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Mark your calendars for these upcoming events!

Sunday, October 4 — Fair Winds Fall Dinner at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Celebrate another year of fair winds and faithful friends at this annual event sponsored by the Dossin Maritime Group. Featured speaker. Bob McGreevy will discuss famous historic vessels from the early years of navigation on the Great Lakes.

2 p.m. — Doors Open/ Silent Auction 3 p.m. — Dinner and Program to Follow

Tickets: $30 DMG and Detroit Historical Society Members $40 Guests Advance purchase only! Please RSVP by Monday, September 28th! Payment: Checks payable to the Detroit Historical Society Call 313.833.1801 to order by phone, Visa, Mastercard or Discover Or visit www.detroithistorical.org to order online

Tuesday, November 10 — Lost Mariners Remembrance at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum

6 - 8 p.m. $10 DMG and Detroit Historical Society Members, $15 Guests $25 VIP reception and priority seating in Pilot House—limited tickets available!

This annual event honors the memory of all those lost on the Great Lakes. This year’s remembrance will focus on the ferry MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 2, which disappeared with all hands aboard in a winter gale on Lake Erie on Dec. 8, 1909. The wreck has never been found. The evening’s activities will include a lantern vigil at the S.S. EDMUND FITZGERALD anchor, ballads See Mark Your Calendar - page 59

CONTENTS•

Detroit Historical Society N e w s ...... 59 U.S. Army Engineer Hopper Dredge H A IN S ...... 60 The Running of the 100th APB A Gold Cup part d e u x ...... 62 Restoration of Coast Guard Utility Boat Com pleted ...... 65 Log of Captain Samuel G. G ib b s ...... 66 Seaway N ew s ...... 72

OUR COVER PICTURE .. .Composite photo of past winners of the APB A Gold Cup by Judy Stroh Roberts created from photos by Sandy Ross and Steve Garey.

Telescope© is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, operated by the Detroit Historical Society.

Published in Detroit, Michigan by the Dossin Maritime Group / Detroit Historical Society ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Graphics East Fall 2009 Page 59

DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS

Mark Your Calendar continued . . .

with Lee Murdock, an honor guard escort of the memorial wreath to the Detroit River, and a special program with Christopher Gillcrist, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Historical Society — operators of the Inland Seas Maritime Museum in Vermilion, Ohio. Reverend Richard W. Ingalls, Jr. will conclude the evening.

Saturday, December 12 — Marine Mart at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial

If you enjoy shopping for Great Lakes and nautical-themed gifts, don’t miss the 28th annual Marine Mart sponsored by the Dossin Maritime Group. This event features vendors offering such unique items as ship models, photos, artifacts, books and artwork - just in time for the holidays!

Early birds looking for that special gift can gain admission at 9 a.m. for $10. Regular admission for $7 begins at 10 a.m. The event runs until 3 p.m. All tickets will be sold at the door.

Space is available to rent at $40 per table, with a maximum of two tables per vendor. Contact Ebani Lowrey, Development Specialist, at (313) 833-1980 for more information or to purchase a table.

N e w E x h ib it s a t t h e D o s s in G r e a t L a k e s M u s e u m

Committed to the Deep: Exploring Underwater Treasures Committed Now Open in the Great Lakes Gallery Deep:^ to the Exploring Shipwrecks have always been a part of Great Lakes history. LaSalle’s GRYPHON, the first U nderwater large vessel on the Lakes, sank on her maiden voyage. Since then thousands of ships and Treasures tens of thousands of sailors and passengers have met their fate on the freshwater seas. Their legacy has become an underwater treasure trove for historians, archaeologists and divers. Committed to the Deep explores both the artifacts and the mysteries found beneath the waves. While this is a serious subject, the exhibit is designed to be fun, informative and intriguing. A look at diving compares the “old school” hard hat suits with the high tech and agile equipment available today. Relics from the ALVIN CLARK are displayed, explaining a disaster that resulted in the development of federal and state maritime preserves and protection laws.

Join us in the quiet, underwater world where history is discovered by people who are Committed to the Deep!

L is for Lighthouse Now Open in DeRoy Hall

To both sailors and landsmen, there are few sights so reassuring or romantic than a light­ house. For centuries, these sentinels have warned navigators of dangerous shoals, guided valuable commerce to waiting markets, and welcomed mariners and passengers to safe harbor. Their importance made them laboratories for new technologies and engineering techniques.

With almost 10,000 miles of shoreline, the Great Lakes are home to a concentration of navigational lights of all types. Some sit majestically on high bluffs. Others stand bravely on artificial islands miles from land. With the advent of global positioning systems (GPS), most are no longer vital to lake commerce and are being decommissioned. In many cases, local historians and preservationists are assuming control of these monu­ ments, restoring them and making them available to lighthouse fans from around the world. This exhibit pays tribute to these wonderful maritime landmarks! TELESCOPE Page 60

U.S. ARMY ENGINEER HOPPER DREDGE HAINS by Kathy McGraw

The hopper dredge HAINS was commissioned The HAINS was built with two dredge heads, in 1942 for overseas service during World War II. one on each side which were lowered into the canal/ The HAINS began her career in the Philadelphia channel. The dredge pump draws the material area and then operational control was transferred through a suction pipe and then deposits material to the US Navy in the Pacific. The dredge departed into four hoppers. The HAINS was capable of Pearl Harbor for Guam where she dredged 140,000 dredging to a depth of 35 feet and her four hoppers cubic yards of coral while working in open seas. had capacity of 885 cubic yards. When the hoppers Her next assignment was in the Philippine Islands were full, the HAINS would arrive at a designated dredging a channel 250 feet wide and six miles dumping area and discharge material through the long. Dredging in Manila would prove to be hopper doors. hazardous as ground swells and shallow reefs were The HAINS would begin dredging with the coupled with sunken ships loaded with explosives. opening of the shipping season in March and The vessel’s crew also had to watch for floating continue until winter lay-up in December. The mines and fight off enemy aircraft attacks. The HAINS worked tirelessly until she was withdrawn crew of 90 aboard the HAINS included anti-aircraft from service in December, 1983. Three years later, naval gunners. During this period, the crew earned in November, 1986, the HAINS and dredge many commendations and military decorations. In HOFFMAN were towed to Quebec City. On the Pacific, the HAINS dredged 1,204,590 cubic November 17, 1986, the US Navy salvage tug yards of material from North and South Manila GRASP departed with both dredges in tow for harbors and Pasig River. Norfolk, VA where they were destined to be used as At the end of the war in 1945, the HAINS US naval gunnery targets. returned to Army control and was assigned to the Jacksonville, FL area. A few years later in 1948, Dredge HAINS she traveled north to the Milwaukee district. In Vessel statistics: 215’ 10” x 40’4” x 13’ 1954, the HAINS was transferred to the Detroit Hoppers: Four with capacity of 885 cubic yards. district, but her duties demanded that she travel to Horsepower: 1,400 hp Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and their Dredging depth of 35 feet maximum. connecting channels and harbors. Crew consists of eight officers and 43 men working three shifts. Fall 2009 Page 61 Dossin Dossin Museum Collection Dossin Museum Collection

U.S.A.E. - 1 Army Engineers suction dredge HAINS, upbound in the River Rouge at West Jefferson Ave. Bridge, Detroit - November 12, 1954 TELESCOPE Page 62

The Running of the 100th APB A Gold Cup part deux by Steve Garey

The 100th Chrysler-Jeep Superstores driven by Fred Alter. These two classics APB A Gold Cup was finally completed after made exhibition runs during the weekend, a year’s postponement, and what a show it the crowd getting a flavor of what was. Thunderboats sounded like in their heyday. Eleven Unlimiteds jammed the Horace Both are Allison V-12 powered. Dodge Memorial Pits on July 10 to begin The Gold Cup, originally titled the qualifications for the July 12th race. 2007 American Power Boat Association winner Dave Villwock and the Lycoming Challenge Cup, had its first run on the turbine-powered ELLSTROM’S MISS E- Hudson River on New York in 1904. The LAM PLUS weren’t in the field last year, winner was the 59-foot-long STANDARD, but were back to defend their crown in ‘09. owned by Carl Riotte. Equipped with a 110 How that defense unfolded is one for the horsepower Standard engine, the boat took fingerprint files, as we’ll see later. all three heats at an average of 23.160 miles Joining the Gold Cup hydros were two per hour. vintage Unlimiteds: MISS BUDWEISER, Also on hand for the 100th renewal were the former TEMPUS, now owned by Dick vintage boats from all classes of APBA Higgins, and MISS VERNORS, a replica racing, plus the offshore racers, running out of the 1976 Jerry Kalen boat, owned and of their element on a closed 2-1/2 mile course, but impressing nonetheless.

* Photo from Photo from Steve Garey Collection

1st winner of the Gold Cup, STANDARD, owned by Carl Riotte. Fall 2009 Page 63

Qualifying for the Gold Cup began at was once one of Ed Cooper’s piston boats) 1 p.m. on Friday. Villwock and his speedy to 138.060. orange U-16 topped the list with a two-lap Arriving late after extensive repairs average of 159.051 miles per hour. He was from a lost propeller at Madison, came Ed followed by Steve David in the defending Cooper, Jr.’s MISS CHRYSLER JEEP. national champ OH BOY! Jimmy King qualified at 152.780 OBERTO, in at 157.379 on Saturday morning, and the mph. Then came Jeff Bernard field was set. The new Unlimited in Ted P o rter’s U-5 starting rules, with assigned lanes, FORMULABOATS.COM at was abandoned in favor of entries 154.857. Jeff’s teammate J. Michael jockeying for position as in the past, Kelly followed with a 152.771 which adds another element of clocking in the U-7 GRAHAM excitement to the Gold Cup. TRUCKING. As the heat races rolled on in a Last year’s rookie-of-the- two-day, jam packed weekend, year Kip Brown got his Uncle Steve David emerged with a Nate’s U-17 MISS perfect 1600 points for his four ACTIVWATER in at heat wins. Dave Villwock won 149.763, and J.W. Myers, three prelims and faltered in subbing for Jean Theoret, one. But Dave had a rabbit who was injured in a hidden in his hat that he was vicious blow over accident about to pull on Steve. at Madison, Indiana the The last preliminary heat previous week, did had only three starters as U- 149.349 in Billy and Jane 25 JARVIS DISASTER Schumacher’s GLACIAL ENERGY RECOVERY stayed on shore, and MISS PRESENTS MISS DYC. CHRYSLER-JEEP did one lap and returned Fred Leland’s U-100 arrived with new to the pits before the heat. At the start it red and black paint and sponsored by was David outrunning MISS DYC and JARVIS PAINTING. Driver Greg Hopp MISS ALBERT LEE in a 145.070 mph first turned his two-lap average at 148.424. lap and leading the parade. Brian Perkins, who drove the NAVY boat The 100th Gold Cup final field was set. in last year’s race, got in at 143.851 in Greg OH BOY! OBERTO, MISS E-LAM, O’Farrell’s MISS ALBERT LEE, JARVISPAINTING, GRAHAM sponsored by a Seattle appliance store TRUCKING, and FORMULABOATS. U- chain. And Dr. Ken Muscatel, whose boat 48 MISS ALBERT LEE couldn’t get started wasn’t ready for the Gold Cup, leased one so, no trailer boat. of Fred Leland’s hulls and came to Detroit Now, Villwock was about to test the as U-25 JARVIS DISASTER rules. At the drivers’ meeting, Referee Mike RECOVERY, making the field at 139.380. Noonan warned against “parking” prior to Rookie Mike Webster drove his U-22 the start in order to get lane #1. He said MATRIX SYSTEM boat (a turbine that there had to be clear signs of forward motion, or risk a one-lap penalty. TELESCOPE Page 64

As the five-minute gun fired, all five on this day. At the finish, Bernard nipped Kelly competitors pulled out onto the historic for third place by less than a boat length. Greg Detroit River, each seeking to have his Hopp lost power and crawled around, name engraved on the Gold Cup as the 100th eventually finishing in fifth for the day. winner. Afterward, Villwock explained the With three minutes to go, Villwock tactics his team had to use to accomplish took his orange racer down to the first turn, this historic feat. “We pulled a rabbit out of put her on the buoyline and shut her down a hat,” he told reporters at the post-race to a crawl. As the other boats jockeyed press conference. “On Saturday night, the around, the E-LAM appeared to be crew got a couple of chunks of aluminum wallowed at the apex buoy, with only the and some bolts and worked on what it would smallest wake. At the one-minute mark, and take to keep the engine alive with no speed." with lane#l secured, Villwock spooled up They did it, and officials didn’t see any the turbine and joined the field for the run infraction in idling and barely maintaining to the start. forward motion. At the line, it was E-LAM and JARVIS It took 364 days, but a 100th APB A PAINTING over right at clock zero! Out Gold Cup winner was finally crowned. Mark of the turn, Villwock began to open her up. Weber, Tom Bertolini and the entire Detroit OBERTO was second, GRAHAM River Regatta Association can be extremely TRUCKING third, FORMULABOATS proud. With Michigan’s economy in dire fourth and JARVIS last. From there, the straits, they were able to produce a first- defending champ lengthened his lead over class show and draw an enthusiastic crowd the pressing Steve David, who couldn’t that can’t get enough of these spectacular match the superb performance of the U-16 boats. Photo Photo by Robert Peters F.

The winner of the 100th Running - ELLSTROM’S MISS E-LAM PLUS - driven by Dave Villwock. Photo by Joel Stone at Station Belle Isle. who recently retired, and towelcome Mr. Robert Clark, the new Chief Petty Officer in charge Seamen Seamen Eric Shapiro and Ian Libstaff. Thanks also to outgoing station chief, Mr. Tim Monck, flag staffs and flags, and refurbished or replaced most of the original equipment. new Also, of most equipment. the original or replaced staffs flag and and flags, refurbished Additionally, they have reinstalled the protective screening aft of the station,helm remounted were surfaces All the exterior tomorrow. service into back scraped, sanded, and given a fresh coat of paint - in all the official colors, naturally. naturally. colors, official the all in - paint of coat fresh a given and sanded, scraped, go could it like looks The craft work. their completed months ago, and recently recently and ago, months dramatic a received recently started the project several several project the started crew Station Belle Islefrom USCG dedicated A facelift. Museum Lakes the Great Dossin of front in Boat Utility notice that the Coast Guard Guard Coast will the that Isle notice Belle to Visitors Restoration of Coast Guard Utility Boat Completed Boat Utility Guard Coast of Restoration Jacob Mills, Joseph Kerr, Mills,Joseph Jacob Sawmiller, TimTorell, Dustin and Harms, Derrick Officers Thompson, Petty Christopher to handiwork. Special thanks by and see their their see and by Stopstunning. are results the and respects, all in This was a first class effort custom replacements. custom longer no were pieces installed. been have door shop m anufactured anufactured m shop machine their available, In all cases, when original cabin a and windows al 2009 Fall ae 65 Page

Photo by Joel Stone TELESCOPE Page 66

Log of Captain Samuel G. Gibbs

In 2008, the Detroit Historical Society was given a log book by the family of Captain Samuel G. Gibbs. It reflected his command of two schooners - the AUGUSTA and ACONTIUS - from 1856 through 1858. This is a short excerpt from that text - the details of a single voyage from Oswego to Chicago aboard the AUGUSTA. The AUGUSTA is familiar to Great Lakes maritime historians for a single sad chapter in the vessel’s history. It was this schooner that rammed the steamer LADY ELGIN one night in Lake Michigan, causing the latter vessel to sink with great loss o f life. However, this incident occurred in 1860, long after Capt. Gibbs’ time aboard. The trip chronicled here is unique in a couple of ways. As the boat was owned by an Oswego firm, that town was the regular eastern terminus for all of the Augusta’s transits. It is interesting to note that she hauled lumber westward, a trend that changed not too many years later. Unusual is the stop at Chicago for corn. On every other voyage in 1956, the ship went to Milwaukee for grain as its eastbound cargo. Also notable is the death of a seaman at Chicago. This is the only accident noted in the log through 1857, the extent of the log’s transcription to date. The image of the actual log shows that the Captain’s penmanship was good - tall, sweeping strokes, in the old manner. Stylistically, the text reads erratically - it is dependent upon much capitalization, uncertain punctuation, and no paragraphs - neat nautical shorthand. Interpretation during the transcription process has often been subjective, thus subject to error. I have attempted to reconcile inconsistencies, and adapted this text for readability. Elements of the original text - spellings and abbreviations - are retained [sic]. All instances o f...? indicate words that could not be interpreted. All instances of(?) indicate guesses. Editor comments are in [brackets]. Dossin Dossin Museum Collection

Close up look at partial May 21st log entry. Fall 2009 Page 67

Anyone with navigational training or experience in log keeping will note that the text includes only general speed estimates, landmark descriptions and estimated locations - the traditional by- guess-and-by-golly system common in early Great Lakes commerce. It will also become clear that many entries were made after the fact, instead of at regular watch changes. The process of transcribing the log is about half-finished. When completed, we will make the complete narrative available for interpretation and analysis. o In the meantime, here is an interesting U snippet for your review. We begin in Oswego in 1856...

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Wednesday May 21st - Hailed (hailed?) & got tug to tow us to the Lumber Dock Commercial. Loading at 8 AM Hired laborers at 10 shillings for day & work long days. Got in as we supposed about 9 AM the first day, May 22d. Finished loading & was all ready for sea before dark second day. Shipped Andrew C. Cunningham of Oswego for this trip to Lake Michigan & back to Oswego at 23 dollars per month and he was to have been on board at 7 o’clock Wednesday evening ready for sea. We waited until nine o’clock and then went out with out him after having advanced him five dollars, he having signed for the trip up and back. Wind very light off the land all the fore part of the night and latter [sic] past from south west. Friday morning (“23rd” inserted above) at Eight o’clock. Wind still down southwest to west & very light. At 12 M wind canted to the west. More still, went in stay at 10 and stood to the southward until about 2 PM. Wind then breezed up and canted southerly more for about 3 hours. Took in light sails. Wind quite fresh until night, and the weather thickened up off to west north west & look squally of Oak Orchard at 6 PM At Eight o’clock evening, strong appearance of squalls & bad weather. At 10 o’clock evening, took in sails and double reefed fore and main sails. Stowed flying gibb. Wind came in squals [sic] from the south west and out lasted until about 3 o’clock AM Saturday the 24th. Wind still ahead. Made canvas and southward at six o’clock AM in sight of south shore about the 12 mile crack. Stood the westward until 10 AM, then stood south again. Saw NIAGARA, this time to windward. Found wind canting to the westword. Stood that way until 12, then stood back to southward. Wind about west. Arrived with canal at 2 PM May 24th - (Name) birth day. No telegraph office open. Towed to lock 3 and drivers unhitched and would not tow any more until Monday. Went away a little before seven o’clock. Wind blowing fresh all night from the north west and west. Sunday, May 25th at foot of lock no. 4, wind west fresh and all clear overhear at 12 M. Wind from northword blowing fresh. Got a horse and buggy to go to Port Delhousie to get more teams, drivers having left and could not have them again. Saw Wm. McMahan. He said he would send other teams in the morning. Monday morning, May 26th. Teams came to vessel soon after 12 at night. Started immediately and had only got (several?) locks at the breakfast time & found that lock no. (12?) was out of repair & that it would consume most of the day to repair. At 4 PM got lock ready so that the vessels began to lock, but there being such a crowd that it made very slow work. Laid up at ten o’clock even., and was at 18. Tuesday morning, 27th — there are 4 schr & one raft in this small levell [sic] and almost imposible [sic] to do anything. Succeeded in getting along after a great deal detention. Passed the ALLANBURGH at 5 o clock PM Wind has been blowing from the west and south west all day. At about 7 o’clock evening it mostly died away and came light from south east & I thought best to continue towing until get to lake as wind may come fair before morning. Passed the JUNCTION at eight o’clock evening. Wind still light & the same. Raining. Smartly towed until 9 o’clock & so dark & rainy that I layed for the night. Wednesday morning, May 28th - Started half past five this morning, Wind very light. Still & mining. Weather very thick. Arrived at Port Colboume at 7 V2 a. m. Towed out to end of pier as soon as could, there being a fleet of vessels there. Wind from south to west. Got under weigh soon Fall 2009 Page 69

after we got to the pier and went out at half past ten AM Augusta & B.R. towing next. At one o’clock PM wind was fresh from south west by west half west. Saw some schr running and some double reefed and quite a fleet bound down down. Brig Arabian was one at about 3 o’clock. Wind canted to the west north west and we had a leading wind up to eight o’clock made the end of the Long Point at half past 6 PM Saw the light at 8, but the wind was very light. Passed the light at 10 o’clock evening. Wind fair, but variable all night. Mon 29th at six o’clock AM off Port Stanley wind fair still at about 11 O’clock. We saw Rondeau Point. Wind canted to the westword at 12 M. Wind died away & we got a squall with rain & wind again from the north. Took in light sails & stowed them. Passed Point Pelee Island at 4 PM Wind from north by west, but quite light from there up the River. Arrived at the ten o’clock evening. Wind by this time has got from the north east. Still light. A fleet of vessels here bound up. Friday May 30th - Wind northerly. Steam tug MORTON came along side at 4 AM Engaged him to tow through to Lake Huron. Passed Detroit at 10 o’clock AM Saw 4 schrs & brigs aground in this River. I am to pay steamer $60.00 Sixty Dollars for towing in to Lake Huron. Schr SYRACUSE is in with her also bound for Chicago. About the time we passed Detroit the wind came up to breeze from the same quarter and lasted us until we got to Elbow Stake on the flats. It then came from north east and continued so until we got well up the river. It then came light from south west. Passed Port Samey [Sarnia] at 12 o’clock. At half past 12 at night steamer run on the bank above Samey. We parted our lines & went aground about half our length ahead of steamer. (“She” above) went out about two feet at her bows, and her starboard side was on her whole length. Schr SYRACUSE was at stern of steamer & when we got on she could not (keep?) clear of it & struck our larboard quarter and our boat was lowered partly down but she did it with her larboard main rigging and cut the stern off entirely. Keel with it. Also, we got our warp to the steamer and got the AUGUSTA off before day light, but could not stir the steamer. At about 6 AM, the Steamer FORRISTER came & Pulled twice at her to get her off, but could not stir her. At half past seven the Tug B.F. BRUCE came along & got her to tow out on to Lake Huron. The wind now light but fair. Had an understanding with Capt.of tug MORTON that if the boat could be repaired, it should be at the expense of the Morton & after repairing boat and paying BRUCE twenty dollars for towing out the rapids, the balance of the full tow should be payed to MORTON, if there was a balance. We got into Lake Huron at half past eight o’clock. Southerly wind & light. The SYRACUSE got towed our soon after day light and is now about eight miles ahead. At 12 M wind south west & puffy off shore. Came up within about mile of SYRACUSE. Fresh breeze at Eight evening. Wind westerly with squally appearance. At 9, wind cant’d Southerly - winged out fore sail & steered north by west half west. At 11 wind canted back to south west & westering all the time. Took in light sails & stowed. Weather looks squally. Sunday Morning, June 1st - Wind Northwest. Smart breeze saw the Thunder Bay Island Light House at five o’clock AM to windward about 8 miles. Went in stays at eight and stood to the westword. Brought in with the land about half way between the Bay light House & Middle Island. Wind soon died away & remained light all day. At 4 PM we are about 6 miles below Presque Isle Point. Scarcely any wind at present. In company with the Schr. SYRACUSE, D.O. DICKINSON, MAGNOLIA, and several others names are known to us. TELESCOPE Page 70

At 6 wind breezes up some from the south. At eight, wind more fresh and (sour?). At 12 at night made Port Duncan Light At half past one AM, Jun 2nd entered Straits. Weather looks squally and remained so all the fore noon. Wind about south south west at nine AM. Made Point Worbechance [sic] Light House. Passed Schrs ALGESEARE (?) and EMPIRE STATE of Oswego this morning. Wind died away at 10 o’clock & got squall from abot [sic] southwest & then wind came from north very light & weather very thick. Passed the Light at 12 M. Wind still very light all the afternoon & thick also. At 8 PM wind is improving some, canting to the eastward. At ten o’clock, wind blowing hard from the northword & so thick that you could not see a Schr out six rods from you. [100’. A rod = 16.5 ft.] We runn [sic] until 12 o’clock at night & then hove too until four AM of June 3rd. We were near a fleet of vessels bound both ways, and I did not think it prudent to ... ? any longer. Saw one of the fleet bound down this morning with jib boom broken off and one Schr bound up with main mast head broke entirely off. It cleared off at 7 ‘/ 2 AM so that we saw the Manitous. Wind light from the southe south word at 12 (M). 6 o’clock AM Passed the Island(s). Two schrs at anchor in the harbour. Wind variable from east to north. Weather looks bad. At 4 PM Fog has cleared up some. Wind more steady at 6 o’clock PM Passed Point Betsy & wind is from the eastward. At 8 the wind is very changeable. Weather is very bad. A squally appearance off at the north west & north. At 9 took in light sails & stowed them. At 12 at night, double reefed and stowed flying jib. Wind came in Squalls from south west & then from the north. At 4 o’clock AM, June 4th. Made all sails. Wind still variable at 8 AM Stood in towards the west shore, and at nine o’clock got wind off the shore. Went about & stood up the lake. Had a good breeze all day, but wind very puffy until near 3 o’clock. Just passed Chiboygan [sic. Sheboygan, WI]. Wind still. Same but light at 6 o’clock. Wind came from the south west which is mostly down the lake. We were about 15 miles from & below Port Washington when wind came ahead. Been in company of D.C./77 DICKINSON of Milwaukee. Passd bark MARY STOCKTON at 8 this morning & she was out of sight to leeword at eleven AM. At eight, evening wind. Saw... [?] Thursday morning, June5th, 1856 - Off the City of Milwaukee this morning at 4 o’clock AM. Wind has been very light all night & ahead at that. At 12 M wind still down the lake. Very light off Racine at 1 o’clock PM and the weather has something of a squally appearance. At 4 PM close in at Kenosha. Wind south south east. At 8 PM wind south. At 12 at night, wind south south west. At 4 AM June 6th - Wind south west. Passed Gross Point at five AM and arrived at Chicago at 8 AM. Got to Lumber Dock & took off deck load & some out of hold this day. Saturday June 7th - at work at seven o’clock AM. No down freight engaged yet & and did not hire any extra men yet. Sunday June 8th, 1856 — Weather good wind from north east until nearly night, then it canted to southword. Fall 2009 Page 71

Monday morning June 9th, 1856 - Commenced at lumber at seven o’clock AM. weather good. Wind in the morning from southwest & pretty warm. Got the cargo out at five o’clock PM & haled [hauled?] down to Lake Street bridge. Tuesday morning June 10thI56 - Nothing for our cargo as yet. I have been down to see H.W. Allen & we concluded to wait until Board of Trade met & see what was [?] on change, as there is only six Yi on com to Oswego offered. On my return to Schr about nine o’clock AM, I discovered that our Ensigne was sent up half mast. I hurried on board immediately and found that a man named Michael Gillin had fell from the fore topmast head & and had been instantly killed. The man had lived in Oswego. His parents were there and brothers also. Telegraphed this to Mr. Avery. He immediately called coroners inquest, and the physician decided that undoubtably [sic] was taken with a fit while aloft, which was the cause of his falling. Made all the necessary arrangements for his burial. Had a good plain coffin for him & he was laid out & washed all clean. He was buried in the cemetery on the north side near the lake shore about two miles off. June 11th - bill sent in for his funeral expenses & paid bill $22.50. At one o’clock PM haled [sic] up to the wore [sic] house, but the vessel before us did not get cargo in until eight o’clock evening. June the 12th 1856 Commenced loading this early. Got through loading at about nine, but could not get towed out until morning. Tug would not tow out. Took in cargo of 12,010 bush corn at freight of seven cents to Oswego. Friday June 13th- Left Chicago this morning at 4 o’clock AM.

DETROITHISTORICAL 28TH ANNUAL A S 0 C I E T Y MARINE MART

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Saturday, December 12, 2009 G r o s s e P o in t e W a r M e m o r ia l DOSSIN MARITIME 9:00-10:00 AM GROUP $10.00 E a r l y Bir d A d m is s io n

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Editor: Greg Rudnick Thanks for assistance in preparing this issue to: [email protected] David Bull Rod Burdick Jeff Cameron Mike Skinner Jim Sprunt Scanner Wheelhouse Lake Carriers Association

MAY, 2009

May 1 ... Of the thirteen thousand-footers, four were not sailing this season. The EDGAR B. SPEER is in for thruster repairs. The MESABI MINER recently laid up due to the poor economy. AMERICAN SPIRIT and the STEWART J. CORT were still laid up.

... In commemoration of Duluth-Superior becoming a world port fifty years ago, a re-enactment was conducted of the 1959 arrival of the first salt-water vessel, the RAMON de LARRINGA. For the event, the tug EDWARD H. (ex FORNEY) played the part of the LARRINGA and tour boat, VISTA KING took the part of the HERALD, the second ocean vessel to visit the Twin Ports.

... The Tug DANIEL McALLISTER has been restored as a museum tug in Montreal. Built by Collingwood Shipbuilding in 1907, she is 115 ft. x 23.8 ft. x 14 ft., 299 gross tons, 204 net, and powered by a triple-expansion steam engine. She was built for the Montreal Transportation Co., but sold to the Government of Canada Ministry of Public Works, and transferred to the Department of Defense in 1940. She was sold in 1946 to the Helena Shipping Co. of Hamilton. In 1957, she was sold to Waubashene Navigation Co. and re-powered with a 900 BHP E.M.D. diesel, and re-named HELEN M. B. In 1966, she was acquired by McAllister Towing, Ltd. And re-named DANIEL McALLISTER, and was retired from service in the 1980s.

... In 1997, Groupe Ocean purchased McAllister’s Montreal Division and with it, the McALLISTER. She was transferred to the Mus'ee Maritime du Quebec, which had worked with the Old Port of Montreal Corp. to preserve the old tug. The Old Port of Montreal took ownership in 2008. Restoration was completed this spring. The Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board has recognized her as being of exceptional importance. The mission of the Mus'ee Maritime du Quebec is to safeguard, study, disseminate, and enhance Quebec’s maritime heritage, including its Arctic Territory. The DANIEL McALLISTER is at the dock at Gate No. 1 of the old Lachine Canal in Montreal.

... ROGER BLOUGH was towed by the tugs PATRICIA HOEY and MANITOU from her Erie winter lay-up dock to a more permanent lay-up dock in Conneaut.

... HERBERT C. JACKSON ran aground in the Saginaw River off the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City. The tug GREGORY J. BUSCH attempted to assist her into Bay Aggregates, but the current prevented the two from entering the slip. Fall 2009 Page 73

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FEDERAL RHINE - First 2009 salty into Toledo.

May 2 ... FEDERAL RHINE was the first salt-water ship to arrive at the Port of Toledo.

May 3 ... HERBERT C. JACKSON waited in Saginaw Bay for a rise in the Saginaw River water level

... According to a study by the International Joint Commission, a huge ice jam in 1984 deepened the St. Clair River and allowed more water to drain into Lake Erie. The Georgian Bay Association does not believe this theory, but believes at least 6 billion gallons a day are going out of the river. The studies are continuing.

May 5 ... HERBERT C. JACKSON finally arrived at Bay Aggregates in Bay City. The Saginaw River had been plagued by flooding in recent days.

...The saltwater vessel VICTORIA, a visitor to the Great Lakes, was taken by Somali pirates. The vessel, built in 2004, was loaded with a cargo of rice. The small boats attacked and boarded the ship which was taken to the Somali port of Eyl, where she was held for ransom, along with her crew.

May 6 ... U. S. Steel will shut down their coke battery in Nanticoke, Ontario due to low demand. The ovens will be on hot idle, which will cause another 100 layoffs. This coke battery has never been shut down, because cooling would cause serious damage.

May 7 ... Arcelor Mittal Mines Canada announced a four-week shutdown of its Mont-Wright open pit mine in northeastern Quebec and the related Port Cartier pellet plant. This mine and pellet plant produce approximately 40% of Canada’s iron ore. TELESCOPE Page 74

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MTV JAMES R. BARKER loads an ore cargo in Marquette.

... The Canadian government is demanding that U.S. Steel re-start their Canadian operations and put hundreds back to work. The government says the layoffs violate the terms under which U.S. Steel was granted permission to buy Stelco.

May 8 ... The City of Port Huron will not pursue the acquisition of the Fort Gratiot Light Station. Although the City does want the historic light, the strings attached by the Federal Government are not acceptable. The City would be required to spend $3.5 million in repairs to the seven buildings. The City would like to take over the Station, and immediately repair the lighthouse, at a cost of about $800,000, and work on the other buildings as funds become available.

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FRONTENAC loads pellets at Hamilton for delivery to U.S. Steel's Gary Works. Fall 2009 Page 75

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... Lafarge currently does not plan to re-start its Alpena Cement Plant until at least June 1. It had been scheduled to be running by May 18. The plant has a huge inventory of finished cement and clinkers.

... The JAMES R. BARKER made a rare visit to the LS&I Dock in Marquette to load ore. Because of her size, the BARKER must load at both sides of the pocket dock.

May 12 ... FRONTENAC loaded pellets at U.S. Steel’s (ex Stelco) mill in Hamilton, Ontario, and will unload them at U.S. Steel’s Gary Works.

May 13 ... The City of Oswego has accepted the deed to the West Pierhead Light. The City said immediate repairs should cost about $500,000, with complete renovation costing at least $2 million.

May 15 ... MW INDIANA HARBOR had a problem with one of her conveyor belts while unloading at Detroit Edison’s power plant at Recor’s Point on the St. Clair River. She sailed back to Superior for repairs with most of her load of coal still aboard.

... Congressman Peter Visclosky (D-IN) us unhappy that only 2% of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding was earmarked for the Great Lakes. The Corps claimed that geographic diversity requirements prevented directing needed funds to the Lakes. The Corps has removed the all silt annually deposited only once in the last ten years. It is not known when the Corps will reach the break-even point in dredging, but it won’t be in 2010 or 2011. Lack of dredging has left an estimated 17 million cubic yards of silt clogging Great Lakes harbors and their approaches.

... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cut $32 million from the dredging budget for fiscal 2010, a decrease of 25% from the amount congress had approved. No funds are included for any construction projects.

May 16 ... EDWARD L. RYERSON arrived at Duluth-Superior for lay-up after operating only for about 30 days.

... Schooner SPIRIT OF BUFFALO arrived at the Commercial Slip in Buffalo.

... Despite the poor business climate, the square-rigged brig NIAGARA will sail in 2009. Her budget was cut $250,000 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, which operates the ship along with 22 other state historic sites. The ship will attempt to raise more funding through other activities. A fundraiser at the Erie Yacht Club netted $35,000, and it is hoped a youth sailing program could raise $25,000

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Schooner DENIS SULLIVAN in Erie, PA for new sails. TELESCOPE Page 76

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CCG GRIFFON to be re-fitted at Port Weller.

May 19 ... Detroit is spending $15 million dollars for an offshore cruise ship docking terminal. This facility is scheduled to be finished by 2010. The terminal is at the foot of Bates Street at Atwater, very near the old NORTH and SOUTH AMERICAN dock.

May 20 ... The Wisconsin Schooner, DENIS SULLIVAN visited Erie, PA for some new sails. The replica of a 19th century cargo vessel tied up alongside the brig NIAGARA. The SULLIVAN was scheduled to return to Milwaukee after wintering in Florida.

May 21 ... Fraser Shipyards is repairing the USCG MACKINAW.

May 23 ... The JOHN J. BOLAND has left her lay-up dock, and was up-bound at the Soo Locks.

May 26 ... The Cruise Company has cancelled the cruises of the PEARL MIST because of problems uncovered during sea trials. The ship was recently completed by Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax.

... The AMERICAN VALOR has fit-out and is sailing. She was better-known as the ARMCO.

May 29 ... WILFRED SYKES came in for temporary lay up at the International Port on Lake Calumet.

... Seaway Marine & Industrial, formerly known as Port Weller Dry Docks, has received a C$2.7 million contract to refit the CCG GRIFFON, and upgrade the facility.

May 30 ... Ship owners have lost out in their first attempt to prevent individual states from passing local ballast regulations to protect their waters from invasive species. A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled against a challenge of that state’s ballast treatment rules in the hope it will keep commercial ships from bringing unwanted creatures into the Great Lakes. Other states hope a national law could be passed to uniformly protect the freshwater seas and tributaries. Fall 2009 Page 77

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PERE MARQUETTE 41 loads taconite for road use. JUNE, 2009

June 1 ... A former USCG 110-foot tug, APALACHEE, has arrived in Cleveland for museum duty. The vessel was manned by members of the USCG Tug Association from Oswego, NY, who plan to restore the tug and tie up at the former Coast Guard Station at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The APALACHEE was commissioned in 1943 and spent most of its career in Baltimore. The tug is identical to others once stationed on the Lakes.

June 2 ... Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute, U of MN, is looking into the use of taconite in road-building, railroad roadbed, and diverse other construction uses. Recently, 5,000 tons were loaded on the Barge PERE MARQUETTE 41 (ex carferry CITY OF MIDLAND 41) at the Hallett Dock in Duluth, for delivery to Chicago. The iron-rich rock has been built into a bridge deck at International Falls, Minnesota. It’s possible that its iron content will increase wear resistance.

... Tug KAREN ANDRIE was headed down the St. Lawrence Seaway to meet the new asphalt barge, ENDEAVOR, U.S. 1212768. The barge was built by Jeffboat in Jefferson, Indiana, is 360 feet long, and 60 feet wide, with a depth of 24 feet. She can haul 50,000 bbl of asphalt.

June 3 ... CCG Auxiliary vessels, the CCG Cutter CAPE LAMBTON, and a Department of Defense Griffon helicopter responded to a call made by the ALGOWOOD to remove an ill crewmember. The ALGOWOOD Photo by Greg Rudnick Photo by Greg Rudnick arrived off Port Burwell, where an auxiliary vessel took the man to EMS. Is BADGER to be put out of service by regulators? Photo by Greg Rudnick the structure crosses a navigable waterway. The City of Detroit does not want the abutment for the much- much- the for abutment the want not does Detroit of City The waterway. navigable a crosses structure the the for process Application Permit Bridge Guard Coast the suspending 5 a letter issued has June USCG .. .The billion. $20 least at taxpayers needed new bridge built in city-owned Riverside Park. Riverside city-owned in built bridge new because needed permit USCG the obtain must company The Detroit. in project enhancement Bridge Ambassador cost will that a program Lakes, Great the of clean-up the waters. tanks ocean to their have must compliance in not Seaway. the ships enter they Those as inspected ballast and their have emptied must tanks ships The species. invasive for Davis, has been named by President Obama to oversee oversee to Obama President by named been has Davis, return they until ballast discharge not may and sealed, Lakes the entering vessels ocean-going all inspecting Sturgeon in arrived TREGERTHA A. LEE ... 4 June Bay for repairs and temporary lay-up. Her crew crew M. Her CHARLES re-powered lay-up. newly BEEGHLY. the temporary to and transferred repairs for Bay NS. Sidney, in Power Scotia coal for Nova low-sulfur loaded ERIE ATLANTIC unsure is time this at but options, several has company The 2012. after Lake the into ashes its discharge what it will do. will it what TELESCOPE Page 78 Page RA LKS SAA NEWS SEAWAY & LAKES GREAT • MORRELL survivor Dennis Hale returns to wreck. to returns Hale Dennis survivor MORRELL ... A Chicago-based environmentalist, Cameron Cameron environmentalist, ... A Chicago-based ... St. Lawrence Seaway Development is is Development Seaway Lawrence St...... In Superior, Canada Steamship Line’s Line’s Steamship Canada Superior, In ... . Te t. AGR te at olfrd asne si o te ae wl nt e loe to allowed be not will Lakes the on ship passenger coal-fired last the BADGER, Str. The ... ue6 . CALS M. CHARLES ... 6 June n h ln ta ws tahd o the to attached was that line the on hand his placing 1966, 29, November sole Hale, site wreck to the ennis returned D ... MORRELL, 10 June E. a refinery with IN Whiting, for was bound barge The MARY stem. the at ECOSSE Tug ... 7 June uvvr fte E J. IEL N A D on sank steamer Bethlehem the where the of survivor unit. vacuum Tug with Lock, was Iroquois at 4507 upbound Barge towing HANNAH motorship. a as service to return a for preparation in Shipbuilding Bay BEEGHLY was running her diesels at diesels her running was BEEGHLY DANIEL J. MORRELL J. DANIEL

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EDWARD M. COTTER fire tug escorting RED WITCH and Brig NIAGARA upbound Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio - August 2002 ship’s mast. “I want to keep the memory of the MORRELL alive,” he said. “I don’t want it to die, at least as long as I’m alive.” Ashtabula Star Beacon

June 12 ... The 109-year-old fire tug EDWARD M. COTTER was called to a large fire at a building on the old Donner-Hanna coke oven property in South Buffalo. Fire trucks were ineffective because of the distance from hydrants. The COTTER could pump more water on the blaze more efficiently. She returned to her slip on Sunday morning.

June 13 ... The tug KAREN ANDRIE and her new asphalt barge, ENDEAVOR, were on their first trip into North Tonawanda, NY, headed to the NOC Product Terminal.

June 17 ... Up to 75 workers will be recalled as U.S. Steel re-opens its Nanticoke, Ontario coke ovens to supply the re­ opening Granite City, Illinois plant.

... The M idwest 00 Energy Terminal reached the 400 million-ton milestone while loading into the AMERICAN INTEGRITY. The Dock began operations in 1976. Algoma Tankers' new ALGOCANADA. TELESCOPE Page 80

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June 18 ... The new tanker ALGOCANADA, C833306, arrived at the Iroquois Lock on her first trip to the Great Lakes. She was completed in 2008 at the Eregli Gemi Shipbuilders in Ergli, Turkey. She is a double-hulled tanker, with a gross tonnage of 8009, and a net tonnage of 3809. She is 426’ 1” x 64’ 1IV2” x 32’7”. She is rated Ice Class 1A, and is powered by an MAK-9M32C diesel, which puts out 6032 BHP, providing a service speed of 13 knots.

June 19 ... For the second time this year, a WWII Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was recovered from Lake Michigan. The plane served in combat before becoming a trainer. It crashed 25 miles from Waukegan on February 18, 1944 because of an iced-up carburetor. The pilot survived the crash. The plane was embedded nose-first in the clay bottom, 300’ below the surface, covered with zebra mussels, but in good condition. Still the property of the U.S. Navy, the aircraft will be restored at the Naval Restoration Museum in Pensacola, FL, and then be displayed at the Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii. There were about 300 training aircraft that crashed in Lake Michigan during WWII, and approximately 40 have been retrieved so far.

June 20 ... The 23rd Detroit River Tug Boat Race was held today. Winners are:

First Overall: ELMER DEAN Class One PATRICIA HOEY Bill Hoey, Jr. Trophy JOAN V Class 3 ELMER DEAN Americo Dean, Jr. Trophy JOSEPHINE Class 4 SINDBAD Lionel Hotte Mem. Trophy HYDRA Class 5 ISABELLE John J. Carrick Mem. Trophy TITAN Class 6 Non-Displacement R&R Detroit-Wayne Cty. Port Auth. DYKER LASS Best Decorated KAYVEE Judges Pick TITAN

June 21 ... The AMERICAN COURAGE (ex FRED R. WHITE, JR.) returned to Sturgeon Bay to lay up.

... Evaluation of two hands-free mooring units is being conducted on the Welland Canal at Lock 7. It is hoped to eventually replace the use of mooring cables with the magnets.

June 22 ... Cruise ship CLELIA II was upbound at Iroquois Lock for her first Lake trip of the year.

June 25 ... WILFRED SYKES was reported sailing again.

... The JOHN D. LEITCH ran aground in the Welland Canal because of a bow thruster fault. There was no damage reported.

June 26 ... K-Sea Marine’s new tug, DUBLIN SEA, was taken to the launch area at Marinette Marine.

... The self-unloading barge GREAT LAKES TRADER loaded 35,457 tons of limestone at Stoneport, Michigan. That is the largest stone cargo the vessel has ever loaded at that dock. She was able to load deeper because of rising water levels. However, if the Great Lakes navigation system was dredged to project dimensions, the TRADER would have loaded nearly 37,000 tons of stone.

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