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with a load of limestone bound for Dow Chemical Company. She was freed two hours later, undamaged, with help from Lakeshore Marine's tug CAPT. ROY. Four days later, on May 8, USX’s MYRON C. TAYLOR was inbound at Ludington with another cargo of limestone for Dow when she ran aground at 4:15 PM. Due to strong winds, the TAYLOR was blown across the entrance, and at one point, her stern was within 50 feet of the lighthouse and her bow was even closer to the south breakwall light. She was also freed undamaged two hours later with assistance from Hannah's tug SUSAN W. HANNAH only moments before the arrival of the carferry BADGER. Ludington harbor is scheduled to be dredged later in May with the contractor, Andrie Inc. of Muskegon, to begin preliminary preparations May 15. *** Purvis Marine's 1908-built tug MOUNT MCKAY departed the Canadian Soo on May 14 bound for Michigan City, Indiana where she has been sold to unidentified owners. *** Thanks to the Welland Canal Ship Society, we have the latest activity at the Port Weller Shipyard. Proymar Fuel's tanker HAMILTON ENERGY entered the drydock on April 2 for minor plate work, departing for Hamilton on April 6. McKeil's 88-foot barge ERIE WEST was placed on the shelf of the drydock on April 6 where deck modifications and plate work was completed. The work was required in order to accommodate oceanographic equipment used recently to explore the wrecks of the warships HAMILTON and SCOURGE, which sank in Lake Ontario 177 years ago. On April 19, the tug POINT CAROLL and barge MCASPHALT 401 arrived at Port Weller for survey and minor repairs, departing April 22. *** Passing Detroit upbound on May 26 was the 550-passenger cruise ship ISLAND QUEEN V on her delivery trip to Parry Sound, Ontario. She measures 131.9 feet in length, 30 feet at the beam, and was built at Herb Frasers’ dock in Welland, Ontario for the 30,000 Islands Cruise Lines of Parry Sound. *** Also passing Detroit upbound on May 26 was HMCS. SAGUENAY, a “St. Laurent” class frigate built for the Canadian Navy. After completing her Great Lakes tour this summer, she will be decommissioned and sold for overseas scrapping. *** The 1934-built tug TIMBER QUEEN, used for many years to tow countless board feet of sawlogs from Grand Island to Munising, has been acquired by the U. S. Forest Service. She is currently in drydock at T. D. Vinette Shipbuilding in Escanaba where she is undergoing renovation and repairs. She will be used by the Forest Service to transport heavy equipment to Grand Island; equipment needed to correct erosion problems on the island. *** Attractive “Ship Shot” magnets featuring full color photographs of lake vessels complete with a full magnetic backing and laminated front are now available from Cap't Card. At this time, 29 seperate ship photo's are available, with the two Bob-lo steamers available soon. They are priced at $2.00 each, and are available at Dossin Museum on Belle Isle, the J. W. Westcott Company, or from Cap't Card, 5069 Gill Road, Carp Lake, MI 49718. Wholesale outlets are asked to write Cap't Card for a complete price list and vessels available, and discounts are available for orders of 250 or more of the same vessel. Custom orders are also welcome. MEMBERS UPDATE Thanks to member Dan McCormick for this update on Ford's GREEN ISLAND featured in last months HISTORIAN. “Regarding the loss of the GREEN ISLAND, my files show something different in her final hour. | believe that she was in collision, in January of 1942, with a USN destroyer off the Florida coast while on a voyage from Newport News to Cuba with coal. Evidently, the sailors thought they saw something different, since GREEN ISLAND was running without lights! The destroyer closed, “ fired a shot, and collided (rammed?). Ford instituted a suit against the Navy in May. 43-10-6 € a