Here was 20. And below is Wire, Saugerties-based “boat of the year” at the 2012 Waterford Tugboat Roundup. In less than a year, the New Bern NC Barbour WYTL will be a half-century old, although to me she looked brand spanking new.
Note the crane on Gelberman‘s stern: she’s one of several debris-collectors operated by the Corps of Engineers.
Like the “bear boats” I wrote about yesterday, seeing 32-year-old Morro Bay in the sixth boro is another uncommon seasonal indicator; it’s going to get cold soon (maybe) and ice will need breaking.
Hugo started life as an oilfield support vessel, but now, painted gray, works as a weapons-training Naval auxiliary vessel. Homeported near Hugo is Apache, subject of several posts including this one. Recently, Apache has been tasked with a diver-training mission as reported here.
Continuing outside New York, Cheryl B sent this foto along from Grand Haven MI. Vessel 105 is a WTGB that no doubt lay side-by-side in the shipyard with Morro Bay as they were constructed in Tacoma several decades back. Neah Bay is Lake Erie-based . . but from there, the sixth boro is only a voyage away. Any guesses on the red vessel off 105′ stern?
It’s Griffon, which appeared here on this blog four years ago.
The 42-year-old vessel is based on the St. Lawrence, just northeast of the top right corner of Lake Ontario. The “F-word” on her stern has no place on USCG vessels, although no doubt US and Canadian vessels found themselves on opposite sides of these wars of the late 20th century.
HMCS Moncton, last month, was paying a friendly visit to Port Huron MI.
And finally, thanks to JED, HMS Vigilant, a sub that resembles a whale. Read about it here on JED’s site.
Any finally . . . I mentioned earlier that Wire was “vessel of the year” at the Waterford Roundup. Here, with thanks to Brian Gauvin, is a frozen nanosecond of the fireworks show that brought the roundup to a close.
Thanks again to Cheryl, Jed, and Brian. Thanks also to Rick Old Salt for a reality check on piracy.
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September 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm
JED
HUGO and her sister HUNTER were berrthed out of Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, PR when I was stationed there. During Hurricane Georges they both parted their moorings and ran hard aground.
September 19, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Anonymous
Is the F-word you’re referring to “fisheries”? The USCG has its hands full with 11 missions, of which Living Marine Resources covers protection of US fisheries. Much more information is available at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg531/LMR.asp and its links.
September 19, 2012 at 10:20 pm
tugster
anon– thanks much for the correction. i asserted what i did without checking the mission list, and uscg focus in this region led me to think the agency had no fish-related mission. i was wrong. would you have a sense of what percentage of its assets are dedicated to the fisheries portion of “Living Marine Resources “?
September 20, 2012 at 7:42 am
Anonymous
USCG assets are generally not dedicated; most vessels are configured to perform multiple missions and will do so in the course of a patrol period, sometimes several daily. For the more open-water ships, the portion of their time estimated to perform Living Marine Resources missions varies from 45% in the Pacific to 20% in the Atlantic.
September 20, 2012 at 10:36 am
tugster
again, anon . . thank you for filling in some of the blanks. my perceptions are sometimes just wrong as a result of being based on an unreliable sample.
September 19, 2012 at 9:22 pm
J. Herbert
Bearing of note, does Vigilant have the ‘New’, almost silent drive system instead of the great seven bladed wheel, its low profile makes it easily distinguishable, but the shots weren’t clear enough to reveal if there is a the “Catapiller” installed.
September 20, 2012 at 6:34 pm
JED
It’s not clear enough from the main deck to make that distinction