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BENSON FORD (i) photo courtesy Peter B. Worden, Sr. collection Steel bulk freighter Sees built in 1924 at River Rouge, Michigan by the Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull#245) as a.) BENSON FORD for Ford Motor Company: 596.7 X 62 X 27.7; 8,170 gross tons. Laid up for the last time in the Rome Plant, December, 1981. Renamed b.) JOHN DYKSTRA (ii) in 1983. Towed from the Rouge June 23, 1983, after ‘being sold to G. Sullivan of Milwaukee for use as a barge. Her pilot house was removed on July 2, 1986 for use as a summer house on South Bass Island. The hull was sold to Marine Salvage and was towed from Cleveland to Ramey's Bend for scrapping in July, 1986. WILLIAM CLAY FORD (i) photo courtesy Peter B. Worden, Sr. collection Steel bulk frejahter tu e 266029) built in 1953 at River Rouge, chien by Great Lakes Ennect a Defeat {Hull#300) as a.) WILLIAM CLAY FORD for Ford Motor Company: 629.4 X 70.3 X 31.3, 90 gros: Lengthened 20 feet r a stern thruster installed apse Fraser a grands in 1979, new ‘dienes 7494} x X 31.3; 14,630 gross tons. Renamed b.) U.S. 9 and she was sold for scrap in 1986. In August, 1986, her pilot house was removed for use as an att at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum and she was a towed to Port Maitland for scrapping in December, 1986. q 43-10-2