont. August, 1962 Volume 15, No. 12 MONTREALAIS Photo by the Rev. Peter Van derLinden uilt by Canadian niger Montreal and George T. Davie & Sons, Ltd., Lauzon, to (OA) X 75" X 39°. Funds for construction were provid ied by Hiram with ie vessel's operator, Papachristidis Ltd.» Montreal, under a lease-buy agreement termed the manged Pl i i )0-foot. Eye peoreion was launched at Vickers in ee see 1961. The 230-foot bow section was waterborne at George T. Davie & Sons' yard 2 pane | month, The hull joining was accomplished at Final fitout was ef: da’ ¢! the Government-owned Champ: eg Dry Do Quebec, ers, with christening held there Peet 12, 1962. Prior to commissioning she was LER » named MONTR: Main Propulsion Unit .eseseeeeses 9,000 shp. Steam Turbine built by Preahadtad General Elec- tric 0il-Fired Babcox-Wilson Watertube Boilers (2) sssccsccccccccees 26,600 tons Hold Capacity . i222 1,462,000 cubic feet Maiden Voyage (Upbound Detroit) ...sesseceeseee April 30, 1962 Ok KR RR OK Rk RR kok kkk ok kk kok kk oR ok ok kook RK kk kok ok ok OR kok & WE'RE READY TO GO INTO A NEW SEASON Kicking off a new year of activities, the Marine Historical Society of peony September meeting. Gordon puspee) te obtained a film on the old Hudson River sidewheeler NDER HAMIL‘ to show on us at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Edison Boat Club. Ken Smith tells us that EBC has a fine new c’ to serve those who desir ° ease make your reservations mich Ken not later than Monday, Sept.