The Greater Buffalo heading toward Lake Erie on Aug. 4, 1939

Photo from the Borucki collection via Joel Dinda (Creative Commons)

The Greater Buffalo on July 3, 1938

Photo from the Borucki collection via Joel Dinda (Creative Commons)

The Hotel Buffalo wagon meets the Greater Buffalo as the liner arrives in Buffalo, N.Y., on the first trip of the 1942 season.

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives

Looking toward the Ambassador Bridge from the D&C docks.

Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University

The Greater Buffalo

Creative Commons

S.S. Greater Buffalo arrives in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 6, 1942, to be converted into aircraft carrier USS Sable (IX-81).

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command

The D&C steamers could carry automobiles. Here, one is unloaded from the Greater Buffalo.

Photo from D&C Navigation Co. promotional photo album

The Greater Buffalo under way

Photo from a D&C Navigation Co. promotional photo album