Elapsed time from the first to last foto in this batch is five minutes . . . what it takes to travel from the Erie Lackawanna terminal south to the old NJ Central Railroad Station. Know what this gray vessel is? Doubleclick enlarges.
For a sense of what the Jersey City waterfront looked like a half century ago, see wavz13’s fantastic set of flickr fotos here. The yellowish cube on the right side of the foto (stern of vessel) is a Holland Tunnel ventilator. A matching vent on the Manhatan side of the river can be seen on wavz13’s foto.
All these fotos come compliments of bowsprite; I’ve always felt blessed to have her eyes on the sixth boro at times and in places mine are not.
Long a fan of landing craft, bowsprite “loaded” different aspects of the 2011 JC waterfront onto the LCU.
Carrying the Hyatt here is LCU-2011 Chickhominy, the number NOT indicative of the year of launch/delivery, which was late September 1990.
Click here for close-ups of the vessel.
Where it was headed that day–mid-September I don’t know. My guess is that it started in West Point, but that’s just a guess. Google shows it in various places along the Atlantic seaboard in the early months of 2011.
Many thanks to bowsprite for this set.
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October 29, 2011 at 4:44 pm
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RUNNYMEDE-class large Landing Craft Utility (LCU) (also known as the 2000-class LCU)
From Hazegray.org:
Displacement: 1,102 tons full load
Dimensions: 174 x 42 x 8.5 feet/53 x 12.8 x 2.6 meters
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,500 bhp, 11.5 knots
Crew: 12
Cargo: 350 tons vehicles/general cargo
Notes: 35 “LCU 2000” class utility landing craft built for US Army service, replacing older USN-design landing craft. Typical LCU design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. Several are deployed to Europe and aboard Afloat Prepositioning Ships.
Builders: Trinity-Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS; LCU 2001-2003 started at Thunderbolt Marine, Savannah, GA but completed at Trinity-Moss Point.
LCU2001 RUNNYMEDE through LCU2035 PORT HUDSON
It’s worth pointing out that ARMY Mariners are fully licensed with USCG Credentials (NAVY mariners are not). They attend the Deck Officer school at Fort Eustis, VA