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~ The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 40, No. 7 - March 1987 Published Monthly Annual Dues $10.00 Rev. Peter Vander Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 Bob Zeleznik, Secretary - Membership - Changes - 877 University - Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230 THE CROSBY FLEETS - PART 4 By Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. PERE MARQUETTE 6 Late Ken Smith Collection PERE MARQUETTE 6 (ex MARK B. COVELL, U.S. 92006) Wooden passenger and freight vessel, built at Manitowoc in 1888 by Rand & Burger as a steam barge for Campbell & Co. of Whitehall, Michigan. 130 x 27 x 10, originally 261 gross tons, later raised to 371 gross tons. Chartered from Pere Marquette Line Steamers by Crosby occasionally in early years of this century. Engines removed in 1933 and briefly used as a barge. Finally burned as a spectacle at Manistee in 1936. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Annual Dinner Meeting: Please reserve Saturday, April 25th for our Annual Dinner Meeting. It will be held this year at the St. Clair Inn in St. Clair, Michigan. Harry Wolf, former ships photographer aboard the SOUTH AMERICAN, will present a program entitled "Seaway Cruise to French Canada." Advisory Council Election: The 1987 Advisory Council election will be held in May. Nominations should be submitted to Bill Luke, Nominations Chairman, 20255 Wellesley, Birmingham, Michigan 48010 by April 15, 1987.