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CONGAR (3) Photo by "Jay" Bascom Steel tanker built in 1948 at Collingwood, Ontario by the Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #138) as (a) IMPERIAL LONDON (C. 173214) 252.1 x 43,5 x 17.7; 2130 gross tons. lLengthened 41'6" in 1961. Lengthened 30' by adding new bow and stern in 1968. Renamed (b) TEGUCIGALPA in 1977 and (c) CONGAR (3) in 1980. ~ One of the most unusual contemporary voyages logged by a Great Lakes' freighter is that of Paterson's motor- ship SOODOC. She cleared Savannah, Georgia on May 12th with a cargo of clay destined for three Italian ports: Savona, Ancona and Civitavecchia. She then proceeded through the Bosporus into the Black Sea for a cargo of Bill Luke, Editor fertilizer loaded at a Russian port near Odessa, which she transported to Cartagena, Columbia. From there she moved to Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles, then on to Kingston, Jamaica. She was due back in the port of Savannah in early September for another clay cargo for Trois Rivieres, Quebec. ** U.S. Steel's Bradley-fleet self-unloader steamer IRVIN L. CLYMER has lain in ordinary at Rogers City for the past eight seasons, amid rumors of her impending sale to Huron Cement and other possible operators. She was towed through the Soo on September 24th by the Great Lakes Towing tug OHIO, assisted by the tug STE. MARIE II, enroute for refit this Winter at the Fraser shipyard, Superior. She is scheduled to begin service in the salt trade next season for her career-long owner, U.S. Steel. ** Last month's issue of Historian outlined the recent departure for dismantling abroad of the former Republic Steel steamers TOM M. GIRDLER, THOMAS F. PATTON and CHARLES M. WHITE. Their destination overseas is presently subject to speculation, as the vessels were bunkered at Quebec City suggesting there may be some validity to reports the trio may be towed as far as Pakistan, their fuel tanks used to bunker their tugs in the long pull around the African Continent. ** ©6Jacques Cousteau's CALYPSO was upbound at Detroit on her Lake Superior sojourn on September 11,4 amid much local waterfront tumult. Her southbound transit, equally heralded on September 30th, was marked by her owner's helicoptered visit to Detroit's Hart Plaza for Key-to-the-City ceremonies. In the interim, CALYPSO's divers had found the 195- foot yacht GUNILDA in 270 feet of water, "in near perfect condition", near the -Continued on Page 5- =4 =