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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 43, No. 9 - May 1990 SOqaett OF ObEROIT Published Monthly Ip = 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 4 . GREEN ISLAND photo courtesy Peter B. Worden, Sr. collection Steel canaller (U.S.236370) built in 1937 at River Rouge, Michigan by the Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull#283) for the Ford Motor Company: 290.7 X 43.1 X 18.2; 1,946 gross tons. Lost by enemy action in the Caribbean 5/6/42. ANNOUNCEMENTS: May Entertainment Meeting: We will join the Great Lakes Maritime Institute again, at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle, Friday, May 18, at 6:00 PM. The program will feature our member Robert MacDonald from Erie, Pennsylvania whose topic is “Erie - The Lake and the Port" All are invited to attend. Advisory Council Election: Enclosed with this issue is the ballot for the 1990 Advisory Council election. Please return your ballot by June Ist to Kathy McGraw, Nominations Chairperson, 23821 Fullerton, C-1, Detroit, MI 48223.