The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 35, No. 4 - December, 1981 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Van der Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 FAREWELL: H. C. HEIMBECKER passes Detroit for the Pete Worden Photo ast time -- November 1, 1981 Steel bulk freighter (US. 202166) built in 1905 as a) GEORGE W. PERKINS for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. by Superior Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin (Hull #512): 569' x 56' x 31'; 6,406 gross tons. Sold Canadian to Redwood Enterprises (Reoch) in 1964 and renamed b) WESTDALE (ii) (C. 317133). Transferred to Inter- national Cruising in 1970, Reoch Transports in 1971 and Westdale Shipping in 1974. Sold to the Soo River Company in 1977 and renamed c) H. C. HEIMBECKER.