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From: Al Jackman
Location: Detroit
email: gtlakesmem@aol.com
Remote Name: 65.29.99.3
Date: 09.30.08
Time: 05:39:35 AM
The U. S. Maritime Commission did a survey of the Great Lakes Shipping Fleet in 1940 prior to WW II. They determined that there was a need for the rebuilding of the Fleet as many vessels had been laid up for a long time and many were unfit. It was determined the there was a need for 25 vessels of the size of the later built "Maritimers" in 1943. The vessel owners protested theat the proposed vessels were to big, too fast, and would destroy Great Lakes Shipping. USMC later scaled back the number to 16. There was a lot of arm twisting to get get some of the fleets to take the vessels. The "trade-in" policy was used whereby old tonnage could be traded in for the new tonnage. Most of the older vessels at the end of WW II were tied up in the Bay at Erie, PA. These were scrapped at Hamilton, Ont. by Stelco. "Iron Ships" published by Wayne State Press in Detroit, MI is a good source of information. Al Jackman.
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