by RTNerd » February 24, 2011, 2:48 pm
That picture was included in an American Ship Building Co. brochure published in 1958 anticipating all of the work that might result from the new St Lawrence Seaway. Caption reads "Leaving the Black River in Lorain on official trials, this vessel, The Wilfred Sykes, embodied more modern innovations than any ship built on the Great Lakes. It was the prototype of the 20,000-tonners." The picture in the brochure includes more of the upper background confirming the location. According to a SNAME paper on Designing and Building the Wilfred Sykes, trials were completed in late 1949.
That picture was included in an American Ship Building Co. brochure published in 1958 anticipating all of the work that might result from the new St Lawrence Seaway. Caption reads "Leaving the Black River in Lorain on official trials, this vessel, The Wilfred Sykes, embodied more modern innovations than any ship built on the Great Lakes. It was the prototype of the 20,000-tonners." The picture in the brochure includes more of the upper background confirming the location. According to a SNAME paper on Designing and Building the Wilfred Sykes, trials were completed in late 1949.