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GXxYS The LL oG > The Bullhorn Pittsburgh Fleet's GEORGE A. SLOAN (a. HILL ANNEX) opened the Soo with her upbound pas- i The Welland Canal was opened sand- son be- MEDICINE HAT and eastbound Tecreces of Misener's JOHN O. MCKELLAR at Iroquois. At the outset of the 1965 season, the Amer- ican lake ore fleet numbered 168 available carriers, nine fewer than a year agoe The first Russian vessel ever to enter the Seaway, the MITCHURINSK, cleared St.Lambert Lock on April 20, bound for Hamilton and Torontoe A pair of former lakers which have which left the lakes in Port Cartier on April 28. Imperial Oil's IMPERIAL SARNIA docked BS oe ape 20, after three years' absenc He. urn has prompted sale of I™ SERIAL SIMCOE as SIMCO- LITE) and IMPERIAL WELLAND (aeROYALITE) to a Montreal scrap dealer. The former locked down the Welland April 17 enroute to Kings- ton with fuel oil. rece ae may see further service in salt w. Swaps & Sales Hanna Mining Company's 600' EMORY L. FORD has been purchased by Reiss Steamship Co., and rechristened RAYMOND A. REISS. She was under charter to Gartland Steamship Co., the past two seasons. Interlake Steamship Co. has sold the 550t he has been idle at Sturgeon Bay the past four seasons The U.S.Coast Guard me aoa ae eee and DAHLIA have been sold to th am Gov— ernment: Ne cae Dutch Galena). "The 86- footers will d at Paramaribo for exrvice to agigecionay aids KEARSARGE (left) and ARTHUR ORR in winter Quarters at Chicago. Ross & Wiley Photo. Northwest Steamship Ltd.'s package freight- = AsA.HUDSON (asRAHANE), idle since late 1962 at Owen Sound, has been sold to dentified foreign interests for Caribbean operations Marine Salvage, Ltd.'s steamer AMASA STONE has former Interlake by Medusa Portland Cement for been acquired use as 3 dock at Charlevoix, Mich., during new plant cons- truction there. anje Line's Leet ewan te liner PRINS EeEE VAN ORANJE has German interests. lakes visitor. been sold to East She has been a frequent Gartland's former U.SeArmy tug DAKOTAH (ao LT 820) has been chartered by Bultema Dock Renamed MUSKEGON, she carterey, ANN ARBOR NO. 3 he Straits this summer while the CHIEF WAWATAM aadengoes a $600,000 boiler renova- tion at Manitowoc. Shipyard Shavings Davie ght abutting » meueens launched HULL cous 730" LAWRENCECLIFFE » On April 14. “the diesel bulker is crates for May delivery. The U.S.Navy oiler MISPILLION passed up- bound through the Welland Canal April 14, enrou to American Ship's Toledo yard for jumboizing. Defoe shipbuilding sent the guided missile PERTH out on Lake Huron Fraser Shipyards put the trials April 21. April 22. She d to clear for Frankfort two days later. Seraps The Destroyer Escort U.S.S. DANIEL Ns passed Detroit dovabaung April 1 to Philadelphia Na for decommission- ing and sale for Bue eas Stationed in 2 lakes for 15 years as a reservists! ing ship, she will be the DE U.S.S. PARLE train- replaced in June by Bill Luke CONTRIBUTORS: Albert W. Bradley John Vournakis Cc