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by Ford sometime after 1928. She was sold Norwegian in 1938. She foundered, December 16, 1941. Besides these three lakers, another was spared the scrap pile. She was LAKE OSWEYA. Repowered with a diesel engine in 1931, she served the Ford fleet until 1941 when she went to the East Coast as did others when requisitioned by the Shipping Board. Thus ended an intriguing facet of local history when a giant of the automotive industry stepped-in to help solve the vexing problem of ridding the Government of surplus ships following World War |. Perhaps conventional scrapping techniques could accomplish the task, but it is questionable whether it could have been done so efficiently without applying mass production techniques so familiar to Ford. It is interesting that the Ford operation on the Great Lakes successfully completed the job that might have been accomplished more conveniently on the East Coast where most of the ships were laid up. The entire operation of towing, scrapping and disposition of material was truly a tour de force. o Mary E. Montgomery at the Eaton Corporation Rab Library, Douglas A. Bakken and his staff at Ford Archives & Tannahill Research Library of The Edison Institute and Father Edward J. Dowling, S.J. go the many thanks for their assistance in researching this series of articles. The author also thanks Bill Luke for his valued assistance and support. Laker bottom raised on floating dry dock. Dry dock surface is still wet as men start final cutting operation. Photo courtesy of Henry Ford Museum, the Edison Institute. 43-5-4