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Erie Sand Steamship's 76-year-old self-unloading sand- sucker LAKEWOOD successfully passed her 5-year inspection at Toledo in late June (See Photo below). *** Bay Ship- building, Sturgeon Bay, will construct a second carrier for Columbia Transportation. Designated HULL 726, she will be a 1,000-footer. Also at Sturgeon Bay, Hull #720, another 1,000-footer for Bethlehem, reportedly will be BURNS HARBOR with the hope that the name will "stick" this time. LEWIS WILSON FOY originally was to have borne the name. *** Halco's FRANKCLIFFE HALL will be converted to a selfunloader this coming Winter at Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company, Thunder Bay. *** Algoma Central's SIR DENYS LOWSON has been acquired by Paterson and is being renamed VANDOC. The transfer took place on July 26 at 1700 EDT upon the vessel's arrival at Thunder Bay. *** American Heavy Lift's motorvessel PAUL BUNYON was down at Detroit on July 5th on her delivery trip to salt water from Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay. *** On June 26th, the ferry PELEE ISLANDER was also downbound here following repowering at Collingwood Shipyards. *** The long shut-down of American Ship Building's Lorain yard ended July lst. Delivery of the two 1,000-footers on the firm's order book will be delayed by at least 18 months. The carriers are being built for U.S. Steel and Inter- lake Steamship Company. *** Scrapping of the HARRY L. ALLEN was about complete at Duluth in mid- July with the Tin-Stacker WILLIAM P. PALMER next in line for the torches at the Hyman-Michaels yard there. At the western end of Duluth Harbor, disman- tling has been started on RICHARD TRIMBLE. *** The former Westdale Shipping self-unloaders AVONDALE and FERNDALE were taken in tamden tow at Quebec City on July 6th behind the Polish-flag tug JANTAR for breakers in Spain. *** At Sarnia, the former Imperial 0il tanker IMPERIAL COLLINGWOOD has een renamed SEAWAY TRADER, vhile at Goderich the grain storage hull SHELTER B. has recome D. B. WELDON, the second laker to bear that lame there. *** sanker FUEL MARKETER is veing converted to a liver's training unit at ‘oronto, while the tanker ‘COLA is being readied here to reenter service. ** The CSL package reighter FRENCH RIVER has een laid up at Kingston, pparently for lack of argo. *** Qpposition to ear-around navigation on he upper Lakes appears to (Continued w William J. Iuke, Editor LAKEWOOD at Toledo Paul LaMarre, Jr. Photo menRy as