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SCRAPS (Continued) Bethlehem's EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND, laid up at the Canadian Soo since being cracked in the same storm which sank her sister, DANIEL J. MORRELL, in November of 1966, has been sold to Sea-Land, Inc. of Eliz- abeth, N.J. It is expected that the new owners will turn her in to the Maritime Administration for a surplus saltwater vessel and that the MarAd will then sell the TOWNSEND for scrapping ‘or non-trans- portation use. SHIPYARD SHAVINGS The 730' self-unloader building for Up- per Lakes Shipping, Ltd., is scheduled to be christened CANADIAN PROGRESS at Port Weller on July 27. Gartland's 1967 annual report says that the company is considering the construc- tion of a 25,000-ton capacity self-un- loader. HULL 191, a 730' bulker building for Algoma, was launched without name or ceremonies at Collingwood on June 18. At the same yard, the keel was laid on June 21 for HULL 192, a 730' self-unloader to be built for Canada Steamship Lines. Pile driving has now been completed for Erie Marine's giant new drydock at Erie and the entire dock is scheduled for completion by Dec. 15. The drydock gate which will be 120'6" long by 14! wide will be of the floating type and will be built by Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd. and towed to Erie in late November. THUNDER BAY made her first passage down- pound at the Soo since her conversion to a self-unloader on June 2. U.S.C.G.C. VIGOROUS, the last of 7 cut- ters being built by American S.B., was launched at Lorain on May 4. Another of the group, U.S.C.G.C. COURAGEOUS was down the Welland on Apr. 22. Still an- other, U.S.C.G.C. DAUNTLESS, was com- missioned at Cleveland on June 10 and went down the Welland on June 11. Canadian Vickers has sold their Geo. T. Davie shipyard at Lauzon to Davie Ship- building, Ltd. who announced that they would close the yard. At last report, the Canadian Government was threatening to block the closing. Hall Corporation of Canada has reported- ly signed a contract for a 730' bulker for delivery by Davie Shipbuilding, Ltd. PERILS OF THE DEEP Photo by William Hewig HOMER D. WILLIAMS was struck by WHEAT KING as they were attempting to pass in a fog near Lime Island in the lower St. Marys River. The time was shortly before midnight on May 15. Both of the boats were repaired and have returned. The Greek freighter CASTALIA rammed the north pier of the Mackinac Bridge ina fog on June 2. The bridge was undamaged. The saltie SUSANNE REITH hit JOHN T. HUTCHINSON in a fog on the St. Clair River on June 10. Although both ships were damaged, they have both been re- turned to service. The former Cleveland sightseeing boat CAROL DIANNE foundered on Chesapeake Bay enroute to her new home at Hampton, Va. “9 late in the week of May 19. Both of her two-man crew lost their lives. Biidy aaee, ou SHIPYARD SHAVINGS (Continued) Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company has been purchased by Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc., and will be operated as a division of that company. Port Arthur Shipbuilding Div. has a con- tract from Pan-Arctic Oils, Ltd. for two 400-ton barges for service in the Arctic. Reports indicate that Kingston Shipyards are tobe closed and all work concen- trated at other yards of Canadian Ship- building, Ltd. The new RALPH MISENER made her first trip up the Welland on June 17. MYRON C. TAYLOR made her first voyage as a diesel past Detroit on May 11. LEBRANCH is reportedly being recon- verted to a tanker at Sorel. In recent years she has been a skeet carrier. Sun Oil Co. has ordered a 300' self-pro- pelled tanker barge for 1969 delivery by SBA Shipyard of Jennings,