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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit SOoTETs OF OBTROW : Volume 43, No. 2 -October 1989 Published Monthly Annual Dues $15.00 Jim Jackson and Mike Nicholls, Editors 3546 Polk Dearborn, Michigan 48124 Mark Cowles, Secretary 514 Aberdeen Way Howell, Michigan 48843 LAKES SHIPPING COMPANY KAYE E BARKER Rouge River August 13, 1989 photo by Jim Jackson rane fag freighter (U.S.263980) built in 1952 at Toledo, Ohio by the American Ship Spe pony (Hull#189) for the Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company as a.) EDWARD B GREENE: 629.25 X X 36; 11 126 gross tons. Lengthened by 120 feet by Fraser Shipyard, Superior, WI in 1976. New pre a 767 X 70 X 36; 13,899 gross tons. Converted to a self unloader by American Ship Building Co., Toledo, OH in 1980. Renamed b.) BENSON FORD in 1985, and c.) KAYE E BARKER in 1989. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1990 CALENDAR: Enclosed with this issue is our 1990 MHSD/LAKERS color calendar. Additional calendars are available at $8.95 each (U.S. Funds) including postage and may be ordered from our Publications Manager, Jim Jackson, 3546 Polk, Dearborn, Ml 48124. NOVEMBER ENTERTAINMENT MEETING: On Friday November 17, 1989, a joint meeting of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit and the Great Lakes Maritime Institute will feature Captain John Leonard at the Dossin Museum on Belle Isle at 8:00 PM. Captain Leonard's inimitable presentations are always a delight. As always, guests are welcome.