NO PHOTOS. Resolute just after launch Ashtabula 1916 [RR] Resolute on the East coast [HCGL]

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1 NO PHOTOS Flat Scows built in 1915 at the Ecorse yard as a) NO. 10 (US ) and a) NO. 11 (US ) respectively for Contractors Service, Detroit, MI under GLEW contract order number Dimensions: 125 loa ; 235 GRT, 235 NRT. Documentation dropped in No further information available. 153 Resolute just after launch Ashtabula 1916 [RR] Steel Wrecking and Salvage Tug built in 1916 at the Ashtabula yard as a) RESOLUTE (US ) for the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., New York, NY. Dimensions: 142 loa-135 lbp ; 453 GRT, 219 NRT. Powered by a 900 ihp fore & aft compound steam engine and a coal-fired Scotch boiler. RESOLUTE was used primarily on the East Coast as a wrecking & salvage tug. Acquired by the US Navy on August 8, 1918 and commissioned as the b) USS RESOLUTE (SP1309) on September 10, She served the same duties while under the Navy stationed at Central District Salvage Station, Stapleton, Staten Island, NY. Decommissioning occurred on May 15, 1919 when c) RESOLUTE retained her original name and was sold back to Merritt & Chapman. (Some sources confuse this tug with the tug SARAH E. McWILLIAMS (US ) due to a clerical error in the USMV books not corrected until the mid-1920s.) The company merged in 1922 with T.A. Scott Company to form Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation. Ownership transferred in 1923 to the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp., New York. A new coal-fired water tube boiler was installed in Early in 1942, RESOLUTE again served the Navy, operating for several months under charter to perform salvage work on the East coast. Broken up at Jersey City, NJ by Schiavone - Bonomo Corp. Resolute on the East coast [HCGL]

2 154 Lake Bulk Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE (2) (US ). Launched May 20, 1916 for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH. Dimensions: 600 loa, 580 lbp x 60 x 32 ; 7811 GRT, 6006 NRT. Powered by a 1,900 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Rated service speed: 10 knots (11.5 mph). The WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE (2) sailed light on her maiden voyage from the shipyard on July 26, 1916 to Duluth, MN to load iron ore. Her company name was changed to the United States Steel Corp., Cleveland in 1952 in a corporate restructuring. In 1954 two new water tube boilers were installed. Tonnage change in 1954: 7041 GRT, 5490 NRT, 14,100 dwt. This vessel laid up at end of 1975 season at Duluth and did not operate again for this fleet. The McGONAGLE was sold to the S&E Shipping Corp. (Kinsman Lines, operator and manager), Cleveland in November, 1978 and made her first trip in S&E colors on May 9, The McGONAGLE was transferred outright to the Kinsman Lines in She was renamed b) HENRY STEINBRENNER (4) in On December 13, 1989 she was laid up at Toledo s Lakefront Dock. She remained there until May 27, 1994 when she William A. McGonagle upbound at the Soo c1950 [PW] William A. McGonagle in Kinsman colors downbound at Mission point, St. Marys River 06/1985 [JJ] sold for scrap to International Marine Salvage and was towed out of Toledo to the scrap yard at Port Maitland, ON and arrived there May 30th. Scrapping was completed by September, At the time of her dismantling the HENRY STEINBRENNER (4) was the next to last coal burning bulk freighter on the Great Lakes. The GLEW-built S.T. CRAPO was the last coal-fired bulk carrier on the Lakes but was converted to oil-fired boilers over the winter of The car ferry BADGER was the last large commercial vessel on the Lakes still burning coal.

3 Henry Steinbrenner on Lake St. Clair 06/1989 [SM] Henry Steinbrenner final layup at Toledo 02/1990 [SM]

4 155 Conneaut on the Detroit River [PW] Self-Unloading Lake Bulk Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) CONNEAUT (US ). Launched March 30, 1916 for the Wyandotte Transportation Co., Wyandotte, MI. Dimensions: loa, 424 lbp x 56 x 30 ; 4749 GRT, 3027 NRT, 7200 dwt. Powered by a 1,775 ihp quadruple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Rated service speed: 10.5 knots (12.1 mph). The CONNEAUT was enrolled July 6, 1916 and entered service July 12, 1916 sailing from Ecorse to load coal at Conneaut, OH. She was the sixth self-unloader built on the Great Lakes and the last vessel built for Wyandotte Transportation. During the Armistice Day storm of November 11, 1940, the CONNEAUT ran hard aground on Lansing Shoal near Manistique, MI on Lake Michigan. She reportedly had lost her propeller and rudder. Two days later she was pulled off. A new tank top was installed by March, On March 4, 1963 she was renamed b) WYANDOTTE (2). Oglebay Norton of Cleveland, OH purchased her on February 2, 1966 for their Columbia Transportation Division. Her boilers were converted to oil-fired burners during the winter of After lying idle at Fairport, OH at the B&O coal dock slip since the end of the 1968 season, the WYANDOTTE (2) was towed to Toledo, OH on June 21, 1971, and subsequently became a victim of excessive vandalism. On July 10, 1973 the WYANDOTTE (2) and her Columbia Transportation fleetmates, HURON and J. CLARE MILLER, were sold to Marine Salvage, Port Colborne, ON for scrap. The WYANDOTTE (2) and the HURON arrived in tow at Port Colborne on August 29, 1973 to be welded up for their scrap tow overseas. The WYANDOTTE (2) was towed down the Welland Canal on September 5th & 6th bound for Montreal, QC. In tandem with the steamer HURON towed by the German tug DOLPHIN X, the WYANDOTTE (2) cleared Montreal on September 27th and arrived at Santander, Spain on October 25, 1973 for scrapping by Recuperaciones Submarinas. She was removed from documentation in July/August, She was reported scrapped in late 1973.

5 Wyandotte with new name painted on at Ecorse 02/16/1963 [SM] Wyandotte [SMMC] Wyandotte in Columbia colors [PW]

6 156 Corona just after launch Ashtabula 03/21/1916 [DC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ashtabula yard in Launched March 21, 1916 as a) CORONA (US ) (Stemwinder class) for the Corona Coal Co., Mobile, AL. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 kl ; 2483 GRT, 1509 NRT. Powered by a 1350 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch marine boilers. Entered into service June, Given the name b) EDITH J. OSGOOD in 1916 and shortly after was renamed and departed the fit-out dock as c) GRATANGEN for O.V. Jentoft, Bergen, Norway. Captured and scuttled with explosives by the German submarine U-64 on June 9, 1917, 4 miles off Tortosa, Spain while en route with coal from Newcastle, England to Genoa, Italy. No lives reported lost. In a bit of irony, the U-64 was launched 21 days before this Laker on February 29, 1916 as both were only a little over one year old at the time of the sinking. The GRANTANGEN was one of 428 Allied vessels sunk in that month of June. Edith J. Osgood at Ashtabula 1916 [DC]

7 157 Norfolk in Clyde-Mallory colors [DC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) NORFOLK (US ) (Three Island class). Launched September 30, 1916 for the Clyde Steamship Co., New York, NY. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 kl ; 2482 GRT, 1780 NRT, 4050 dead weight tons. Powered by a 1,100 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Entered service November 18, Ownership transferred to Clyde-Mallory Lines, New York in Sold Chinese in 1946 to the Hjin Chung Steam Navigation Co., Shanghai and renamed b) HSIN HWA. Out of documentation in Disposition unknown. 158 Philadelphia before launch [DC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) PHILADELPHIA (US ) (Three Island class). Launched October 16, 1916 for the Clyde Steamship Co., New York, NY. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 kl ; 2482 GRT, 1780 NRT, 4050 dead weight tons. Powered by a 1,100 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Entered service November 25, Ownership transferred to the Clyde-Mallory Lines, New York in Abandoned in Broken up at Baltimore during the first quarter of 1937 by the Union Ship Building Co. arriving there on October 6, Philadelphia launch [DC]

8 159 NO PHOTO Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) MUNISLA (US ) (Fredrikstad class, a Norwegian design). Launched May 3, 1916 for J.L. Crosthwaite, agent for Munson Steamship Co., NY, NY. Dimensions: loa, lbp : 1697 GRT, 1144 NRT, 3500 dwt. Powered by a 700 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch marine boilers. Entered service from the shipyard in August 5, 1916 and departed the Lakes to start service on the East Coast. Departed Mobile, AL September 9, 1919 bound for Havana, Cuba with a cargo of flour and lumber but never arrived there. It is believed that MUNISLA was overwhelmed by a Category 4 hurricane, sometimes referred to as the Florida Keys Hurricane (before the naming regimen began in the 1940s), as her course would have taken her directly in the path of the storm. Her entire crew of 28 was lost. 160 Sekstant ready for launch Ashtabula [RR] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ashtabula yard in 1916 as a) SEKSTANT in Norwegian registry (Stemwinder class). Launched July 29, 1916 for Akties Sekstant, Bergen, Norway. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 kl : 2481 GRT, 1494 NRT. Powered by a 1350 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch marine boilers. Entered service in September, Transferred to A/S D/S Sekstant, Bergen in Sold to A/S Stant, Skein, Norway. Renamed b) NORDSTRAND in Sold to M. & J. Tracy, Inc, New York, NY in 1926 and renamed c) MAURICE TRACY (US ). US measurement: 2468 GRT, 1509 NRT. Sunk in collision with the Liberty Ship S.S. JESSE BILLINGSLEY on June 16, 1944 on the Atlantic Ocean at position N x W about six miles east of Seaside Park on the Barnegat Peninsula off the New Jersey coast in seventy feet of water. The TRACY had been on a voyage from New York to Hampton Roads in ballast returning for another cargo of coal. No record of loss of life. Sekstant launch Ashtabula 1916 [HCGL]

9 161 Aristobulo Del Valle ready to depart the shipyard as a tanker 1917 [SMMC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) ARISTOBULO DEL VALLE (Argentine registry). Launched February 26, 1917 as a tanker for the Argentine Navy (Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dimensions: 261 loa, 252 lbp : 2454 GRT, 1459 NRT. Powered by a 1400 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Entered service in June 3, This tanker was one of two bought by the Argentine government in 1917 to carry oil from their Comodoro Rivadavia oilfield to Buenos Aires refineries at trek of nearly 1000 miles. At this time, the ARgentine Navy ran the first fleet of oil carriers comprised of three tankers. On october 17, 1921, the tanker fleet, including the ARISTOBULA DEL VALLE passed to the civilian oil agency YPF (Yacimiento Petroliferos Fiscales). By 1922, new, larger tankers arrived to lessen the DEL VALLE s worth as a tanker. In addition to oil, passengers and general merchandise were routinely carried on open decks of these tankers or wherever possible, because of the need and lack of good transportation from or to these isolated areas in extreme southern Argentina. Converted to a dry cargo vessel in 1925, trading much as it had before, but now only dry goods and passengers. It remained in Argentine registry her entire career. Sold to Feodoro C. Plonczyk of Buenos Aires in Dropped from Lloyds Register in and presumed scrapped in Aristobulo Del Valle after 1925 conversion to dry cargo carrier [DC]

10 Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) P.L.M. No.4 (stemwinder class) in French registry. Launched August 12, 1916 for the Societe Nationale d Affretements, Le Havre, France. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 lbp : 2639 GRT, 1325 NRT. Powered by a 1350 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch marine boilers. Entered service in September 26, 1916 and departed the Lakes. Other owners listed as Clinchfield Navigation Co. and Paris, Mediterranean, Lyons S.S. Line for the French 162 P.L.M. No.4 preparing to depart the GLEW yard for the East Coast 1916 [DC] Government. P.L.M. 4 was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC miles NE of Barfleur, en route from Tynemouth, England to Le Havre, with a load of coal in the English Channel on December 27, No indication of loss of life. 163 Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1916 as a) P.L.M. No.5 (French registry). Launched August 26, 1916, she originally was to be built for the Clinchfield Navigation Co., New York, NY and later taken over by the Oriental Navigation Corp, NY. Completed in October, 1916 for the Societe Nationale d Affretements, Le Havre, France. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 lbp : 2639 GRT, 1508 NRT. Powered by a 1360 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch marine boilers. Entered service October 17, Sold to the Polish Government in 1923 and renamed b) WARTA. Sent to Danzig, Poland in 1926 for repairs and sold to Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Zegluga Polska, Gdynia in Laid up at Gydnia. Poland from 1933 to Sold to B. Burger & Finagra S.A., Budapest, Hungary in 1935 and renamed c) TURUL. Sold to Societe Anon. Maritime et Commerciale S.A., Panama in Laid up at Barry, Wales, UK in August, Sold for scrap to T. W. Ward, Ltd in Arrived December 19, 1954 at Milford Haven where scrapping began. P.L.M. No.5 ready to depart Ecorse 1916 [DC]

11 164 Pontiac upbound early in career before repowering, Detroit [PW] Lake Bulk Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1917 as a) PONTIAC (2) (US ). Launched at noon on March 27, 1917 for the Grand Island Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Mgr) Dimensions: 600 loa, 580 lbp x 60 x 32 ; 8200 GRT, 6367 NRT, 13,000 dwt. Powered by a 1,900 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. The PONTIAC (2) was constructed with 18 hatches on 24 foot centers and straight side tanks when she entered service in May 27, Fleet transferred to the Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co. in New side tanks and a tank top were installed in May, The PONTIAC (2) was repowered in April, 1955 with a 5,500 shp double reduction geared cross-compound steam turbine and one oil-fired water tube boiler. A new shorter and larger diameter stack replaced her original stack. Her rated service speed was 14 knots (16.1 mph). Tonnage changed to 7918 GRT, 5903 NRT, 13,850 dwt at this time. Over the winter of a new larger square pilothouse and a bow thruster were installed at Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. This resulted in a tonnage change to 7918 GRT, 5879 NRT, 13,500 dwt. (her original round front pilothouse was donated to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Traverse City, MI). The PONTIAC (2) was laid up in 1982 at Toledo, OH. On September 17, 1984 the PONTIAC (2) was sold to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne, ON. She was towed out of Toledo on October 4, 1984 bound for Marine Salvage s Humberstone, ON dock and arrived there two days later and was laid up through the winter. On May 16, 1985 PONTIAC (2) was towed down the Welland Canal bound for Quebec City. She passed Sept Îles, QC out-bound on May 30, 1985 in tandem with the Bethlehem Steel steamer JOHNSTOWN (2) towed by the Polish tug KORAL bound for Spain. The trio arrived at San Esteban de Pravia, Spain on June 24, 1985 where the Lakers were scrapped by Desguaces Vige.

12 Pontiac in the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland with short stack and square pilothouse. 05/1976 [SM] Pontiac at Humberstone on the Welland Canal 05/12/1985 [SM] Pontiac on her scrap tow at Kehnawake down the Seaway 05/18/1985 [RB]

13 165 Begna departing Ashtabula [DC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter. Was to be built at the Ashtabula yard in 1916 as a) CLINCHWOOD (US ) (Stemwinder class) for the Clinchfield Navigation Co., New York, NY. Sold Norwegian to Dampskibs, Akties Bro, Bergen, Norway while under construction on November 20, 1916 and completed as b) BEGNA (Norwegian registry). Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 kl ; 2532 GRT, 1509 NRT, 4050 dead weight tons. Powered by a 1,350 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch marine boilers. Entered service in November, Renamed c) CONDOR in 1921 and sailed under that name until 1925 when sold US to M.&J. Tracy, Inc, New York, NY and renamed d) THOMAS TRACY (US ). During winds reaching 100 mph, the TRACY was driven hard ashore at Rehoboth Beach, DE near Cape Henlopen on September 14, 1944 (The Great Atlantic Hurricane) and declared a constructive total loss. The TRACY, which broke in two landing on top of another wreck, the MERRIMAC of 1918, had been on a return voyage from New England in ballast bound for Hampton Roads, VA. The Coast Guard rescued all 31 crew members using breeches buoys, but couldn t refloat the TRACY, so they dismantled it down to the waterline leaving the remnants visible before the beach replenished. This ship was one of few US vessels to be given two US registry numbers. Thomas Tracy [DC]

14 166 Frank H. Goodyear on the St. Marys River c1922 [DC] Lake Bulk Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1917 as a) FRANK H. GOODYEAR (2) (US ). Launched April 26, 1917 for the Buffalo Steamship Co. (John Mitchell, Mgr.) Cleveland, OH. Dimensions: 600 loa, 580 lbp x 60 x 32 ; 8243 GRT, 6409 NRT, 12,000 dwt. Powered by a 1,900 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. The FRANK H. GOODYEAR (2) entered service on June 19, 1917 clearing Ecorse light bound for Escanaba, MI. The GOODYEAR was sold on August 15, 1922 to the American Steamship Co. (Boland & Cornelius, Mgr.), Buffalo, NY. She was renamed b) DIAMOND ALKALI (2) in 1939 when she was converted to a self-unloader at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. New tonnage: 8417 GRT, 6632 NRT, 13,000 dwt. Her tank top was replaced in April, She was repowered at the Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Superior, WI during the winter of with a 4,320 bhp V-16 cylinder, four stroke cycle, single acting diesel engine driving a controllable pitch propeller. At this time a bow thruster was installed. Rated service speed: 12 knots (13.8 mph). While upbound loaded, the DIAMOND ALKALI (2) collided with the steamer SYLVANIA during a fierce wind storm on November 28, 1968 in the Fighting Island Channel of the Detroit River suffering bow plate damage. Repairs were completed by the American Ship Building Co. at Toledo, OH. She was renamed c) BUFFALO (2) in 1976 and two years later again renamed d) SAGINAW BAY in May, 1978 to free her name for a newly constructed vessel in the fleet. Last operated in early 1981 before laying up in mid-june at Cleveland for the last time. The SAGINAW BAY was towed by the G-Tug OHIO from her lay up dock at Cleveland to Ramey s Bend on the Welland Canal and arrived there on November 22, She cleared Ramey s Bend in tow for Quebec City on July 7, Departed Quebec City on July 16, 1985 in tandem with the E.B. BARBER towed by the Polish tug KORAL. The tow arrived at Vigo, Spain August 8th. Demolition began August 9, 1985 by Rafael Diez Martinez at Guixar-Vigo.

15 Frank H. Goodyear upbound at the Soo c1926 [PW] Diamond Alkali at Port Huron [PW]

16 Diamond Alkali heading out into Lake Huron 06/25/1973 [SM] Buffalo on the St. Clair River 1976 [PW] Saginaw Bay on the St. Clair River 1978 [PW]

17 Saginaw Bay s final lay up at Cleveland 03/1982 [MN] Saginaw Bay on her scrap tow near Sorel 07/11/1985 [RB]

18 167 Midvale downbound on the St. Marys River 1922 [PW] Lake Bulk Freighter built at the Ashtabula yard in 1917 as a) MIDVALE (US ). Launched April 18, 1917 for the Johnstown Steamship Co. (M.A. Hanna & Co., Mgr.), Cleveland, OH. Dimensions: 600 loa, 580 lbp x 60 x 32 ; 8271 GRT, 6564 NRT, 13,500 dwt. Powered by a 1,900 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. The MIDVALE sailed on her maiden voyage on July 3, 1917 when she departed Ashtabula to load iron ore at Duluth, MN. She was sold in 1925 to Bethlehem Transportation Corp., a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corp., Cleveland and renamed b) BETHLEHEM. She was repowered in 1951 with a 3,500 ihp four cylinder Skinner Unaflow steam engine and two new water tube boilers. The BETHLEHEM, on her last trip, passed Detroit, MI November 18, 1973 with stone from Stoneport, MI for Buffalo, NY. Then under her own power she passed down the Welland Canal November 22, 1973 on her way to Montreal, QC. On May 15, 1974 the BETHLEHEM departed Montreal in tow to Quebec City. The BETHLEHEM and the CRISPIN OGLEBAY (1) in tandem cleared Quebec City on May 24, 1974 towed by the Polish tug JANTAR. Unofficially renamed LA, the BETHLEHEM which had been sold to Danish buyers, Poul Christensen resold her to Spanish shipbreakers. The tow arrived at Santander, Spain on June 16, 1974 for dismantling there. Bethlehem upbound at Port Huron [PW]

19 Bethlehem in 1957 [SM] Bethlehem on the lower Detroit River 07/04/1963 [SM] Bethlehem during her last year of operation approaching Port Huron 06/25/1973 [SM]

20 168 Souk Ahras at GLEW Ashtabula shipyard ready for bulkheading 09/15/1917 [DC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1917 as a) SOUK AHRAS (US ). She was ordered by the Gaston, Williams & Wigmore for the French firm of Cei. Algerienne de Navigation but was sold on the launching stocks to the Oriental Navigation Co. for the French company Cie. des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyons et e de Mediterranee. Launched July 11, 1917 as an oversized Three Islander type. Dimensions: loa, 373 lbp ; 3819 GRT, 3029 NRT. Powered by a 2100 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Built too long for the Seaway locks, she was bulkheaded departing the shipyard in September 11, 1917 for passage to Montreal, QC where she was reassembled. She was requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board and renamed b) FLORENCE H. (US ) in 1917 in honor of the wife of US Shipping Board Chairman Edward Nash Hurley. At the time, she was equipped with one 57mm and two 90 mm guns. She departed New York on April 1, 1918 in a convoy briefly stopping in England before continuing her voyage. Her end came in 1918 when she was destroyed by an internal explosion and fire while anchored off Presqu lle de Quiberon, Brittany, France on April 17th. The FLORENCE H. which had gone to anchor awaiting the clearance of mines, was delivering ammunition to St. Nazaire, France from the United Kingdom when the explosion occurred sinking her; 34 of her 77 crew were rescued. Then during salvage operations, the wreck of the FLORENCE H. exploded on December 7, 1930, which sank the Italian salvage vessel ARTIGLIO (the ARTIGLIO had been working on the wreck of the steamer EGYPT, which had sunk in 1922 with $5 million in gold and silver bullion when winter weather forced the ARTIGLIO to suspend operations until the following summer. She was assigned to demolish the FLORENCE H. which had been hauling 3500 tons of white and black gunpowder, guncotton and steel for the war and was a menace to navigation. Due to her successes in this manner of work in the past, a French warship was standing by noting how the 148 Italian salvage vessel went about her business). The ARTIGLIO, anchored above the wreck, had just put two divers down with special demolition mines, when the sea rose like a huge bubble with a deafening roar. The ARTIGLIO was blown into the air, broke in two, and sank immediately after landing on the water. Only seven of her 21 crew survived. The FLORENCE H s hull has been rediscovered and is a dive site for scuba divers, but little remains of her hull. It is located at approximately N W.

21 Souk Ahras with bulkhead ready to transit Seaway off Lakes 09/21/1917 [DC] The Souk Ahras forward section with bulkhead ready for transit off Lakes 09/21/1917 [RR] The salvage ship Artiglio that was destroyed by Florence H. cargo explosion 1930 [SM]

22 169 Ocean freighter S.N.A. 4 [DC] Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1917 as a) S.N.A. 4. Sister ship to SOUK AHRAS, Hull No.168. Ordered for Cie. des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyons et a la Mediterranee, France. Launched August 1, 1917 as an oversized Three Islander type. Dimensions: loa, 373 lbp ; 3944 GRT, 2370 NRT. Powered by a 2100 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board before delivery. Built too long for the Seaway locks, she departed the shipyard on October 17, 1917, was bulkheaded at the Ashtabula yard for passage to Montreal, QC and reassembled there. The ship was acquired by the US Navy at New York, NY on December 24, 1917 and renamed b) LAKE TAHOE (US ). Commissioned on February 16, 1918 as c) USS LAKE TAHOE (ID #2996). During the rest of World War I, she was employed carrying cargo to France and Great Britain until after the Armistice in November, She was renamed d) EVANSVILLE on November 25, Having completed her trans-atlantic runs in January, 1919, she made two trips from the East Coast to San Francisco, CA. She was decommissioned on August 23, 1919 at Norfolk, VA after which she was returned to the US Shipping Board. Sold to M.&J. Tracy, New York in Sold again in 1936 to Sanders & Green, New York. Sold Uruguayan to General Contractors Corp., Montevideo (a Sanders & Green subsidiary) in 1937 and renamed e) SORIANO. It is unlikely that SORIANO ever traded in Central America or South America as Lloyds shows her trading range for 1937 as the UK & US. Lloyds further notes in 1937 that SORIANO was laid up at Grangemouth from June through October and at Leith in December; both are in Scotland. Sold to Metal Industries, Ltd., Rosyth, England for scrapping arriving there on February 3, Re-sold to The Admiralty and scuttled as a blockship March 15, 1939 in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow. Refloated in November, 1948 by Metal Industries, Ltd., and broken up by J. A. White at St. David s on Forth in Wales.

23 170 August Ziesing on the Detroit River [DC] Lake Bulk Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in 1918 as a) AUGUST ZIESING (US ). Launched October 30, 1917 for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (later the US Steel Corp. in 1952), Cleveland, OH. Dimensions: 600 loa, 580 lbp x 60 x 32 ; 8271 GRT, 6398 NRT. Powered by a 1,900 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. The AUGUST ZIESING entered service on April 14, 1918 departing the shipyard light bound for Two Harbors, MN to load iron ore. Her tonnage changed due to a rebuild in 1937 to 7969 GRT, 6143 NRT, 13,300 dwt. She was reboilered in March, 1955 with two coal-fired water tube boilers. Rated service speed: 10 knots (11.5 mph). On May 20, 1960 the ZIESING collided with the American Steamship steamer STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT in a dense fog two miles above Port Huron, MI in Lake Huron. The American SS bulker sank but there was no loss of life. The vessel was raised three days later and repaired at the GLEW at River Rouge yard and later sailed Canadian as the ELMDALE. Apparently little damage was inflicted on the ZIESING. On September 13, 1968 the ZIESING grounded in fog two-hundred yards above the Rock Cut in the St. Marys River. The grounded vessel swung into the shipping channel blocking traffic until September 15th when lightering was completed. The ZIESING was towed by the steamer JOHN G. MUNSON (2) to Gary, IN for repairs. The AUGUST ZIESING was laid up for the last time November 26, 1974 at Hallett Dock #6A, Duluth, MN. On July 1, 1984 she was sold to Hyman-Michaels Co. of Duluth for scrap. The ZIESING was resold to Shearmet Recycling of Thunder Bay, ON and was towed there October 5, 1985 but operations were shut down because the company went out of business before scrapping could begin. The ZIESING was resold to U.L.S. International for scrapping at their Algoma Steel dock site at Port Colborne, ON. The tow passed Detroit, MI downbound August 16, 1986 on the way to Port Colborne. Dismantling was completed at Port Colborne by mid-november three months after she had arrived there.

24 August Ziesing passing the Detroit River Light 1958 [SM] August Ziesing on the St. Marys River 08/1971 [JV] August Ziesing at the Port Colborne scrap yard 09/17/1986 [SM]

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26 The next four hulls built under the same contract by the Great Lakes Engineering Works were nearly identical stemwinder type ships, basically a ship with all cabins and machinery aft. Two were built at the Ashtabula yard and two at Ecorse. Dimensions: 261 loa, 253 kl : 2486 GRT, 1872 NRT, 4000 dwt. Powered by a 1350 ihp triple expansion steam engine and two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. After the United States became involved in WWI in 1917, the United States Shipping Board requisitioned all ships ordered by foreign, as well as domestic, interests under the Urgent Deficiencies Act on June 15. Refer to the individual hull numbers for specific details. HULL 172 Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ashtabula yard in Originally ordered as a) SIDI MABROUK for the French-Algerian company Cie. Algerienne de Navigation (state-owned company- French Colony of Algerianorthern Africa). Her keel was laid April 21, The USSB requisitioned the SIDI MABROUK on June 15, 1917 but named her b) LAKE CITY (US ) after being launched July 27, LAKE CITY entered service on October 25, 1917 assigned to Lake City preparing for sea trials at Ashtabula 10/14/1917 [SMMC] the coastwise phosphate trade. Foundered three miles east of the American Shoal Light near Key West, FL October 3, 1918 after a collision with the tanker JAMES McGEE. Twenty-nine lives were lost. HULL 173 Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ashtabula yard in 1917 for a contract price of $330,000. Laid down April 25, 1917 as a) PERREGAUX for the French-Algerian firm of Cie. Algerienne de Navigation. Requisitioned June 15, 1917 and launched as b) LAKE GEORGE on September 15, LAKE GEORGE was delivered on November 15, 1917 and entered service leaving the Lakes for the New England coal trade. Though she saw very little war duty, she was involved with coal shipment across the English Channel between the United Kingdom and France during much of She crossed the Atlantic again for service between New Orleans through the Panama Canal to Chile. Sold to the Ocean Trading & Navigation Co., on June 8, 1920 for the exorbitant price of $658,000, but the sale was cancelled when Ocean Trading was unable to pay the price. As result of shipping surplus, LAKE GEORGE laid up at Philadelphia in November, Was sold to the Davidson Steamship Co., Duluth, MN on July 28, 1922 and returned to the Lakes. LAKE GEORGE s claim to fame occurred in 1930 when she set a speed record for completing a voyage loaded with wheat from Duluth to Montreal in three hours less than eight days. Due to the Depression, she laid up at Bay City in 1932, where she remained until being sold to Win On Steamship Co., Shanghai, China for $50,000 in July, 1937 and renamed c) WIN ON. She was towed on July 22, 1937 to GLEW s River Rouge yard for refurbishment. WIN ON departed the shipyard on November 16, 1937 and left the Lakes again, this time never to return, for trade in the far East. Sold to Yannoulatos (China-Hellenic Lines, Ltd), Piraeus, Greece in 1939 and renamed d) HELLENIC CITY under Greek registry. In 1940 was sold Panamanian to Wallem & Company and renamed e) FOLOZU. Seized by the Japanese Government at Shanghai on December 8, 1941 (the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor) and renamed e) EISHO MARU (another source lists the name as BISHO MARU). The EISHO MARU, while carrying war supplies for the Japanese war effort, was torpedoed and sunk by the American

27 Lake George after launch at Ashtabula 09/16/1917 [SMMC] submarine USS TAMBOR on May 29, 1943 in the South China Sea 70 miles South of Hainan Island, China (17.30N E). Ironically, the USS Tambor was stationed at the Detroit Naval Reserve Training Center from 1947 to 1959, near the birth place of the EISHO MARU (LAKE GEORGE), which she had sunk during WWII. HULL 174 NO PHOTO Lake-built Ocean Freighter built at the Ecorse yard in Launched April 19, 1917 as a) WAR LEADER for the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., agent for the Shipping Controller, London, England. Requisitioned by the Lake George downbound on the St. Marys River 1923 [DC] Win On at GLEW, River Rouge preparing to depart the Lakes 1937 [DC]

28 USSB under the Urgent Deficiencies Act of June 15, 1917 and completed as b) LAKELAND. Entered service in November, 1917 and departed the Lakes. Sold to M.&J. Tracy, Inc., New York, NY in 1922 and was renamed c) M.&J. TRACY. The TRACY s ownership was transferred to the US Maritime Commission in October, 1946 and was laid up. Arrived at the Brunswick Reserve Fleet on march 10, 1948 in Brunswick, GA where the TRACY was scrapped by Georgia Marine & Salvage Co. later that year. HULL 175 Lake-built Ocean Freighter laid down at the Ecorse yard in 1917 as a) FAGERFJORD for Nilson & Nyquist of Oslo, Norway. Requisitioned before being launched on October 16, 1917 and was finished as b) LAKE DUNMORE (US ) for the US Shipping Board, New York, NY for a total cost of $983,171 in LAKE DUNMORE Fagerfjord before rename 1917 [RR] entered service in November, 1917 and departed the Lakes for the East coast. She was sold to American Merchant Mariners, Inc., New York in That same year she reverted back to USSB ownership. Sold to Earl M. Leaf, New York in 1922 and then to the Los Angeles Lumber Products Steamship Co., San Pedro, CA that same year and renamed c) EL CICUTA. James Griffiths & Sons, Seattle, WA became owners late in In 1928 the Kingsley Navigation Company of San Francisco, CA purchased her and renamed her d) TEXADA. Ownership was transferred to Kingsley Company of California, San Francisco in Requisitioned by the War Department on March 20, 1942 until February 21, 1945, when Olympia Steamship, Seattle, WA took over ownership. Then in August, 1946 the Oliver J. Olson & Company of San Francisco purchased her for $116,000 and renamed her e) HOWARD OLSON. In 1952 two diesel cranes were added at a cost of $69,000 to aid in offloading lumber. On May 14, 1956 the HOWARD OLSON was cut in two in a collision with the steamer MARINE LEOPARD and sank off Point Sur, CA, about 100 miles south of San Francisco. Though the stern section sank in a matter of minutes, the bow stayed afloat for several hours before sinking. The OLSON was traveling in ballast from San Pedro, CA to Coos Bay when she sank at position N W. Four lives were lost. Howard Olson on West coast 08/1952 [HCGL]