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The Year 1968 In Review Compiled by Richard J. Wright PART ONE: CHANGES IN THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE ON THE GREAT LAKES La Section A - NEW CONSTRUCTION MICHIGAN (514995) Vicon Dredge Barge 150' x 43'6" x 10! Builder -- Manitowoc ee Inc. Hull #436 Owner - Bultema Dock & Dredge Ci Gross Tonnage - 585 Net Tefthage — 585 NO. 42 Hydro-Dump Scow 235' x 45' x 18! Builder ~ Manitowoc as hg ge Inc. Hull #437 Owner - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Gross Tonnage - Net Tonnage - NO. 43 Hydro-Dump Scow 235' x 45' x 18! Builder - Sturgeon Bay SB & DD Co. Hull #701 Owner - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Gross Tonnage - Net Tonnage - TOLZD0 SUN Outboard Diesel Tank Vessel oe x 43* x 21'6" Builder - S.B.A. Shipyards, Inc., Hull #187 Jennings, Louisiana Owner - Lease Financing ong ine O11 Co. Gross Tonnage - Net Tonnage - Section B - NAME and OWNERSHIP CHANGES v ALPENA (206130) ee Motorship Co. (Erie Sand S.S. Co., Mers.) renamed Sidney E. Smith ALPENA Gueaas)” at by General Steamship & Transportation Co. to General Pipe Co. (Tug). BARLOW sold by U.S. Corps of Engineers to New York Technological Institute, New York (Tug). JOSEPH BLOCK (204631) sold by Inland Steel Corp., through underwriters, to Lake Shipping, Inc. (AmShip) (See American Losses). A.G. BRECKLING (226062) sold by Breckling Concrete Corp. to Erie Sand S.S.Co. BUCKEYE (157601) sold by Columbia Transportation Co. to Steel Factors, Ltd. (See Canadian Losses CANADIANA (207479) sold by Waterman S.S. Corp., to Tropicana Products, Inc.; resold to Sea-Land Service, Inc. Traded to U.S. Maritime Commission; resold to Jim Vinci for conversion to floating restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio. CAROL DIANE CEP sold by Harold S. Harding to City of Hampton, Virginia (See U.S. Loss S.M. DEAN i (258651) sold by Pringle Barge Line to McAllister Brothers, Inc., New Y ace ( DELPHINE (221218) sold by Anna Thomas Dodge to Lundeberg Maryland Seamanship School, bat Piney Point, Md.; renamed DAUNTLESS (Yacht). WILLIAM B DICKSON (207981) sold by United States Steel Corp. to Buckeye S.S. Co. (AmShip). R.E. DOVILLE (201815) sold by River Sand Corp. to Keith E. Malcolm; resold to Massey Marine Peni & Construction Co., Inc.; renamed MASSEY D. CHARLES E. DUNLAP (220453) sold by Tomlinson Fleet Corp. to Vitamin Capsule Corp. (See Canadian Scrappings). ELBA (204727) sold by Ore Navigation Corp. (Bethlehem Steel Corp.) t Waterman S.S. Corp.; traded to U.S. Maritime Commission. Resold ine Peterson Builders, Inc., for use as floating dock at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin