I mean the title here as “I’d love to see more Bloxom.” John Dupee took this shot of Bloxom from the waterside,
Franz Von Riedel took the one at this link from another water angle, and standing on the bank, I took the one below. Doesn’t smoke appear to be leaving the stack?
Bloxom (aka LT-653) was built in Point Pleasant, WV, for the US Army in 1944. Can anyone point to a foto of Bloxom in service either for the Army or later? Now, it disintegrates in Rossville in the Arthur Kill.
Unrelated odds & ends: Check out the comment by “rice hauler” which identifies the cargo on MSC Alexa.
Also, more pirate action along the Somali coast.
Photos, Unless otherwise stated, WVD.
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May 17, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Mage Bailey
When I first saw that tug in the Kill, I was knocked over. Someone would let something that powerful rot? Gobsmacked. I’ll look around and see what I can find on her.
May 18, 2008 at 9:40 am
Jed
I had NO Idea it was an ARMY tug; interesting to me is the fact that my eye was drawn to a military tug when I myself captained a Navy YTB from 97′-99′.
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May 19, 2008 at 6:09 am
tugster
without knowing the specifics on this vessel’s demise, it seems 1944 is not that old. given the amount of taxpayers’ $ involved, why would such a vessel be allowed to disintegrate on a mudbank? if anyone KNOWS the specifics on this vessel, i’d love to hear. how much was scavenged before it was “mothballed”?
April 24, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Kecoughtan
There are two photographs of Bloxom in “Ghostly Ruins: America’s Forgotten Architecture” (2006) by Harry Skrdla (pg 34 and pg 37). One is of Bloxom much as she’s sadly depicted above. The other, however, is of her under way during her days with the Pennsylvania RR.
April 11, 2010 at 11:40 am
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May 19, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Jason Speede
It looks bigger from afar. When I first passed it by while on a jog, I thought it was an old Naval Freighter.
I am looking to film a scene of my independent movie on a ship like that, however I have grave misgivings about setting foot on that boat. Would the deck be secure enough to stand or walk on?
June 16, 2011 at 8:17 am
Joe
I own the PRR sign that came off the stack of the Bloxom. It so sad to see here slowly sinking away. Here is a link to a picture of the sign.
June 16, 2011 at 8:24 am
Joe
Here is a photo I took of the Bloxom through the weeds a few years ago.
October 31, 2011 at 7:30 pm
mike
anybody know where franz von riedel dissapeared to?