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YHIPS THAT NEVER DIE-No.173 CEDARVILLE (US.226492) Straight-deck bulk carrier built in 1927, HULL 255, as A.F.HARVEY for the Pittsburgh Steamship Division of U.S.Steel by Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, to dimensions of 580! x 60' x 32', powered by 2200-hp 24%"-41"-65" x 42" triple expansion engine. In 1956 A.F.HARVEY was transferred to the Bradley Transporta- tion division of U.S.Steel to serve in the limestone trade. The ship was converted to a conveyor-type self-unloader by Defoe Shipbuilding Co. at Bay City, Mich., during the winter of 1956-57. It was renamed CEDARVILLE in honor of the Michigan city near the U.S.Steel dolomite deposits. The ship served its owners well until the late morning hours of May 7, 1965. Groping through a dense fog just east of Macki- naw City in the Straits of Mackinac, the CEDARVILLE collided with the Norwegian merchant ship TOPDALSFJORD. The CEDARVILLE, loaded with limestone from Calcite, Mich., sank within 21 minutes of the collis- ion. Twenty-three survivors and two bodies were picked up from the cold Lake Huron waters by the German motorship WEISSENBERG. Eleven others died in the tragedy as another fine vessel went to her rest. Leonard Barr II 1971-72 Officers President The Rev. Peter Vander Linden Vice President Hal Jackson Secretary Robert A, Zeleznik Treasurer Robert Pocotte Publications Manager J. Albin Jackman Editor Curtis Haseltine Archivist R. Warren McNab oO G ry)