It took a few months before I could identify this tug, which I’d seen in Kingston last spring. No one was talking maybe.
When I saw the vessel again in Waterford, it bore a name:
But why . . . Nor did I know that it had arrived upriver via anything but its own propulsion. The prominent broom in foto is a distractor.
It’s time to play . . . Samhain! See neversealand‘s play here.
Sorry . . . the hallowdayeen spirit intruded. All fotos that follow come via Harold, whose foto collection and expertise are immense. Spooky traveled to the Roundup on the hip of . . .
Gowanus Bay, whose previous shots here can be seen using the search window upper left.
Before acquiring a patina of fright by lurking in the waters of Amityville (Long Island), the spooky one had been just plain Josie, pushing sand by means of her own propulsion.
Enjoy the weekend; I’m off haunting the river of my my forebears. See a halfmoonthly installment here later Friday. More on that next week.
tugster: a waterblog 
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September 27, 2019 at 11:42 am
Frederick H Mallett
There were 4 of these 59 foot C.O.E. tugs built in the early 1940’s . I believe only 1 of then had a Kort@ nozzels later installed on it. Years ago my old Sea Scout unit Northwind 204, Teaneck, NJ had one of them. It was the Escort. This vessel was our scout vessel between our Wood Army T boat and later a Steel Army T boat. We only had the Escort for just about 15 months when we donated it to a new Sea Scout unit in Paramus NJ. This unit failed and the Escort passed to commercial interest in Norfolk . Here the Escort had its pilot raised. Over the years the Escort worked but ended up in a Delaware creek. Finally the Escort was towed out of the Delaware River tor its final resting site. (A Fish Haven)
September 27, 2019 at 12:05 pm
Frederick H Mallett
SPOOKY….The Spooky sat in the mud way up the Hackensack River at the site of the Little Ferry Marina in the early 2000`s. The property of the marina is/was owned by the Moonies. The Moonies also had property in Jersey City where they built commercial fish boats.
September 28, 2019 at 8:04 am
tugster
Thx for the history, Fred.