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te U.S. Steel's first 1,000-footer, the EDWIN H. GOTT, will be christened at Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay on October 3lst. If present plans hold, the carrier should be in service before the year end. * Bay Shipbuilding laid the keel for another 1,000- William J. luke, Editor footer, Hull #719, for American Steamship on August 9th. American Steamship took delivery of the 635-foot BUFFALO (2) from Bay in early September. * Cleveland Tankers new motor- ship GEMINI was inbound at Quebec City on September 6th on her delivery voyage from the Livingston yard in Orange, Texas. She will be christened at Huron, Ohio on October 28th. * Marine Industries of Sorel will replace the cargo hold of the tanker EDOUARD SIMARD in a $4 million project. * The former Hall tanker LAKE TRANSPORT is being dismantled at Sorel. The stripped-down hull of another Halco tanker, CAPE TRANSPORT, was spotted tied up at Clayton, New York on September 3rd. It had been assumed earlier that the vessel had been taken east for service in the Caribbean. * The similarly cut-down hull of CENENTARRKIER has been acquired by Trois Rivieres interests for use as a barge. * The sale of the self-unloader LEADALE for scrapping in Mexico fell through. She was moved from Toronto to Hamil- ton in September where she presumedly will be cut up. * Canada Steamship Lines' handsome package freight steamer FORT HENRY has been laid up at Kingston, her future in doubt. * Several units of the Halco fleet are sporting a modified stack color- ing, one of several under consideration. Changed from black to red is that portion below the familiar "V". * The former Detroit fireboat JOHN KENDALL is being re- engined at Alpena with one of two diesels removed from the former Halco tanker BAY TRANSPORT, dismantled at Toronto and Hamilton in 1976. The other engine was in- stalled in the Canadian Soo-based tug W. J. IVAN PURVIS. * Hanna's GEORGE M. HUMPHREY sustained an eight-foot-long gash to the starboard side about four feet above the waterline when she entered the MacArthur Lock at the Soo on August 30th in high winds. She proceeded alone to Detroit where she was unloaded, then to Sarnia where repairs were made at the government dock in the elevator slip from September 2nd to the 9th. * Vandals set fire to the forward cabin of AVONDALE in the Welland Canal on August 26th. The former Reoch steamer has been moored in the canal section below Ramey's Bend for several seasons awaiting dismantling. * On August 11th, Ford's HENRY FORD II unloaded a cargo of limestone at Baraga, in Michigan's upper peninsula. Her dockage was the last scheduled for a laker there. * Medusa Cement's newly-acquired steamer STEELTON has been renamed HULL #3, a designation she will reportedly carry until her conversion for the cement trade is completed. * The Straits' ferry CHIEF WAWATAM has been given another service extension, this one until March 31, 1979. A possible replacement, the former State of Michigan Highway Department auto ferry VACATIONLAND (b. JACK DALTON, c. PERE NOUVEL, a. SUNSHINE COAST QUEEN) was reported on the drydock at Canadian Vickers yard, Montreal, in early September. * Republic Steel has received approval for the building of the $20 million lakefront ore unloading dock at Cleveland designed to handle the largest lakers. * The federally—sponsored extended Winter navigation program is scheduled to expire September 30, 1979, providing assistance only through the coming Winter. A leading Corps of Engineers official has predicted a possible 5-year moratorium in the effort to allow for study of the program. * Upper Lakes Shipping has announced a proposal to construct a $30 million shipbuilding and repair facility at Nanticoke. Sections for 1,000- footers would be built at Port Weller for assembly at the Lake Erie facility. Mean- while, Collingwood Shipyard is seeking $12 million in provincial and federal assis- tance toward construction of a 1,300-foot drydock. * Cliffs' WALTER A. STERLING was upbound at Detroit on her first trip following conversion to a self-unloader at Lorain and Toledo on October 2nd. * The Bob-lo Company has sold the 170-foot CITY OF WYANDOTTE to a Norfolk, Virginia travel firm. Renamed SPIRIT OF NORFOLK, the craft will be used for harbor cruises. Ny 5 gi x XS