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A.C. FLEET,,cont ‘di. 1940 - Bought one ship: ALGOWAY,....Steel freighter built in 1903 at West Bay City by the West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., hull #608, originally G. WATSON FRENCH, US.86667. 376 x 50 x 28, 3785 g.t. Renamed HENRY P. WERNER in 1924, c) JOHN J. BOLAND, JR.(ii) in 1937, d) ALGOWAY (i) in 1940. Scrapped at Fort William, Ontario in 1964. C.171013. 1953 - Built one ship: E. B. BARBER,...Steel bulk freighter built in 1953 at Port Arthur, Ontario by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., hull #111. 560 x 59.2 x 27.1, 8618 g.t. C.194458. Rebuilt as a self-unloader in 1964. In service. 1963 - Built one ship: SIR DENYS LOWSON,...Steel bulk motor vessel built in 1963 at Collingwood, Ontario by the Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, hull # 179. 605 x 62 x 33'10", 10239 g.t. C.318686. In service. 1963 - Bought two ships: AGAWA,......Steel bulk freighter built in 1908 at Cleveland, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Co. as a) HOWARD M. HANNA, JR. (i), hull #442. US.205260. 480 x 54 x 30, 5905 g.t. Wrecked in Big Storm of 11-9-'13 on Lake Huron. Recovered and sold Canadian. C.134511. Renamed GLENSHEE in 1915, c) MARQUETTE in 1926, d) GODERICH (i) in 1927, e) AGAWA (ii) in 1963. Now a storage barge f) LIONEL PARSONS at Goderich, Ontario.(Photo on P. 5) MICHIPICOTEN,...Steel bulk freighter built in 1905 at W. Bay City, Michigan by the West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., hull #615, as the a)HENRY C. FRICK. 556 x 56.2 x 26.4, 6834 g.t. US.202443. Renamed b) MICHIPICOTEN in 1964. C.317342. Sold for scrap and broke in two while being towed overseas on November 17, 1972 in the North Atlantic. 1963 - Sold two ships: ALGORAIL and ALGOWAY, (Cf. above for histories.) 1965 = Built one ship: ROY A. JODREY,...Steel self-unloader built at Collingwood, Ontario by the Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., hull #186, C.318689. 623.2 x 72.2 x 38.5, 16160 g.t. Sank in the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands 11-22-'74 near Alexandria Bay. 1965 - Sold one ship: ALGOSOO, (Cf. Part II for history.) (Photo on P. 5) (End of Part III) LOG A target date of summer 1978 has been set for beginning operation of a car- ferry service between the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Canada's Manitoulin Island. Tentative ports are Detour, Mich. and Meldrum Bay on Manitou- lin Island. Possibilities of the carferry VACATIONLAND returning for a second time as she is now idled on the Pacific coast as SUNSHINE COAST QUEEN are look- ing good for this service. * The CHIEF WAWATAM has again eluded dire straits again. The Michigan Highway Commission ordered $400,000. worth of repairs for the boat and will ask the Coast Guard to let her continue running until another vess- el can be secured. * The IMPERIAL ST. CLAIR and the DOAN TRANSPORT, the special "Convoy" led by the CCG GRIFFON arrived in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Feb. 18 after a week's journey through the ice of Lake Superior from Sarnia. This historic convoy (Cont'd. P. 5)