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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PART ONE: CHANGES IN THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE ON THE GREAT LAKES Section A - NEW CONSTRUCTION DC 710 (523657) Chemical Barge 260.1' x 50.1' x 11.1! Builder: American Marine Corporation, New Orleans, La. Owner: Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas (for service from Gulf Coast to Bay City, Mich.) Gross Tonnage - 1754 Net Tonnage - 1754 H. J. Elser (527751) Diesel Tug 48.7' x 14.5' x 61' Builder: Paasch Marine Service, Erie, Pa. Owner: State of and (Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs) Gross Tonnage - 32 Net Tonnage - 21 G. L. 113 (521963) Deck Barge 70' x 43.1' x 7.4! Builder: Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (Hull 703) Owner: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Gross Tonnage - 214 Net Tonnage - 214 THOMAS G. GOODE (521533) Diesel Tug 48.3' x 18.1' x 7.3! Builder: S.B.A. Shipyard, Inc., Mermentau, La. Owner: Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co. Gross Tonnage - 39 Net Tonnage - 27 HULL 1173 ("STUBBY") Fore & Aft Sections; Bulk Carrier 182' x 75' x Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Miss. (Hull 1173) Owner: Litton Systems, Inc., Baltimore, Md. (Bow & stern modules for Bethlehem Steel Corporation bulk carrier under construction by Erie Marine. Inc., Erie, Pa.) KELLEY ISLANDER (520828) Diesel Passenger. Auto Ferry 88.3' x 33' x 6.8' Bui. ilder: Blount Marine, Inc., Warren, R.I. (Hull 147) Owner: Neuman Boat Line Gross Tonnage - 95 Net Tonnage - 65 MOUNT HOPE (520611) Diesel Passenger Cruise 103.7' x 21' x 7.6" Builder: Blount Marine, Inc., Warren, R.I. ‘(Hull 141) Owner: American-Canadian Inland Cruises, Inc. Gross Tonnage - 98 Net Tonnage - 71 PHOENIX (523001) Tank Barge 341' x 54" x 21'6" Builder: Wyatt Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas Owner: Texas National Bank of Commerce (Under charter to Cleveland Tankers, Inc.) Gross Tonnage - 3275 Net Tonnage - 3275 STRAITS OF MACKINAC II (521407) Diesel Pass/Ferry 70.8' x 27' x 8.8' Builder: Blount Marine, Inc., Warren, R.I. (Hull 150) Owner: Straits Transit, Inc. Gross Tonnage - 89 Net Tonnage - 64