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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 29, No. 1 13951 Faust, Detroit, Michigan 48223 September, 1975 CLast View of Live-VENUS he last time VENUS moved under her own power was on Jan. 10, Ga 1975, when she arrived at the Allied Oi1 dock in the Old Riv- er at Cleveland for layup. There she stayed until a few weeks ago when she left under tow for the scrapyard at Ashtabula. So this photo by Al Schweigert is the last one as a live, operating vessel.