I took all these fotos this morning. First, here’s the ashoremost portion of John B Caddell in the parking lot waterside of Edgewater Drive, roughly across from the Clifton*** Staten Island Railroad stop. After being delivered from RTC Shipbuilding in Camden, NJ in mid-December 1941, she has come to her end. Most of her life she delivered petroleum products, not water. Click here for a foto of her at work in the sixth boro six years ago.
Looking eastward, one might imagine a beautiful day under dramatic clouds, with the current pilot boat New York in the spotlight, in
an otherwise unusually empty Upper Bay.
An especially clean street here belies
debris left strewn on the street showing how high the surge rose and
leaving behind vile stuff like dozens (!) of vials of blood . . . with recognizable names on them!
Alice Austen house, about a mile farther south,
was spared, but just.
Neighbors on lower land began the cleanup.
And the Kills and Upper Bay, devoid of traffic, had a few vessels checking navigation channels.
Has anyone gotten “aftermath” fotos of Binghamton to share? Here, here, and here are my fotos of that vessel post-Irene.
To reiterate, I found the scattered vials with blood along Edgewater Drive very disturbing. I called 311.
From a mariner’s perspective whose truck got flooded while he was working afloat, click hawsepiper here.
For a report on the storm from a high-rise over the East River, click here for Vlad and Johna’s blog.
*** Six months ago another vessel washed up on another beach called Clifton here.
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October 31, 2012 at 9:52 pm
tugster
Honestly, it’s a real shame to see this vessel end up this way. And btw, does anyone know what type of engine she has?
October 31, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Harold E. Tartell
JOHN B. CADDELL was formerly US Navy YO-140. Most of these YO’s built in the 1940’s had Union Diesel Engines, which are no longer made. I believe that the CADDELL was repowered with a GM Diesel later on after the war. I will check with Steve Bernhard Captain Of The LINCOLN SEA on Facebook. He was a deckhand on the CADDELL in the 70’s, & Captain of her in the 80’s. He should know.
October 31, 2012 at 10:42 pm
tugster
harold– i appreciate it.
October 31, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Ken
Edgewater Drive, is that the one we were on for Fleet Week?
And I’m glad you made it out unscatched. And I’m sure the Sixth Boro will be fine.
November 1, 2012 at 4:37 am
tugster
edgewater . . . yes it’s the same. in fact, john b has taken over our shooting perch.
November 1, 2012 at 8:53 am
Harold E. Tartell
Steven Bernhard:
When I decked on her in the 70’s she had a Union Engine and was a bell boat. I forget the HP, maybe 600? They repowered her with an EMD and installed air controls. It’s a cool boat, and I wish she could be saved like the Mary Whalen.
November 1, 2012 at 6:57 pm
tugster
steven– thanks for the info. i wonder if the owners have a will to save her . . . after she’s been tied up nearly 2 years . . .
November 1, 2012 at 7:27 pm
cookie
I don’t think there is any force as strong as water, hence the Grand Canyon. The skies were beautiful 2 days after the storm passed. Glad you all were fine, Too bad about the long commute to work now, surprised the schools are open already.
November 2, 2012 at 10:55 am
Tom Rinaldi
Post-Sandy photo of Binghamton at link below. She seems to be hanging on remarkably well, for now.
http://photos.nj.com/bergen/2012/10/the_binghamton_lives_hurricane_7.html
November 2, 2012 at 11:45 am
walt
What if some evildoer used cloud seeding or HARP to coax a hurricane to shore?
November 9, 2012 at 9:12 am
tom giong
I savor, lead to I discovered exactly what I was looking for. You’ve ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye
November 27, 2012 at 8:48 am
Teresa DeMeo
Who owns the John B Caddell?
November 27, 2012 at 9:34 am
tugster
I don’t know. I’ve heard conflicting stories, but I don’t really know. Maybe an informed reader will comment.