Much of the region's attention, however, was focused on the harbor at Port Colbome and the aircraft carrier, USS Sable. The ship arrived on Saturday, after being towed from Chicago on its way to Hamilton. The Sable remained in Port Colbome for a month before it was towed down the Welland Canal. Its 102-foot wide top deck would not fit through the canal, so 18 feet had to be cut from each side before it could proceed. The steel which was removed went to the Steel Company of Canada yard in Hamilton. The Sable, which was converted to an aircraft carrier from a cruise ship named the Greater Buffalo during the Second World War, was scheduled to be transformed into another type of ship, but our reseach failed to verify exactly how the ship changed, if at all.
