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JOHN B. COWLE (2) The steel bulk freighter JOHN B. COWLE (2) was built to replace the JOHN B. COWLE (1) in 1910 at Lorain, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Company for the United States Transportation Company, the Standard Transportation Company, her operators. In 1912, the vessel, along with others of the USTC fleet , went into a new firm called the Great Lakes Steamship Company. In 1957, this company was purchased by Wilson Transit Company and the COWLE was sold to the Republic Steel Corporation in a subsequent transaction. In 1969, she was renamed b) HARRY L. ALLEN. In 1970, she was again sold, this time to the Kinsman Marine Transit Company, which firm became S. & E. Shipping in 1976. While the ALLEN was at winter quarters at Duluth, Minnesota on January 21, 1978, the Capital Grain Elevator #4 caught fire. The flames were so intense that the ALLEN lying alongside could not be moved and so also caught fire. Her cabins were gutted by the flames, the plates severely buckled because of the heat and she was declared a total loss. Her remains were scrapped at Duluth in 1979, by the Hyman Michaels scrap firm. JOHN B. COWLE (2) b) HARRY L. ALLEN Built: 1910 American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain Hull Number: 379 Length: 525.0 Breadth: 58.0 Depth: 31.0 GRT 6,614 Registry Number: US.207227 Engines: 23%", 38", 63" diameter x 42" stroke Triple Expansion Engine Builder: Shipyard JOHN B. COWLE, September 5, 1960 Editor Photo =2=