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It was a rainy day and I was giving some friends a tour of the city, intending to leave the camera in the waterproof bag . . . but how could I pass up a foto like this . . . “spring-showers” washed-out colors notwithstanding.
Schooner Virginia was in town. As of this writing, it’s anchored south of the George Washington Bridge. Two very different places I’ve seen Virginia in the past year are here in tropical waters and here in her home waters. I’d loved to have been on the tug HMS Liberty at this moment.
Here’s where I first caught sight of her . . . approaching tug Liberty Service lightering Amalthea.
Another delight in port was T/S State of Maine, by now headed south for the 2013 training cruise . . . with San Juan as its southernmost destination.
Also in port . . Prisco Elizaveta and Atlantic Jupiter.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who in the course of the day, was so thoroughly and delightfully showered upon that the clothes are still wet
OK . . . I fail here. Which Moran and which McAllister are those in the Sunday morning chop?
Quick post: Shelby 1978.
Evening Tide 1970.
Jay Michael 1980 doing a re-enactment of my December 15, 2012 post here (scroll to third foto).
Long time no see . . . Superior Service 1981.
North Sea 1982.
Laura K. Moran 2008.
Resolute 1975 and Discovery Coast 2012.
All fotos taken in April by Will Van Dorp, who’s feeling it’s significant that so many of these are stern shots . . . i.e., I’m struggling to keep up today.
I’ve held off moving from 99 to 100 because 100 suggested I do something special, but ultimately, I decided that random means random, so here it is. Guess the location if not the tug? It IS sixth boro. Answer at the end of the post.
Almost 30-year-old Franklin Reinauer entered the Narrows light as Sun Right departed the other day.
Less than an hour earlier, Emerald Coast (1973) overtook the same Sun Right at the turn around Bergen Point. I’ve seen Sun Round recently (although I didn’t take a foto) here but not Sun Road. Are there more in this Manila-registered series?
Note the small tug assisting with Energy 11105 barge . . .
pushed by (?) Liberty Service. It’s Freddie K Miller, which I first met as Stapleton Service, even though that was not the first identity for this 1966 built tug.
Susan Miller (1981) meets Akinada Bridge –named for a Hiroshima bridge–at the Narrows recently.
Coho lighters G. Agamemnon. Has repainting started on any of the ex-Penn boats?
Comet (1977) heads under the Bayonne Bridge, while (?) Brian Nicholas following.
Atlantic Salvor (1976) followed Atlantic Coast (2007) into the sixth boro the other day.
Resolute (1975) escorted in Americas Spirit.
Finally . . . that first foto . . . it’s Diane B southbound in Eastchester Bay (til now a tugster-neglect portion of the sixth boro) with Throg’s Neck Bridge in the background.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: Does anyone know if and when Athena was scrapped?
All hype . . . like Camping and others . . . just to mention recent hoaxes.
Nevertheless, I made my rounds. High winds chill to the bone but no doomsday out here . . . Brian Nicholas pushed recycling into the Kills,
Catherine Miller moved semis beyond the end of the bridge,
Nomad and Alpine Alaska waited inside the Narrows,
as did Mount Karava, which first appeared here almost brand-new over five years ago.
Padre Island anchored off the BAT, taking time off from vacuuming the channels south of the Narrows.
Michigan Service headed for the Kills.
OOCL Kuala Lumpur shifted containers.
Given the hype about the apocalypse, I kept eyes wide open for debris and found some, although this is long-planned and controlled demolition.
USCG made their own rounds.
Six years ago, I put up this winter solstice post, led off by this fine foto . . . compliments of Richard Wonder . . . of an elegant John B. Caddell, recently lifted off a place where floating things should never go. And speaking of vessels finding themselves in places that should remain off limits, check out this and this article about a tanker bottomed out on the upper Hudson. “Bakken crude” . . . that’s a term I’ve not heard before. If anyone upriver has fotos to share, please get in touch.
0r . . . from Creativity to a Barefoot Princess in the time some folks sleep in on Saturday mornings.
0826 . . . from my office near Snug Harbor, I see this parcel tanker pass inbound.
0828, from near to far . . . Morton S. Bouchard Jr. , Creativity, and UACC Falcon on intial prep for a local shift east ward.
0914 . . . Atlantic Salvor drags a scow of bottom carving while Brian Nicholas (?) hauls paper for recycling. That’s Marion Moran lower left taking Falcon‘s stern.
0928 . . . Brasil-bound Orange Star meets inbound OSG 350 pushed by OSG Vision . . .
0932 . . . Orange Star meets Zim Texas . . . with a cluster of tugs off her starboard side.
0938 . . . HOS Energy 11104 tails Orange Star. Siberian Sea appears to be Orange Star’s escort, although really she’s not.
0953 . . . Geese flee approaching Falcon and Gramma Lee T Moran.
1036 . . . looking along the flared bow of sea-bound NYK Joanna.
1037 Ellen McAllister trails Joanna outbound.
1055 . . . bulbous bow of Porto begs for paint, maybe the image of a ferocious eye would fend off all inattentive traffic.
1056 . . . Porto meets MSC Federica.
left to right . . . 1058 MSC Federica, Zim San Francisco, Porto.
1107 . . . under the flare of Zim San Francisco, last appeared on this blog here. And that’s Vane’s Wicomico out between Robbins Reef Light and Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower (1929) in the distance.
1113 . . . San Fran, Bruce A., and Elizabeth. San Fran last appeared in the blog inbound as seen from the Bayonne Bridge four months ago here.
1121 . . . Atlantic Concert heads inbound escorted by Ellen.
1144 . . . what’s this crabby thing?
It’s my princess . . .
called either Barefoot Princess or Welcome to Patchogue. Note . . . that “patchogue” is a two syllable word. Twelve years ago, while going to that town to see a man about a boat, I made the error of asking if I was in “pa CHO gee” rhymes with “patchouli,” sort of.
All fotos taken from my KVK offices this morning.
Afterthought: Do you suppose Patchogue is unilaterally annexing NYC’s sixth boro?
So what happens in the rest of the sixth boro during Fleet Week? Works goes on. Ellen goes past the Statue to the next job, possibly to move USCGC Eagle out.
As is McKinley Sea, with its Kirby livery.
Terrapin Island continues its 24/7 sand moving.
Tankers transfer fluids and container vessels come and go.
Susquehanna follows Quantico Creek to the east.
Holiday jetskiers race off bow waves, abandoning prudence and caution.
Gulf Service awaits an appointment at the tanks.
Ice-bowed Ice Hawk, newly painted and
maybe newly-named, awaits its call.
And (in town for OpSail, Bay City, Michigan registered Appledore V, enjoys the late Monday sun and breeze.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated from Lake Michigan: 1907 SS Keewatin moves.
Here was the last time I used this title: 8.
Huron Service used to be Eric Candies. Look at the lines of her hull and house. Do they
look like these on Na Hoku? No surprise . . . Na Hoku used to be Chris Candies. At least a half dozen other ex-Candies boats work as regulars in the sixth boro.
Now look at the barge on Na Hoku‘s hip. DBL 85 used to be
Freedom. Stuff doesn’t change that much; it just gets renamed.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
And this just in from Birk, another fleet sib, Sandmaster, (ex-Ben Candies). You recently saw this angle wet here on tugster.
Cheers.
Meagan Ann, Seattle-built in 1975. Note the glazing and icicles.
For more info from Birk and Harold’s site, , click here.
McAllister Responder’ s name alludes to its former role as an oil-spill response vessel.
Until 2009, the Florida-built vessel was immediately distinguishable from Charles D. McAllister by her boom spool.
Tasman Sea comes out of Louisiana in 1976.
Click here to see her as Ambassador.
Magothy is a Patapsco-class 4200 hp vessel launched in 2008.
Hornbeck Tidewater equipment seems less frequent in the sixth boro these days, but last weekend I caught
Gulf Service and
Huron Service, 1979 and ’81 respectively. Astern is the unmistakeable Atlantic Salvor, itself a former Tidewater boat.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Bohemia (2007) sprints her way through a race of sail.
Taurus (1967) bunkers Ocean Titan.
Eagle Service (1996) also threads its way through a sailing race.
Sassafras (2008) and Emma Miller (2008) adds fluids to run this vessel from Korean, London. London must be a new country?
Buchanan 1 (1967) moves like a rock star.
Evening Mist (1976) poses using the cliffs of Lower Manhattan as background.
Ellen and Amy C McAllister (1966 and 1975) back Liberty Ace out toward Brooklyn.
Morton S Bouchard IV (2004) exits the KVK.
Cheyenne (1965) ties up at scows over toward Jersey City.
Oyster Creek (2011) blends in as Vane’s newest vessel in the sixth boro.
Coho (2008) makes its way through anchored units on its way to Hell Gate and the Sound.
Specialist II (launch?) waits at a scow.
Patapsco (2004) makes its way to the Gate.
Gabby Miller (launch?) pushes a box somewhere north of the Battery.
All fotos in the past week by Will Van Dorp.
Here was my biggest surprise . . .. details at end.
I know upstate along the Hudson and in Vermont Irene did her devastation; ditto in parts of New Jersey. But this morning along the KVK, scuttlebutt was . . . Irene who? What hurricane? The killside was cleaner at the expense of the water, which carried flotsam out with the ebb. Straw and sticks floated seaward here, whereas upstate small boats attached to docks might be drifting. Traffic on the KVK was noticeably eastbound . . . out of protection, like soon after I stopped by . . . 7:58 am Margaret Moran,
8:10, Liberty IV,
8:15 . . . this ubiquitous private boat counters the trend,
8:24 . . . Tasman Sea and Jane A. Bouchard. Note how sunny, clear, and calm it is less than 24 hours after Irene was expected to be her most frenzied here.
8:35 . . . Oyster Creek and Elk River tangoed.
8:40 . . . the rarely-seen-here Liberty II,
8:41 . . . a Moran trio of Gramma Lee T, Turecamo Girls, and James Turecamo,
8:49 . . .HMS Liberty pushes Chabria Sea westbound toward IMTT,
9:07 . . . Susan E. Witte prepares to take the stern of Energy 6508, pushed by Michigan Service,
9:09 . . NRC Guardian . . . coming out of the protected waters was the trend this morning. Meanwhile, I had another item of business here . . . check on my
favorite livestock, the goats of the Narrows. I hoped Irene’d
not made them seagoats. I breathed easy when I saw them . . . working to keep the Narrows free
of poison ivy and other itchiness.
But the bad news in the sixth boro is . . that R. H. Tugs, one of my favorite eateries, has been sold. SOLD! Gone! What follows? !@!@??
All fotos this morning by Will Van Dorp.
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