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v fe The Detroit _ Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 21, No. 10 July, 1968 Maiden voyage photo by Dave Glick FRONTENAC (Can. 329342) The tenth maximum-sized straight-deck, bulk freighter to be built for Canada S.S. Lines (one has been sold out of the fleet), the motor vessel FRONTENAC was launch- ed by Davie Shipbuilding,Ltd.,Lauzon,Que., as HULL 661 on Dec. 12, 1967. Keel had been laid the previous May 17. Her dimensions are 730' o.a. x 75' x 39'8"; 17,621 gross tons and 13,476 net tons. Power is supplied by a Sulzer model 6 RD 76 turbo charged two-stroke, 6-cylinder diesel engine which develops 9600 b.h.p. The en- gine burns heavy fuel under all conditions including start up. It drives a four- bladed KaMeWa stainless steel controllable-pitch propeller. All speeds from full ahead to full astern’ can be obtained by changing the pitch of the propeller. This can be accomplished from either the bridge or the engine room. The 800 h.p. elec- tric bow thruster is also of KaMeWa controllable-pitch design. FRONTENAC was commissioned on May 13 and took on 25,492 gross tons of ore pellets at Pointe Noire the following day. She took this maiden cargo to Hamilton and moved light to the Canadian Lakehead where she loaded 1,014,033 bu. of grain. On her downbound maiden voyage she set a record by reaching Montreal in 4 days, 2 hours and 40 minutes. faeces oO