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8. T H E B I S M A R C K IS F O U N D No, not the w a r s h i p ! (T he y fo und her a l r e a d y . ) What we have f o u nd is a li k e n e s s of the tug B I S M A R C K , later G. R. G RAY (II), our Ship of the M o n t h in the M i d - S u m m e r issue. T hi s rare view, from the c o l l e c t i o n of the late T . M . H . S. m e m b e r , Dr. R i c h a r d J. Wright, comes to us t h ro ug h the c o u r t e s y of Rev. E d w a r d J. D o w l i n g , S . J., of Detroit, to w ho m we e x t e n d s in ce re thanks. * * * * L A T E M A R I N E N EWS -- S a l v a g e w o r k s h o u l d n o w have b e gu n on JUPITER. He r st ern and one cargo tank w e r e not b u r n e d a nd 5 5 , 000 g al lon s of ga so l e n e r e m a i n e d aboard. It may be n e c e s s a r y to cut o ff the stern d u r i n g salvage. It is p l a n n e d that the hull w i l l be s c r a p p e d at the site of the old Defoe S h i p y a r d at B ay City. M e a n w h i l e B U F F A L O has b e e n t r a p ped u p s t r e a m from the t an k er 's wreck. -- P l a ns h a ve b e e n a fo ot to d i e s e l i z e S T A D A C O N A (III) to a vo id the p ro b l e m s of o b t a i n i n g h e a v y fuel at the Soo. (It had to be t r u ck ed from H a m i l t o n ! ) Ap p a r e n t l y , C . S . L . 's l o n g - i d l e p a c k a g e f r e i g h t e r FORT ST. LO UIS w ill go ov e r s e a s for s cr a p (with H O C H E L A G A ? ) but before she goes, her four C a n a d i a n L o c o m o t i v e Co. Ltd. d i e s e l s (two w i t h eight c y l i n d e r s and two w i t h ten) are to be t a k e n out for f i t t i n g in STA DAC ONA . It is said that S T A D A C O N A will als o r e c e i v e the b o w t h r u s t e r from C l e v e l a n d - C l i f f s ' l o n g - s c r a p p e d PONTIAC. -- R e p o r t e d l y , the I n t e r l a k e S t e a m s h i p C o m p a n y may r e a c t i v a t e two idle v e s sels. S A M U E L M A T H E R ( H E N R Y F O R D II) a p p a r e n t l y will run in 1991, w h i l e J O H N S H E R W I N m a y be out in 1992, p r o b a b l y as a s e l f - u nl oa de r. -- D e s p i t e our e a r l i e r r ep or t , J O S E P H H. T H O M P S O N wi l l be n a v i g a t e d from the tug, not f r o m the b a r g e as o r i g i n a l l y planned. The s t e a me r' s old b ri dge has b e e n r e m o v e d so that she will not be cl a s s e d by the Coast G u a r d as a m a n n e d v e s s e l. The T H O M P S O N w as to be in servi ce by m i d - O c t o b e r .