AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING INCORPORATED 1862 THE STANDARD AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION OF SHIPPING Great Lakes Department (FORMERLY GREAT LAKES REGISTER) STEVENSON TAYLOR Vice Presidents: ANTONIO C. PESSANO E. P. BERTHOLF FRANK G. MACOMBER C. A. McALLISTER WILLIAM H. TODD LOUIS F. BURKE Sec'y and Treas. JOHN W. CANTILLION President GREAT LAKES DEPARTMENT H. N. HERRIMAN Manager Rockefeller Bldg. CLEVELAND OHIO THIS BUREAU SUPERVISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS THROUGHOUT UNDER ESTABLISHED RULESâ€"TESTS ALL MATERIALS FOR HULLS, MACHINERY AND BOILERS, AND PROOF TESTS ALL ANCHORS AND CHAINS, ETC. CLASSIFICATION OF A VESSEL IS A STANDARD FOR BUILDERS AND OWNERS, AND THE CERTIFICATE IS AN AUTHORITY FOR UNDERWRITERS AND SHIPPERS 11 '