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THE REPUBLIC FLEET, continued from P.1: FINLAND (ex HARRY COULBY), 1906 Wrenootre be Detroit S.B.Co. for L.C. Smith Transit Co. Renamed FINLAND 1927. Acquired by Repub- lic in 1957. Later sailed in Bea nbteher Fleet. Renamed PETER ROBERTSON in 1970. Presently awaiting scrapping. TOM M.GIRDLER (es LOUIS McH.HOWE), 1945 Vancouver, Wash. by Kaiser for U.S.Maritime Commission. "C-4" type transport. Rebuilt in 1951 as bulk freighter. Presently operated by Cleveland-Cliffs -S.Co. SILVER BAY (ex ALBERT E.HEEKIN, ex WILLIAM A.AMBERG), 1917 Lorain by American S.B.Co. for Producers' S.S.Co. 525 x 58 x 31. Acquired by Republic from Wilson in 1957. Presently Canadian JUDITH M. PIEESON. I, service. J.E.UPSON, 1908 Cleveland by American S.B.Co. for Wilson Transit Co. ‘Acquired by Republic from Wilson in 19! and scrapped in 1969. Chimed whistle transferred to THOMAS #. PATTON. 504 x 54 x 30. VALLEY CAMP (ex LOUIS W.HILL), 1917 Lorain by American for Producers' SS.Co. 525 x 58 x 31. Acquired by Republic in 1967. Sold in 1968 to Le SAult de Ste.Marie Historic Sites Boatd, Inc. Now a museum ship at Sault Ste.Mgrie. ROBERT B.WALLACE (ex E.J.EARLING) 1906 W.Superior, Wis by Superior S.B.Co. for Franklin SS.Co. Later owned by Kinney and Wilson, & acquired by Republic in 1957. Sold for scrap in 1969 and found- ered while under tow off Coruna, Spain, while bound to Santander. CHARLES M.WHITE (ex MOUNT MANSFIELD), 1946 Vancouver by Kaiser for USMC. "C-4" type transport. Rebuilt as bulk freighter in 1951. 585 x 71 x 29. Presently operated by Cleveland-Cliffs SS.Co. mu ~ TOD ITDCAN and tue TOWA at CMlawalana y | X za