Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Marine Review, Vol. 61 March, 1931 [39] Well Known Great Lakes Ship Designer Dies. In the death of WILLIAM H. LANDGREBE on Jan. 16 the marine industry of the Great Lakes suffered a big loss. He had been identified with the construction of the various types of vessels peculiar to the Great Lakes and for most of that time was on the staff of the American Ship Building Co., with which he started his career at the Chicago plant in 1896 at actual construction work in that yard. For two years or more he was associated with the late W. J. WOOD, naval archi- tect of Chicago, while engaged in the design and construction of fire tugs, river boats, and other unusual types re- quiring special designing and supervision. MR. LANDGREBE came to Cleveland in 1915 to join the drafting forces of the Ameri- can Ship Building Co., and was made chief draftsman in 1918, continuing in that position until his death. During the intensive shipbuilding program of the World war, the burden of preparing plans and ordering materials for the hulls of the numerous ships built by the company fell largely upon MR. LAND- GREBE'S shoulders. To him is due much of the credit for the vast amount of preliminary work to facilitate rapid production. ==========================================================================