Anyone recognize the boat in the center of the foto silhouetted against the Brooklyn skyline? I wrote about it almost two years ago here.
Tug goes by Little Bear, operated by Disch Construction. Little Bear pushes bucket dredge barge into position, but to orient, the services of the outboard work boat is required. Any guesses on the work boat name?
Pooh Bear! And Dredge No. 200. Can you imagine other workboats in the fleet . . . with names like Teddy, Smokey, Yogi, Care, Running . . .
Pooh did effective assist work, though.
Little Bear dates from the same year as me, 1952; loa 48′. Classy paint job. Little‘s low freeboard . . . I’m guessing that’s by design.
All fotos today by Will Van Dorp.
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June 24, 2009 at 7:46 am
TheLongIslandGuy
Do you have any idea why Little bear sits so low in the water? That can’t be by design.
June 24, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Mage Bailey
Yes, could you find out for us why her freeboard is so small. One wave, and she will be a very wet boat. ……I type that and not that the LongIslandGuy asks the same thing.
December 8, 2013 at 10:15 pm
Quin
I’ve been shooting these guys recently in NJ. I spoke with the guys on Little Bear on a particularly rough water day – they described Little Bear as being more like a submarine than a boat due to the low freeboard.
December 8, 2013 at 11:12 pm
tugster
where in nj are they working?