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AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO. BOLAND & CORNELIUS Part V (continued) JOHN A. KLING Photo by Paul LaMarre Steel self-unloader (U.S. 222512) built in 1922 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. (Hull #204). 438.3 x 55.2 x 28.4: 5,412 gross tons. Lengthened to 546.3 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1940. Repowered to diesel at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1966. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold Canadian in 1980. Renamed b.) LEADALE (C. 800249). Sold for scrap in 1982 being declared a constructive total loss after backing into a cement dolphin puncturing an 8 x 10 foot hole in her hull and sinking on December 7, 1982 in the Welland Canal. Refloated on December 19 and towed to Humberstone on December 21, 1982 by tugs STORMONT and GLENEVIS. Scrapped at Humberstone. Ontario. CLEMENS A. REISS Photo by John Vournakis Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 207504) built in 1910 at Cleveland, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Co. as a.) A.M. BYERS (Hull #448). 504 x 54 x 30: 6,364 gross tons. Converted to a self-unloader at Toledo, Ohio in 1955. Renamed b. .) CLEMENS A REISS in 1959. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Renamed c.) JACK WIRT in 1970. Sold in 1972. Sold for scrap in December 1973. Towed down the Welland Canal April, 1974 and scrapped in Valencia, Spain later the same year. _