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AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO. BOLAND & CORNELIUS Part V The American Steamship Company began an aggressive expansion in 1969. They purchased the five vessels of the Gartland Steamship Company and the twelve ships of the Reiss Steamship Company. The W.E. FITZGERALD and the HENRY PLATT JR. were never painted in Boland and Cornelius q colors. These two vessls are shown in their Gartland colors. W. E. FITZGERALD Photo by the Editor Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 203561) built in 1906 at Wyandotte, Michigan by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #167): 420 x 52 x 28.5; 4,940 gross tons. Converted to a self-unloader at Cleveland, Ohio in 1928. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold for scrap in 1971. Scrapped at Humberstone, Ontario. gq HENNEPIN Photo by Emory A. Massman Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 202088) built in 1905 at West Bay City, Michigan as a.) SOCAPA by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #614). 504 x 54 x 26.7: 6,272 gross tons. Renamed b.) GEORGE G. BARNUM in 1915 and c.) HENNEPIN in 1936. Converted to a self-unloader at Lorain, Ohio in 1957. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold for scrap in 1975. Towed to Humberstone, Ontario by SALVAGE MONARCH and HELEN M. MCALLISTER arriving April 30, 1975. Scrapping re ] completed December 1976.