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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 34, No. 11 - July 1981 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Van der Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 INTRODUCING: WILLIAM J. DE LANCEY Courtesy of Freshwater Press Steel self-unloader (US. 631668) built in 1979-81 by the American Shipbuilding Co. at Lorain, Ohio, with a forebody constructed at Toledo, Ohio (Hull #909), for the Interlake Steamship Co., Pickands Mather & Co., Managers: 1,013'6" x 105' x 56'; 36,360 gross tons. Keel laying ceremonies were held at Toledo on July 12, 1979. The christening was held at Lorain on April 25, 1981. The Great Lakes' longest carrier entered service on May 10, 1981, loaded 55,944 gross tons of pellets at Silver Bay on May 12-13, and arrived back at Lorain on May 16.