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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 36, No. 1 - September 1982 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Van der Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 THE FLEETS OF THE SEAWAY TOWING COMPANY AND NORTH AMERICAN TOWING COMPANY INTRODUCING CHIPPEWA Editor's Photo Steel tug (US. 22650) built in 1927 at Lorain, Ohio as a) ROGERS CITY by the Amer- ican Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #799): 88.4 x 24.6 x 12.3; 149 gross tons. Renamed b) DOLOMITE in 1957. Dieselized and renamed c) CHIPPEWA in the Fall of 1981 upon entering service for Seaway Towing. KR KKK The Seaway Towing Company commenced operations at the Soo in 1978 with the purchase of two tugs -- the MICHIGAN and OREGON -- from Great Lakes Towing Company. In 1981, these two tugs were transferred to Duluth when North American Towing, an affiliated company, was formed there and at other ports on the Great Lakes. The balance of these two fleets is listed on the next four pages.