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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 43, No. 6 - April 1990 Published Monthly SOcTptTt al ORTROW Annual Dues $15.00 Jim Jackson and Mike Nicholls, Editors 3546 Polk Dearborn, Michigan 48124 Mark Cowles, Secretary 514 Aberdeen Way Howell, Michigan 48843 FORD MOTOR COMPANY--PART 3 EAST INDIAN photo courtesy U of D Marine Collection Steel freienter built in none at Bias Japan by Uraga Dock Company (Hull#138) on speculation as a) BEIKOK' RU: 445 X 58 ‘oss tons. Purchased by the U.S Shipping Board in 1918, renamed b.) EAST INDIAN in 1919. Pur chased by Ford in 1926 and converted to a motorship. She was lost by enemy action in the South Atlantic on November 1, 1942. ANNOUNCEMENTS: May Entertainment Meeting: We will join the Great Lakes Maritime Institute again at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle Friday May 16th at 6:00 PM. The program will w feature Robert MacDonald from Erie, Pennsylvania whose topic is “Erie - The Lake and the Port” All are invited to attend. Dinner Meeting Reminder. For those of you planning to attend our Dinner Meeting at the St. Clair inn on April 21st, please return your reservation form to Bill Luke, 20255 Wellesley, Birmingham, Mi 48010 (313-647-2198) by April 14th.