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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 34, No. 5 Jan. 1981 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Van der Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 THE ADAMS FLEET By Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. ollection of the late William A. McDonald TOM ADAMS Cc At the Soo Locks. Note the company flag at the foremast. Wooden bulk freighter (US. 145481) built for the fleet in 1888 at Bay City by F. Triple 288' x 41' x 20'; 1,810 gross tons. As originally built, this ship carried four W. Wheeler & Company (Hull #36). This ship expansion engines by Cleveland SB Co. masts, the first three of which were rigged to carry fore and aft sails. was renamed b) LANGHAM in 1902, a change to make room for the new steel freighter THOMAS ADAMS. LANGHAM was destroyed by fire on Lake Superior, off the Keweenew Penninsula, on October 27, 1910. The ship was bound from Cleveland to Fort William with coal, There were no casualties. ANNOUNCEMENT The next general membership meeting will be held on Saturday, January 24, 1981 at 2 P.M. at the Windsor Public Library. Don Dube will show slides of ships taken from the Bob-Lo boats, at the Welland Canal and on a trip on the Steamer MIDDLETOWN with his cousin, Captain Ralph Dube.