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SEA KING Steel fish tug (U.S.258721) built in 1949 at Erie, Pennsylvania by (Builder unknown) (Hull#unknown) as a.) for Grow Brothers, Cleveland, OH: 36.2 X 12.7 X 14 gross tons. Bought by Erie Sand in 1961, sold in 1964. 1968 USMV. classes her as a tug. Listed in 1981 USMY. as owned by Dissen & Juhn Corp., Oswego, NY. w VENUS Steel barge (U.S.176255) built in 1919 at Fort Wayne, Indiana by (Builder unknown) (Hull#unknown) as a.) VENUS: 64 X 30 X 5.7; 104 gross tons. Bought by Erie Sand in 1960. Listed in 1975 U.S.M.V. as scrapped. WAWASEE Steel barge (U.S.169482) built in 1926 at Lorain, Ohio by (Builder unknown) (Hull#unknown) as a.) WAWASEE: 116 X 40 X 7.5; wie cee tons. Bought by Erie Sand in 1961, sold after 1972. Status unknown, not listed in 1981 US. JOHNNY WELLS Steel dredge (us257928) built in 1949 at Cleveland, Ohio by (Builder unknown) (Hull*unknown) as a.) JOHNNY WELLS: 61.2 X 31.3 X 5.4; 1 7 gross tons. Bou ught by Erie Sand in 1961, sold in 1967 or 68. Listed in 1981 U: $ MY. “nes by Pierce Construction Co., Toledo, OH. WELLSTON Steel bags HU 17004 2 bart in 1928 at Lorain, Ohio by (Builder unknown) (Hull#unknown) as a.) WELLSTON: 323 gross tons. Bought by Erie Sand in 1961, sold after 1972. Listed in 1981 USM. v. e peat a Erich R. Luedtke, Frankfort, MI. This issue completes our Erie Sand & Gravel review. Your editors would like to thank Father Edward J. Dowling, Rev. Peter Vander Linden, and Bob MacDonald for their assistance in preparing this feature along with the Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the magazine The Erie Story. Additional thanks to Paul LaMarre Jr., Dan McCormick, Richard T. Nicholls, Rudi Rabe, the Kenneth E. Smith Collection, the Peter B. Worden Collection, and the University of Detroit Marine Collection for use of their photographs. Also, a special thanks to Bob Ruetz for developing and printing the majority of photographs used in this article. SF THE LOG almost trapped a Coast Guardsman. Both tugs were later raised, and passed downbound through the Poe Lock at the Soo on May 10 under tow of OHIO bound for Cleveland and eventual repair. *** ENERCHEM ASPHALT arrived in Montreal on April 2 with a new port of registry - Hamilton, Ontario. Last year, she had operated under the Bahamian flag. The former Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers D'IBERVILLE and NORMAN B. MCLEAN arrived at Kaohsiung on February 20 behind the tug LORNA B. ¥*%* Great Lakes Towing's ARKANSAS and LOUISIANA sank simultaneously at their Duluth berths on March 27 despite last minute salvage attempts that *¥*¥*% ATLANTIC ERIE, ex HON. PAUL MARTIN, arrived at Contrecoeur on April 11 with Nassau now listed as her new port of registry. The Canada Steamship Lines lettering also had been painted off. *** Pollution-related « charges were filed on April 13 against STOLT ~ CASTLE and her captain after a private 42-10-4