My parents called December 31 “oud jaardag,” if I spelled that right . . . meaning “old year’s day.” I like the idea of a “look back” day, a last chance to catch up, my opportunity to TRY to catch up on the social part of blogging. Thanks to all of you who send me fotos from hither and yon, a wealth of images that sometimes overwhelms. Please continue to do so in 2012, although I can’t always keep up.
Foto below from Rene Keuvelaar from the many steams of the Rhine delta. Translation is “happy holidays and a great new year.” Maybe someone can identify the steam tug.
Foto below came from Pam Hepburn of Pegasus Preservation Project. Foto from 1960 of Pegasus ex-John E. McAllister, assisting in the Newport News launch of Enterprise CVN-65.
Foto below from Jan van der Doe, open cockpit Handyman, Rotterdam harbor, 1941.
Foto from John Watson less than two weeks ago, Charles D. McAllister assisting Centurion out to Mighty Servant 1 for transport to Nigeria.
Foto from Richard Wonder of the supply vessel Twin Tube, a Blount-built harbor boat.
Foto compliments of John Kopke of 36500, the most-rescuing 36′ lifeboat ever, famous for its rescue in February 1952 (the month and year I was born) of crew from tankers Fort Mercer and Pendleton. Here are some more.
Another oldie from Jan van der doe . . . 1944 foto of Englishman in Rotterdam harbor.
Thanks to Kenneth Bailey . . . Algoma Discovery, 1987-launched laker, heading through the Detroit River less than two weeks ago.
Again, from Ken Bailey, Barbara Andrie, a 1940-launched tug at work on the Detroit River last week.
My foto from yesterday on the Tennessee River, the 1926 steamer-turned hotel-hoping to return to passenger trade . . . Delta Queen. I’d love to see fotos of her when she worked the West coast and when she traversed the Panama Canal to access the Mississippi waterways.
A mystery tug/pushboat I got a foto of yesterday in Chattanooga. It seemed to be overseeing several dozen covered barges.
And a foto by my sister . . . she insisted I pose in this foto of the SS William Clay Ford pilot house. Thanks, sister.
Twelve fotos for old year’s day. Thanks to all for sending me fotos. If you sent one and I didn’t use it, either remind me or blame my absence of imagination or my disorganizational skills. Resolution matters, too; at least 400k is needed. If you send a foto, please tell me immediately if I have permission to use it and how to attribute it.
I’m off from Atlanta area to Wilmington, NC and then Newport News in less than 24 hours. Happy 2012! Bonne annee.
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December 31, 2011 at 9:04 am
sleepboot
Happy New Year skipper Will.
Regards,
John.
December 31, 2011 at 9:15 am
sleepboot
Will, This is what I found regarding the tug on Renee’s picture.The first picture.
Built in 1920 as the tug “Jan” in Delft.Later names were, ‘Geri’, ‘Venus’, “Vier Gebroeders’,
Dim. 19.43×4.50×2.33 mtr.
There is a 300HP Mercedes Diesel installed.
John.
December 31, 2011 at 10:00 am
SeaBart
Close enough Will: it’s Oudjaarsdag. and the 1st of januari is Nieuwjaarsdag.
Do you also have “oliebollen”, “appel-biljees” & “Oma’s wafels”??
December 31, 2011 at 11:22 am
tugster
bart– ik ben gek van oliebollen en advocaat
December 31, 2011 at 10:23 am
Joni
GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR,WILL SURE MISS THE OLIEBOLLEN AND ADVACAAT DAYS.
December 31, 2011 at 12:28 pm
bowsprite
how much more genever do i have to drink to make this make sense?
Oma and Aunt Jemima should meet up. Happy happy Old…!
December 31, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Chris Williams
Nice to see Barbara Andrie is still operating. My understanding is that she was built as the Edmund J. Moran, and tales of her were featured in Eugene F. Moran’s book, “Tugboat.” The Edmund had some hair-raising incidents in WWII, when she was the pride of the Moran fleet. She was designed from the keel up as an ocean tug, with significant (at the time) habitability enhancements. She performed an ocean rescue or two, and there’s a painting out there somewhere showing her on scene with a cripple in some fairly nasty weather getting ready to connect the tow. Many thanks for the pic.
December 31, 2011 at 1:15 pm
tugster
chris . . . thanks much for the info. being on the road, i don’t have my references with me. happy new year.
September 30, 2014 at 10:01 pm
Victor
I work on the Barbara now she’s a wonderful vessel and she still running all over the great lakes.
December 31, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Harold E. Tartell
Tug BARBARA ANDRIE was once part of the sixth boro as EDMOND J. MORAN. See photo in TOWLINE Magazine Attachment. http://www.morantug.com/pdf/2010_Issue_63_Towline.pdf http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=1421. This tug had a very interesting career including the war years. More can be found on her by checking the archived TOWLINE Magazines at this link: http://www.morantug.com/publications_archive.asp With that being sad, A Very Happy, Healthy, Safe, & Prosperous New Year
December 31, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Harold E. Tartell
Typo Error Above Sorry about that, with that being said. The unidentified towboat in Photo # 11 is J.E. POTTER. http://www.towboatgallery.com/J_E_Potter-0277374.php
December 31, 2011 at 4:20 pm
tugboathunter
Happy New Year, Will! I hope you liked Detroit when you were there.
December 31, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Ken
Wow, I didnt’ realize that the Andrie had such a history behind her. That is one of the cool aspects of taking ship pictures.
It was nice meeting you in Detroit and heres to a new Year full of ships…
January 2, 2012 at 11:07 am
walt stevens
Healthy New Year to You and Yours: These Retro pictures are great.
I look forward to opening this blog every day. It’s just like the local paper, only paperless. With my own two eyes I can see the upper Hudson.. the Julio Verne, the demise of the Binghamton, the the Rairoad Barge Lift rebuilding Piers 108, or 109…
Unfortunately, i haven’t cycled the Harbor Loop in a while.. a Ford Van’s door gave me some mortality, although i got back on the horse, i really have to be much more careful, too many people are counting on me to ‘help’ them daily
Thank you for sharing….
wss