A sign of changing seasons for me is . . . this weekend . . . staying in, getting in touch, catching up, following up.
Exhibit A: Daniel DiNapoli, built in Stamford, CT at Luders Marine. I took this foto about six years ago, used it in the first full month of this blog but never named it here. The vessel came up in a conversation this week with its former name Spuyten Duyvil and its legendary captain . . . Before that, this vessel of timeless beauty was False Cape and YT-164, built 1941. Has anyone seen her recently? I’m guessing she frequents the north shore of Long Island, a place I know as little as Polynesia.
Exhibit B: Foto thanks to Jeff Anzevino and taken last weekend in the Potomac off Alexandria, VA . . . Bourne has some squatters who feel comfortable enough to build some sizeable nests on her.
I’m guessing she’s idled by litigation. The Washington Post took notice already a year ago, as evidenced here. I want to know why she’s wearing USACE colors, more clearly seen here.
Exhibit C: Thanks to John Wark, the next three fotos show the “graveyard” on the Arthur Kill, fotos all taken in September 2000. The foto below show the yard “north” from Hila.
Using Hila again as the axis, see the vessels here looking south. For more of John’s vast archive, click here.
Finally, Exhibit D: I dropped the line on the mighty The Bronx, as she looked a few years ago and
as she looked to my camera in early September. The “twenty-five-footer” was built in 1952 at Island Dock company. Thanks to Robert Apuzzo for the “before” foto showing Viking in her deshabille disarray.
Fotos as credited.
Related: Has the Bronx-built Hoga aka YT-146 already made its way to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum?
Unrelated: Enjoy this archive I stumbled upon today.
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October 23, 2011 at 6:48 am
jeff s
BOURNE kept her Corps colors in commercial service….just had the castle logo removed from stack. Apparently she was built at Avondale in 1953 as LT-1962 for the U S Army. Spent a good part of her career based in Cape Cod. She does not appear in most registries or CG lists, for some reason.
October 23, 2011 at 10:15 am
BM1
The Bourne was a USACOE boat for the Cape Cod Canal for many years. as was her sister the Sagamore. I believe they were direct reversing bell boats, which really shows her age. They sat at the Canal Control office for as long as i can remember only moving once or twice a year. They must have been sold off, and the colors remained. I wondered where they went to.
October 23, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Mage Bailey
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you. I really appreciate all that you do, but for only six years? I had thought you here forever.
December 3, 2012 at 2:03 pm
David Hindin
Update on USS HOGA (YT-146)
http://discover.usnavyoilers.com/Cleaning/Mare-Island.html#Record
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MARE ISLAND – DRY DOCKING
USS HOGA YT-146 in dry dock
Revised November 29, 2011
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http://navy.memorieshop.com/Hoga/index.html
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Heading for Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
USS Hoga (YT-146) was moved out of the National Defense Reserve Fleet anchorage in Suisan Bay, California and towed to the Allied Defense Recycling (ADR) shipyard in Vallejo, California.
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December 3, 2012 at 6:22 pm
David Hindin
Update on USS HOGA (YT-146) (continued):
From the site of the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum at North Little Rock
http://aimmatnlr.blogspot.com/2012/08/uss-hoga-at-shipyard-for-repairs.html
Thursday, August 02, 2012
USS Hoga at the Shipyard for Repairs
http://aimmatnlr.blogspot.com/2012/11/hoga-in-drydock.html
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Hoga In Drydock