MORE TO THE SCRAPPERS SED CHAMPLAIN and TUSKER Lower Beauharnois Lock - September 5, 1987 Mike Nicholls Photo Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 243612) built in 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio by American Ship Building Company (Hull #1009) as a.) BELLE ISLE, 604.8 x 60.2 x 30.2; 8,758 gross tons. Renamed b.) CHAMPLAIN in 1943. WILLIAM P. SNYDER JR. Port Colborne - June 20, 1987 Skip Gillham Photo Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 209662) built in 1912 in Ecorse, Michigan by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #83), 590 x 64.2 x 34.2; 8.603 gross tons.