Following the format used in pervious editions, every page is a story. NAMESAKES 1900-1909 took over five years to assemble and is replete with many rare, never before published photographs. If a vessel operated on the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River on or after January 1, 1900 but was gone by January 1, 1910-it is in this book!

The NINTH volume in the NAMESAKES SERIES is a photostory of Great Lakes vessels prior to, during, and just after World War I. Many steel steamers, and some wooden vessels, requisitioned for saltwater service, are shown herein. Details of demise on the oceans are chronicled - many for the FIRST time in any publication!

Supurb photographs of historic vessels such as: the Schooner CORA A. - the last full rigged schooner built on the Lakes; Steamer TOPEKA - the first lakes vessel to be equipped with a hydraulic stearing gear and the Steamer HOMER WARREN - the oldest wooden straight deck bulk vessel in operation when it was sunk in 1919.

371 VESSELS - 220 FLEETS   
OVER 600 VESSEL NAMES - CROSS-INDEXED - 377 PAGES HARD COVER

NAMESAKES 1920-1929 details vessels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River during the decade of the '20's - a transitional period between the "Great War" and a rapidly expanding industrial North America.

As in previous "NAMESAKES" books, superb photographs, many of them very rare, the derivation of the vessel name, and salient data pertaining to the carriers demise are presented in a succinct and concise manner.

Together with NAMESAKES 1900-1909, NAMESAKES 1910-1909, NAMESAKES 1930-1955, NAMESAKES 1956-1980 AND NAMESAKES OF THE 90's the reader has over 80 years of shipping history representing more than 3,000 vessels.

OVER 750 VESSEL NAMES - 484 SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS
CROSS INDEXED - 208 FLEETS - 493 PAGES - HARD COVER

Covering 25 years of Great Lakes shipping history, this edition reaches back through the decade of the 30's to provide evermore history of a bygone era.

Wooden steamers and barges are shown in beautiful, never-seen-before photographs! Rare, never published pictures are also included for steel vessels. Many of these are from closed and untapped private collections.

Over 750 vessels are cross-indexed showing all former names as well as the LAST name a ship bore on the Great Lakes. The superior research given this fascinating book provides facts and figures on all these ships.

613 VESSELS - 1,300 VESSEL NAMES
CROSS-INDEXED - 627 PAGES
HARD COVER

NAMESAKES 1956-1980, the SIXTH volume in the NAMESAKES SERIES, details all the commercial vessels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River that existed in the quarter century between 1956 and 1980, inclusive.

Although all these ships - including the passenger vessels NORTH AMERICAN, ASSINIBOIA, KEEWATIN and others, have long since departed from active commerce they can be found here in abundance.

As in other NAMESAKES books, supurb photographs of all vessels, the derivation of the vessel name, and salient data pertaining to its demise are presented in a succinct and concise manner leading the reader through another era in Great Lakes Hitory.

If a vessel existed on the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River AFTER January 1, 1956 but was GONE by the end of 1980, it is in this volume

NAMESAKES 2000 is the new book for a new CENTURY. It replaces and upgrades NAMESAKES OF THE 90's as the reference standard for current vessels in the Great Lakes fleets. It is the fifth book in the NAMESAKES series about vessels currently plying our inland seas.

NAMESAKES 2000 photographically depicts the vessels as they are today, giving new photographs for vessels that are new, have changed names, fleets, and/or configurations. Additionally, full particulars of their histories are included for each vessel.