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of July 14, about a mile from the shoal off Keweenaw Peninsula where she ran aground, MESQUITE was lowered into about 115-feet of water in Keystone Bay. DonJon Marine of Newark, New Jersey completed the salvage and re-sinking utilizing its 180-foot crane barge WEEKS 297 and tug J. A. WITTE. When re-sunk, the MESQUITE was barely recognizable, with her familiar Coast Guard markings painted out. At her final resting place {approximately 47-23-21 N, 87-44-34 W) she lists about 26 degrees to port and her highest point is 80 feet from the surface. MESQUITE now becomes part of the proposed Keweenaw Underwater Diving Preserve administered by the State of Michigan. *** On July 15, McKeil's EVANS MCKEIL, formerly Malcolm's BARBARA ANN , was downbound in the Welland Canal with the former Windsor Detroit Barge Line's 1930-built tug PRESCOTONT, recently purchased by MckKeil. *** Docking in Detroit on July 18 was the 179-foot three masted square rigger HMS ROSE, owned by the HMS ROSE Foundation, a non-profit group out of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The ship, complete with 13,000 square feet of sails, cruised the Great Lakes this summer. *** On July 26, P & H's WILLOWGLEN ran aground near the CSL sheds in the St. Clair River at Point Edward. She was able to free herself after approximately 1 1/2 hours. On August 10, STELLA DESGAGNES ran aground at the same location, requiring assistance from Sandrin Brothers tug GLENADA before freeing herself 2 hours later. *¥** USX’s JOHN G. MUNSON arrived at Fraser Shipyard on July 30 and was placed on the drydock the next day after apparently receiving some damage when she touched bottom while entering Ontonagon harbor on duly 29. She cleared Fraser on August 9. *** Approximately 1800 members of the United Steelworkers Union went on strike in Ishpeming, Michigan on August 1 against Cleveland Cliffs Tilden and Empire ore mines. ¥** On August 2, the Panamanian-registered HURON, bound for Ogdensburg with a cargo of talc loaded in Australia, ran aground on a sand bar while bertning in Ogdensburg. She was refloated without assistance after the pilot radioed another ship requesting it to speed up to create enough wake to release the HURON from the sand. *** Algoma’s CAPT. HENRY JACKMAN departed Windsor on August 6 with the largest load of grain ever shipped out of the ADM Windsor Grain Terminal. The cargo consisted of 1,012,325 bushels of winter wheat destined for Baie Comeau on the lower St. Lawrence. ¥** In ceremonies on August 10 at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Lt. Sandra Stosz took over command of the U. S. Coast Guard's 140-foot icebreaking tug KATMAI BAY. Lt. Stosz, 30, becomes the 200-year-old service's first woman to skipper a ship of the KATMAI BAY’S size. She has served on ice-breaking duty in both the Arctic and Antarctic, and was at sea for six years until being assigned as an aide to Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner in Washington 18 months ago. *** Joining STADACONA in lay-up in Windsor’s Ojibway slip was CSL’s TARANTAU, arriving on August 11. *** In mid-August at Ogdensburg were a the U. S. guided missel frigate AUBREY FITCH “ (FFG-34) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS OTTAWA - both in port to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ogdensburg Agreement. ** = The Welland Canal Ship Society reports that P & H's 38-year-old steamer ELMGLEN has been sold to Dwor Metals of Port Colborne, who will be holding the ship at Sorel until another laker becomes available to accompany her across the Atlantic. Her last trip past Detroit was on June 12 of this year, carrying a load of grain from Thunder Bay to Quebec City. Upon unloading, she then proceeded to Sorel where she laid up for the last time. *** During the last week of August, chunks of concrete from the old Zilwaukee bridge over the Saginaw River were dumped in the waters of Lake Huron near Lakeport State Park (north of Port Huron). DNR officials hope to use the concrete to create an artificial reef that anglers hope will provide an_ inviting environment for fish. %*** The Michigan Department of State has announced that six ~ 44-2-4