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THE LOG - Continued The FORT HENRY's return to service was occasioned by the withdrawal from duty of CSL's FORT WILLIAM which was under repair at Thunder Bay on damage sustained in her collision with Detroit River Light: on October lst. “#% = Misener's steamer ROYALTON was laid up at, Hamilton in September after serving for a relatively short period this past season. She is said to be finished for further use by her career-long owners. Saal The former Kinsman steamer JAMES E, FERRIS was towed to Europe in the summer of 1975 and was later re- ported serving as a storage barge at Hamburg. It nowdevelops that she was renamed PRAM during that period. She was towed to the port of Santander, Spain this past late Winter for dismantling by Re- cuperaciones Submarinas, S. A., which got underway in early April. eae Upper Lakes Shipping will build a 730-footer at Port Weller Dry Docks for salt-water-only service. To cost $35,000,000, the self-unloader is scheduled for delivery in the Fall of 1981. hhahed The third in the U. S. Coast Guard's new series of icebreaker tugs, the MOBILE BAY, is to be commissioned at Sturgeon Bay on November 17th. The fourth, the BISCAYNE BAY, will be commissioned at St. Ignace on December 8th. Salah The Soo River steamer PIERSON IN- DEPENDENT grounded in the Brockville Narrows on October 28th while downbound with grain. Unloaded at Trois Rivieres shortly thereafter the vessel was to be returned to Port Weller for drydocking and in- spection. Meanwhile, Soo River is said to be on the verge of ac- quiring additional tonnage, possibly from both American and Canadian operators, Shaded Interlake Steamship's corporate affiliation with Moore-McCormack Resources was to have been the basis for the move of the C~3 Class saltwater steamer MORMACGLEN into the Lakes this Fall for conversion to an 824' x 74' Laker self-unloader at American Ship's Toledo yard, Presently in layup at Norfolk the 483-footer, built by Todd Shipyards at San Pedro, California in 1961, is powered by two General Electric steam turbines. The conversion has been held as result of litigation between the U. S. Maritime Administration and another salt-water operator who attempted to utilize another such vessel in domestic service only after she had been built in part with MarAd funds which dictated that the vessel's use be international. This technicality should be resolved by next Summer. The proposed rebuild of MORMACGLEN was to incorporate a new forebody, reduction in her present stern section and the placement of pilothouse and self-unloading equipment forward, %** Three former C-4 Class Lake freighters, TOM M. GIRDLER, THOMAS F. PATTON and CHARLES M. WHITE, have been under bareboat charter to Cleveland-Cliffs by their owner, Republic Steel Corporation. On January 1, 1980, Republic's ore - hauling contract moves from Cliffs to Interlake. It has been re- ported that Interlake will not operate this trio which assuredly clouds their future, nm Great Lakes Towing's tug AMERICA was badly damaged by fire at her Detroit berth in the Rouge River early in the week of October 29th. She was to be towed to Cleveland. ERROR CORRECTION - The cover story in the September issue of the Historian indicates that CANADIAN PROSPECTOR was lengthened at St. Johns, Halifax, The rebuild was done by St. John Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Ltd., St. John, New Brunswick. Omitted was the vessel's original name - CARLTON. -~ 6= é @