Comments on: Film Tugs

By: tugster

tugster — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:43:07 +0000

anon– i’m not familiar with that deck barge. if you get a pic, maybe you could forward it. boardwalk empire greenpoint set is near there. and this is nyc, where tv/movie production is always happening. here’s a list from the mayor’s office: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/locations/current_nyc_productions.shtml

csi films here sometimes: http://www.onlocationvacations.com/tag/csi-ny-filming-locations/ if you do facebook, here’s one of my favorite csi film locations on nyc/sixth boro waters: http://www.twylah.com/GarySinise/tweets/25216479675

on the other hand, there are just house barges, some of them quite elaborate: http://www.google.com/search?q=housebarges&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&tbo=u&rls=en&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lEKmUL2nJ5PD0AGT5oH4Cw&ved=0CFwQsAQ&biw=1876&bih=936

By: Chris Williams

Chris Williams — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:45:53 +0000

The Wilmington tug looks a lot like the Long Beach that was modeled by a Revell kit in the mid to late ’60s. I’m not sure if she had sisters in the fleet, but she may have been a government tug prior to her Wilmington service.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:47:02 +0000

Re: Film Tugs: just above the Pulaski Drawbridge there is moored a deck barge with what appears to be a 2 story frame house built on it. Is this a film prop?

By: tugster

tugster — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:29:56 +0000

roger– thanks. i hadn’t noticed that detail at first. now i’m surprised, given that the “world of the film” would have us believe this ship assist is out of tokyo harbor, you’d think they’d at least cover up roman letters with japanese characters. i guess that means that in 1965 it was just assumed that workboats were quasi-invisible.

By: Roger Prichard

Roger Prichard — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:55:56 +0000

The WTCO on the tug’s stack is the Wilmington Transportation Co. which was very active in Los Angeles, right? Seems reasonable that location shots for a movie were done locally.

By: sleepboot

sleepboot — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:38:48 +0000

The Red Cross Fleet used during the 2′ WW a Swedish ship with the name ‘Christina’
The Germans owned a cargo ship called “Ingo”.and she sailed for Hamburg-Bremer Afrika Linie GMBH.
She was sunk in a convoy by FAA Swordfish.of 830 NAS.
Which ship was used in the movie is another question.
It looks to me a British freighter was used for this role..

By: tugster

tugster — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:58:59 +0000

lazerone . . . i didn’t know that, so the production company may have used a surplus german aux cruiser, modified it to pass as a freighter. thanks much.

By: lazerone

lazerone — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:26:09 +0000

this is a german “auxiliary cruiser” (on english Hilfkreuzer): the first name coming in mind is Atlantis … I am checking the names used as camouflage…