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CXS The LoG <=> The Canadian Denvartment of Trans- port announced on Feb. 2 that the construction subsidy program has been temvorarily suspended, pend- ing study of policy. Huron Cement's fleet will sport cream-colored hulls this spring instead of the familiar green. Huron's steamer JOHN W. BOARDMAN will remain at the lock construc- tion site at the Soo as a storage unit this coming season. A Canadian federal court inquiry into the Sept. 5 collision of Hall's LEECLIFFE HALL ii and the Greek-flag APOLLONIA has ruled that both vessels were being im- properly navigated. Both ships were moving at excessive speeds with the laker running too close to the middle of the channel. Principal cause of the accident was cited as lack of proper use of radar. @ Reochts newly-acquired self-un- loader VALLEY CAMP will be re- christened VALLEYDALE. Quebec and Ontario Transportation affiliate Comet Enterprises, Ltde of Bermuda, will rename their re- cently-purchased steamer JAY C. MORSE the SHELTER BAY ii. Kinsman Marine Transit has bought the 600' GEORGE F. BAKER from the Pittsburgh Fleet. The Kinsman steamer HARRY L. FINDLAY (a. MAT THEW ANDREWS i) will enter ser- vice this spring as PAUL L. TIET- JENo Canadian Vickers, Montreal, will build a 730' diesel bulk carrier for Hall Corp. of Canada for 1966 delivery. Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, currently has two similar boats under contract for Hall in- stead of three as reported early. Collingwood CSL's 730" Shipyards launched RIMOUSKI Feb. Defoe Shipbuilding launched the U.S.Navy's DE-1047, USS VOGE, at Bay City Febe 8. Formal christ- ening ceremonies were held four days earlier when cold weather prompted a launch postponementeo Defoe laid the keel for the Aus-— tralian Navy's Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS BRISBANE Feb. 15. She is the third and final unit $15 million U.S.Navy con- The former Interlaker FAYETTE BROWN (aeCHARLES L. HUTCHINSON i) under tow of Dutch tug BARENTSZ ZEE in the Gulf of St.Lawrence, was cast adrift in bad weather on Dece 5 and grounded on Anticosti Island, becoming a total loss. Enroute to shipbreakers in Spain, she was the fourth laker to be lost while being moved to Europe for scrapping.e The Canadian coastal freighter FORT ALBANY (asHMCS MONDVILLE) which sank Dec. 8, 1963, follow- ing collision with the Norwegian PROCYON (a.ELIN HOPE), was raised last June near Lanoraie, Que. She was towed into Sorel June 25. Marine Industries started disman- tling operations in mid-July. ® Dismantling of the steamer JAMES B. EADS (asGLOBE) got underway at Port Weller Feb. 4. Bill Luke CONTRIBUTORS: George Ayoub Be Charles Erickson Jre David T. Glick Je Albin Jackman Paul Sherlock William Ro Wilson ww > ww