Below is an image I posted on February 27, 2024.  Cape Kennedy had only recently arrived, the latest in a string of government vessels getting rehabbed at Bayonne Dry Dock & Repair.

Below is a photo I took yesterday.  Notice the detail change?

From a different angle, this is the door removed from the graving dock and being escorted out of the way by Sarah Ann and Nathan G.

Wind sock and door crew monitoring the float away.

In the presence of a mustering of McAllister tugs, Samantha Miller begins Cape Kennedy‘s exit.  The McAllister tugs (l to r) are Marjorie, Timothy, Capt Brian, and Rowan.

Positions are assumed the farther out the 5083 floats.

 

 

I’m wondering if the exit is timed so that a slight current can ease her in the direction of the KVK side of the pier.

Once alongside the pier, Timothy, Marjorie, and Capt. Brian stand by as she’s made fast.  USACE Moritz, foreground, must be serving some function, not just loitering.

I’ve posted photos of this process at least once before, as seen here.

All photos, any errors, WVD.