Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 19, n. 11 (July 1966), p. 2

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CXS Whe LoG BULLHORN The long-familiar pumpkin-orange and black stack mark of the Ford hiotor Co. fleet has been painted out. The six bulk carriers of the firm now sport a_ solid med- ium-blue stack with the famous Ford scroll in white as before. Canadian shipbuilding activity continues at a brisk pace with four more units on the drawing boardse Two 730-foot bulk car- viers will be built for operat— ion by Papachristidis Co., itd., the first to be constructed by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry- dock Co., #4td., Saint John, N.B. as their HULL 77. The second will come from Collingwood Ship- yards, presumably as that firm's HULL 188. Algoma Central Railway is said to be planning another self-unloader similar to their new motorship Roy A. Jodreye Scott Misener Steamships, Ltd. reportedly will build a unit similar to their 730-foot J.N. MCWATTERS. Salvage 182-foot efforts to. raise . ‘the passenger - freighter near Isle Royale (see Nowe '65 Log) may have been dealt a fatal blow. In early May it was discovered the hull had apparently been dynamited. ee a Since g) Canad Steamship Lines feo caren aeuiveey of ten 730-foot lake and Seaway vessels the 9% and 10% added in July as Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, com- pleted the motorship self-un- loader TOULIN and Colling- wood Shipyards delivered the straight-deck motorship SIMCOE. The former loaded ore for Ashta- pula at Contrecoeur July 8, passing Detroit upbound on her initial voyage four days later. SIMCOE locked up at the Soo July 1, enroute to the Canadian lake- head where she loaded 943,000 bushels of grain. She passed down at Detroit July 4. SWAPS & SALES The carferry ANN ARSOR NO. 5 has been acquired by Bulk Food Car- ders, Inc., of San Francisco, for undisclosed use. The canaller WILLIAM He has been sold by Superior gates, of “Port Arthur, Canada Transports, Ltd., ting in the to Mida- opera- Welland Canal area this summer. She lay in ordinary at Fort William last season. Canada Steamship Lines' canaller GRAINMOTOR has been acquired by Bahama Shipowners, Ltd., Nassau. She departed Port Colborne in early July with stone and flour for Nassau. The excursion steamer CANADIANA, long idle at Buffalo, has been sold by Pleasurama Excursion Lines, Ince, to Sam Parella, of Cleveland, for undisclosed use. The sandsucker R. E. DOVILLE# has been sold by Construction Mater- ials Corp. to River Sand Corp., of St. Clair, Mich. SCRAPS on June 20 the U.S. Maritime Ad- ministration sold the lakes! first self-unloader WYANDOTTE i, and former Gartland steamer WIL- LIAM H. WOLF to Transeastern As-— sociates, of New York, for $25,- 000 and $50,000 respectively for scrapping. The pair will proba- bly be towed overseas. The Pillsbury Co. has sold their Buffalo-based storage PILLSBURY'S BARGE (a.F, B. WELLS, b.OTTO M. REISS i, c. SULLIVAN BROTHERS i, d.HENRY R. PLATT JR. i) to Hudson Waterways Corp.e, New York, for trade-in on surplus Maritime Administration tonnage. She was renamed PILLS- BURY at time of sale and by vir- tue of this trade-in »urpose, will be later sold for dismant- ling. Kinsman Marine Transit's ne acquired steamer PEAVEY PION

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