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Lake Tanker On Maiden Voyage II On her maiden voyage tip the lakes, the welded ,*1 tanker Dolomite 4, of Rochester, passed up the Welland Ship Canal Sunday. Carrying kerosene from >swego to Chicago, the cfaft was piloted by Capt. J. F. Swanson. She loaded at Oswego Saturday. The vessel is 300 feet in length and is designed with the object of making her pliable in a rough sea. Canadian waters saw for the firs time over the week-end a nov€ type freight, r when the Dolomit IV. passd through the Wellan Canal en route to Chicago fror Rochester on her maiden voyage. Owned by the Dolomite Marin Corporation, this new bulk freighte is 300 feet long and built to fil ocean classifications under Xloyd' rating. She has a beam of .43.. feel 4 inches; a moulded depth of 2i feet, and a- gross tonnage.- of 5,50C She is powered by twin screv Diesels. . One of the most unusua facts about this ship is its : re vol u tionary design and low-cost con struction. She has no rivets and i made of electrically welded stee channels bent to form, her mail structure. According to. her owners, he: maiden voyage with kerosene ir 'bulk" marks the first time that suci a shipment has been made by water because the kerosene corrodes th< metals usually used in tanker con struction. As unusual as the Strang* vessel's "steel hoop" design are hei five main bulkhead cargo tank: which are lined with sheet nickel spot-welded to the frame and an welded to the seams. Though Cana-dian nickel has been used exten; sively in tank trucks and cars ark , trawlers are now being built witl: ; nickel-lined holds to carry fresh fish, the Dolomite IV. is reported to be the first nickel-lined freighter. After she discharges her kerosene cargo, she will pick up a return I cargo of wheat. Her nickel lining along with steam-cleaning equipment, which looks like a sprinkler ¦ system installation in a warehouse, enables the vessel to be tjuickly and completely cleaned, carrying grain in bulk after kerosene in bulk with xHE EVENING TELEGRAM, TORONTO, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10, 1938 Tag Loses Barges Bat Rescue Boats Unravel Difficulties ¦:>-:;:Vv: :::;:::'S':; : -• / — (Telegram photo. Copyright. 1U38.I +— Three tug boats and two heavily-laden barges waged a lengthy but willing battle against the elements at the foot of Cherry street to-day. The tug Dorothy May, nearest to shore in the picture, Mas towing the barges from Oshawa when she developed engine trouble and the scn»-s were washed ashore by the waves. Two Toronto tug boats, the John A. Wallace and the Ned Hanlan. came to her assistance. The John A. Walla'ce towed the barges to port while the Ned Hanlan escorted the Dorothy May in.