BOLAND & CORNELIUS UPDATE from 1957 to Present Part VI In 1970, the American Steamship Company agreed to a consent decree in answer to an anti-tru suit filed by the U.S. Justice Department to divest itself of the twelve vessels previously acquired from Reiss within two years. American was also prohibited from acquiring any interest in self- Propelled bulk dry cargo vessels already operating on the Great Lakes, as well as acquiring any stock of other companies operating bulk cargo vessels on the Lakes JOHN P. REISS Photo by Richard T. Nicholls Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 207251) built in 1910 at Lorain, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Co. “ (Hull #377). 504 x 54 x 30; 6,432 gross tons. Bought by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold in 1971. Sold for scrap in 1972. Scrapped at Castellon, Spain in 1973. OTTO M. REISS Photo by Richard T. Nicholis#) Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 203658) built in 1906 at West Bay City, Michigan by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #620) as a.) JAMES S. DUNHAM. 420 x 52.0 x 24.3; 4,510 gross tons. Renamed b.) LYNFORD E. GEER in 1926 and c.) OTTO M. REISS in 1934. Bought by American Steamship in 1969. Sold in 1971. Scrapped at Castellon, Spain in 1973. a