The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 36, No. 2 - October 1982 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Van der Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 INTRODUCING ALGOWEST Editor's Photo Steel bulk freighter (C. 372057) built in 1982 at Collingwood, Ontario for Algoma Central Marine by Collingwood shipyards Division, Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineer- ing, Ltd. (Hull #226): 719 x 76 x 39; 20,310 gross tons. Launched April 28, 1982. (See Page 2) First trip upbound at the Soo July 23, 1982. Maiden cargo 27,308,210 tons of barley from Thunder Bay to Baie Comeau.