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Engineering Works (Hull #22) in 1906: Renamed b) F. SHIPS THAT NEVER DIE #220 By Paul C. LaMarre, Jr. Str. PIERSON INDEPENDENT On Saturday, September 29, 1906, with the crack of a champagne bottle, Mrs. J. H. Sheadle sent sliding into the water the steel ship named for her husband, the Secretary of Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. - the ship's owners. The J. H. SHEADLE (1) and her two sister-ships -- MICHIGAN (later GOUDREAU) and ISHPEMING (later THORNHILL) -- were considered at the time to be the epitome of the shipbuilder's art. Built for maximum strength and minimum weight, these boats had both large cargo and water ballast capacity. The SHEADLE in particular had many "modern" features, including having the crews' quarters on the main deck and self-stowing anchors (patented by Capt. Joseph Kidd) with the flukes being stowed inside the ship. Mr. Sheadle's own ideas, which were quite radical for the time, also were incorporated. These were sitting rooms and libraries both fore and aft, a separate stores room for the steward's department, and housing the deckhands and firemen in a heavily insulated room over the boilers, which on other ships was wasted space. The SHEADLE also was equipped with modern conveniences for company guests, including electric fans, lights and running water. On November 9 and 10, 1913 the SHEADLE became famous for another reason. Downbound in Lake Huron, loaded with grain, she bore the worst of the Great Storm. Under the command of Capt. S. A. Lyons, she survived four deadly turns in vicious seas that washed over the pilot house - a story that remains unequaled The charmed existence of this ship changed, however, on November 19, 1920 when she struck a boulder in the harbor at Marquette, Michigan and sank. She was raised ten days later and subsequently repaired. In 1924, the SHEADLE was sold to the Forest City Steamship Company and renamed F. A. BAILEY. The year 1930 saw the BAILEY return to her original owners, who renamed her LA SALLE (2). In 1951 a steam turbine replaced her triple expansion steam engine. - Continued on Page 3 - pesnEADLt h 3 Ss ae J. H. SHEADLE (1) ——— Young Photo Steel bulk freighter (US. 203628) built at Ecorse, Michigan by the Great Lakes 530.0 x 56.2 x 32.0; 6,924 gross tons. A. BAILEY in 1924, c) LA SALLE (2) in 1930. Sold Canadian in 1966 nd renamed d) MEAFORD (3). Later e) PIERSON INDEPENDENT in 1979 and f) COMPANY n 1980. Saas