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AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO. BOLAND & CORNELIUS Part V (continued) NICOLET Photo by Paul LaMarre Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 202542) built in 1905 at Ecorse, Michigan as a.) WILLIAM G. MATHER by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #9). 513 x 60.2 x 32: 7,513 gross tons. Renamed b.) J. H. SHEADLE in 1925, c.) H. L. GOBEILLE in 1955. Converted to a self-unloader at Manitowoc, Wisconsin and renamed d.) NICOLET in 1965. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Repowered to a diesel at Bay City, Michigan in 1974. Forward end rebuilt at Toledo, Ohio in 1980- ©) 81 after fire on December 29, 1979. In service. HENRY R. PLATT JR. Photo by Pete Worden Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 206623) built in 1909 at Lorain, Ohio as a.) G.A. TOMLINSON by American Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #370). 504 x 54 x 30: 6,361 gross tons. Renamed b.) HENRY R. PLATT JR. in 1959. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969., Never operated in American ‘Steamship colors. Sold for scrap in 1971. Cabins removed at Humberstone, Ontario. Towed to Hamilton and used as a breakwall in 1972.