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LAKE INAHA & BUTTERCUP postcard courtesy Peter B. Worden, Sr. Collection Steel laker (U.S.217971) built in tae at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Company (Hull#756) for the U.S. Shipping Board as a.) LAKE INAHA: 251 X 43.6 X 26.2; 2,622 gross tons. Purchased by Ford in 1925, reduced to a barge and mages | 61 feet in 1930. Requisitioned by the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War Il, repowered in 1943 with the engine from the MISSOURI (U.S.200861). Sold Panamanian in 1947 renamed b.) CAPTAIN JOHN, and c.) SANTA MARTHA in 1953. Foundered in the South Atlantic off Brazil on November 22, 1954. ADDITIONAL LAKERS OPERATED BY FORD AS BARGES: LAKE ALLEN Steel laker built in 1918 at Ecorse, Michigan by Great Lakes pagieer ig mores (Hull#185) for Cunard Steamship Company as a.) WAR TI RUMPET: 253.5 X 43.8 X 20.4; 2,308 gross tons. Requisitioned by the US. Shipping Board in 1918 renamed b.) LAKE ALLEN (US.216194). Purchased by Ford in 1925, and was converted to a barge by G.L.E.W in 1927. Requisitioned by the U.S. War Shipping Administration during World War II. She was lost by enemy action—place unknown-December 3, 1942. LAKE CRYSTAL Steel laker built in 1918 at Ecorse, Michigan by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull#184) for Cunard Steamship Company as a.) WAR SPHINX: oe X 43.8 X 20.4; 2,308 gross tons. Requisitioned by the U.S Shipping Board in 1918 renamed b.) LAKE CRYSTAL (U.S.216168). Purchased by Ford in 1925 and converted to a barge by G.L.E.W. in 1927. She foundered February 14, 1946 off Watch Hill, Rhode Island. LAKE F. Steel ey (U.S.217237) built in 1918 at evel: Ohio by the American Ship Building Company (Hull#481) for the U.S. Shipping Board: 25 26. 1; 2,624 gross tons. Purchased by Ford in 1925, engines removed in 1926. Requisitioned oy the | U ¢ parities Commission during World War II. Scrapped in 1953. LAKE FOLCROFT Steel laker (U.S.217658) built in 1918 at fend echigen by the Detroit Ship Building Company (Hull#250) for the U.S. Shipping Board: 251 X 43.6 X 26.1; 2,592 gross tons. Purchased by Ford in 1925, reduced to a barge and lengthened 62 feet in 1928, gross eee increased to 3,183. Requisitioned by the .S. War Shipping Administration during World War Il. Repowered by Todd Galveston D.D. Inc. at Galveston, Texas in 1943. Sold Panamanian in 1946, wrecked on Mina Shima Reef in position 24.25'N x 41.30°E on February 14, 1947. Damaged beyond feasible repair, she was scrapped in 1948. 43-7-3