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GARY (See The Log, Page 6) Photo by Captain Gene R. Gislason Steel bunkering tanker (US 231126) built in 1931 by Sun SB&DD Co., Chester, Pa. (Hull #138) as WHITE FLASH: 201'3" x 34' x 12'; 608 gross tons. Renamed b) BERT REINAUER in 1944, c) CHARLES MCCARREN in 1951, d) SINCLAIR POWER in 1953, e) SINCLAIR GARY in 1955, and f) GARY in 1972. Cleveland-Cliffs' steamer FRONTENAC grounded in ballast on Pettit Shoal while inbound at Silver Bay on Thanks- giving Day, November 22nd, sustaining substantial hull damage. Nineteen feet of water flooded her compartments #2 and #4 with cracks evidenced in her hull plating and Bill Luke, Editor under her own power for inspection. Scheduled for her spar decking. She was moved to Fraser Shipyards, Superior 5-year survey during this Winter layup at Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, preliminary damage estimates suggest that she may be through for fur- ther operation by Cliffs. ** Soo River's steamer PIERSON INDEPENDENT has been found to have suffered bottom damage so extensive as to render her uneconomical to repair for her new owners. She was placed in Soo River Company operation only last August 18th. As earlier reported, she grounded in the Brockville Narrows in the St. Lawrence River on October 28th. She did not proceed to Trois Rivieres for un- loading but was lightered near the grounding area and proceeded to Port Weller Dry Docks. She was then taken to Hamilton where she has been stripped out. As of December 1st, she had not been sold. Meanwhile, Soo River has acquired Kinsman's steamer GEORGE D. GOBLE which will be laid up at Hamilton for the Winter during which time she presumably will be converted from coal to oil-fired boiler opera- tion.- ** The on-again, off-again sale of TEGUCIGALPA to Honduran-flag interests is finally off, with her recent sale by Marine Salvage to Ship Repairs and Supplies, Ltd., of Toronto. Moved from Ramey's Bend to Toronto in November, she is said to be headed for service in the Maritimes. ** Collingwood Shipyards will launch their HULL 218, a 730-footer for Canada Steamship Lines, on December 18th. She will be christened NANTICOKE. CSL has awarded the Collingwood yard a contract for another 730-footer, this one for delivery in the Fall of 1981. Designated HULL 220, she will be designed for both Great Lakes and salt-water use. ** Cleveland-Cliffs' steamer EDWARD B. GREENE will be converted to self-unloader at American Ship Building's Toledo yard following a similar rebuild of Interlake's steamer ELTON HOYT 2ND, scheduled for completed there in May. Continued on Page 6 ae a @