Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 24, n. 10 (June 1971), p. 1

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The Detroit 1 Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 24, No. LO 13951 Faust, Detroit, Michigan 48223 June, 1971 ae oe I — eee ae — — — SS ee 2 oe Sarewll Od Sriend Early in June Richard Nicholls' Coast Guard duties took him to Newport News where he found the SOUTH AMERICAN looking like this -- and even worse on closer examination, only a_ shabby shell of what was once a beautiful vessel. Gone, apparently, are the dreams of the SOUTH being used to train young seamen to follow the watery paths she traced for so long. Thousands of memories will remain, however, long after the shipbreakers have finished their grisly task and the SOUTH is no more. Fortunately, we won't have to remember her like this. Thousands of fine photographs were made of her by boatlovers and particularly by those who enjoyed her hospitality. It is to these that we will turn in the years to come to revive warm memories of SOUTH AMERICAN, Hopefully the time will come when present unrealistic laws will be repealed and people will again be able to enjoy cruising on our inland seas in fine boats like those that have been taken from us.

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