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Wisconsin yards have been busy this year turning out various types of vessels < for ocean service. At : ; Sturgeon Bay the second heavy lift vessel, the PAUL BUNYAN was built by Peterson Builders (Hull #9412) for the American Heavy Lift Co. 300 x 55 x 27; 3,000 gross tons. She is designed to operate at a speed of 13.4 knots at a draft of 16 feet. She picked up her initial cargo at Hamilton, Ontario. The steel pusher-tug G. R. MOIR was built at Marinette by the Marinette Marine Gat #2) for the Coordinated Caribbean Transport Inc. of New York City. The "semi- integrated" tug is 134.6 x 40 x 24.6; 190 gross tons. The twin screw vessel left for ocean service and is pictured above in the G. R. MOIR Barry Anderson Photo Welland Canal. The navy patrol boat YP-673 was built at Sturgeon Bay by Peterson Builders (Hull #673). ars 5x 17' 19-3/4" x 6' draft. She is pictured in the Welland Canal on September 16th with fellow member, Capt. Gene Gislason in command on her delivery trip to the U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. She is the first of three patrol boats planned for training new officers at the Navy school there. McQueen Marine Ltd., of Amherstburg is in the process of liquidation. Their tug ATOMIC has been sold to Great lakes Marine Services for use in offshore gas drilling operations on Lake Erie, while the tug ABURG has been acquired by Windsor interests as a private yacht. The lighter T. F. NEWMAN has gone to McAllister Towing and William J. Luke, Editor Salvage Ltd. The STAN DUPONT II is said to be headed for the Maritimes while miscellaneous equipment will go to Pitts Engineering Construction Ltd. of Toronto. The firm's real properties are being considered for high-rise development. *** The Toronto-based tug CHRIS M. has been renamed EMPIRE SANDY. *** Gaelic Tugboat Company's SHANNON is in the process of being repowered at the Nicholson Terminal, River Rouge. Two new 850-hp Caterpillar diesels are being installed there. Her re-entry into service is scheduled for late this year. *** A group called "S. S. South American Ltd." of Mackinac Island is attempting to fund the renovation and return to the island of the former Georgian Bay Line steamer which departed the Lakes in October, 1967 for seaman training service by the S.I.U. at Piney's Point, Maryland. Long idle ata Camden, New Jersey scrap yard, her present condition can only be described as "deplorable". Continued on Page 6