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Toledo Shipbuilding Company Inc. TOLEDO ~ OHIO Builders of the World’s Record Cargo Ship a a William K. Field 604 ft. Long, 60 ft. Beam, 32 ft. Depth. Deadweight Tonnage 12000. VER half a million tons of freight carried—forty six cargoes of ore and coal delivered in seven months and seventeen days by the steamer William K. Field. This remarkable performance earned her the title, “Champion Freight Carrier of the World’. During the season 1924 on the Great Lakes she registered a total of 552,014 tons. complishment! An unprecedented ac- The William K. Field is owned and operated by Reiss Steamship Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Her type of construc- tion permits rapid loading and discharge of cargo. This was an important factor in her record breaking perform- ance. Builders and Repairers of Ships and Engines MARINE REVIEW—May, 1927 45