Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 38, n. 2 (October 1984), p. 6

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Duluth, with the long-present WILLIAM B. SCHILLER finally being dismanteled by those breakers there. Meanwhile at Duluth, three more "Tin-Stackers" had been stripped by U.S. Steel, in preparation to their moves to the breakers. Included were EUGENE W. PARGNY, EUGENE P. THOMAS and HOMER D. WILLIAMS. *** The Spain-bound scrappers GEORGE M. CARL and CONALLISON cleared Quebec City on August 25 behind the Polish tug KORAL, arriving off the Spanish Coast on September 15. *** P&H Shipping is said to be contemplating the retirement of their steamer CEDARGLEN. *** Canada Steamship Lines' ST. LAWRENCE will depart Thunder Bay on or about October 10 for the Far East following her sale to Chinese breakers. She will load scrap at Detroit and Erie, Pennsylvania for her final voyage to the Orient. *** Both of Canada Steamship Lines latest built self-unloaders NANTICOKE and ATLANTIC SUPERIOR were at the Portship yard at Thunder Bay in mid-September undergoing repairs for fire damage in their cargo holds, with NANTICOKE's stay anticipated between ten to twelve weeks. *** American Steamship Companies ROGER M. KYES grounded in the Trenton Channel off McLouth Steel on October 23. She was released on October 25, after lightering by the RICHARD J. REISS and with the assistance from six Gaelic tugs, the WICKLOW, BANTRY BAY, GALWAY BAY, SHANNON, NEWCASTLE and TIPERRARY, two Great Lakes Towing tugs, the NEBRASKA and WYOMING, Malcolm Marine's BARBARA ANN, and Upper Lakes Towing's OLIVE L. MOORE. *** Kinsman's MERLE M. McCURDY is again in service. ae CARRIBEAN PRINCE was downbound at Massena on August 15 en route to Montreal with 56 passengers. Her 1984 season on Lake Huron was unsuccessful. She will join NEW SHOREHAM II in the NY State Barge canal and Seaway next summer. ae P&H's steamer PINEGLEN was in the Welland Canal on September 28 enroute with tugs GLENEVIS and GLENSIDE to the breakers at Port Maitland. Sal Collship's 736-foot self- unloader building for CSL is due for a November 1 launch. She is reported to be named HONORABLE PAUL MARTIN. *** The A. B. McLean Ltd. fleet of the Canadian Soo has not been sold to McAllister as reported earlier. IcLean operates McAllister's salvage barge T. F. NEWMAN in that areas *** N. M. Paterson & Son's steamer PATERSON is reported to be sold for scrapping at Thunder Bay by Shearmet on the Mission River. *** ALISTAIR GUTHERIE was held up at the Soo recently when it was discovered that a hole in her bow had increased her draft at the bow to 24 feet. *** = CSL's steamers HOCHELAGA and NIPIGON BAY remain at Kingston and have not yet been moved to Hamilton. ALISTAIR GUTHRIE, Tugs OHIO and WISCONSIN, August 31, 1984 ya Ed. Photo

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