Che Detroit Marine Historian Journal of MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Detroit Volume 19, No. ll July, 1966 IMPERIAL ACADIA, single-screw coastal tanker built by Port Weller Drydocks, Ltd. (HULL 39) to order of Imperial Oil, Ltd. Keel was laid June 25, 1965; christening Nov. 17, 1965. Vessel entered service April 29, 1966, operating out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Atlantic Coast ports. Dimensions are 440' (OA) x 60 x 31. Propul- sion, a 5,000-hp Burmeister & Wain direct-drive diesel, giving a service speed of 14.5 knots (16.67 mph). A 375-hp bowthruster is fitted in the hull which is strengthened for navigation in ice. Paul Sherlock William J. Luke Archibald Brighton Chas. Erickson Robert Zeleznik ident Vice-President Treasurer Seci 312 N.Clifton Rd. 17775 Parke Lane 29312 Rambling 877 University Birmingham Grosse Ile Beutetell Grosse Pointe Michigan Michigan Michig: Michigan Editor: Curtis Haseltine, 13951 Faust, Detroit, Michigan