John B. three weeks after coming ashore. Tethered . . . like an rogue beast.
Tagged . . . like a common railroad boxcar.
Examined by a scissor lift.
Quarantined and sequestered by yellow boom in her element and
orange pole and police tape ashore . . .
Her cavities and ducts probed, cathetered, and pumped out . . .
Prospects do indeed look grim for John B. . . .
her fate watched from the deep side.
All fotos today by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: Since Ft Wadsworth’s still closed to the public, I’ve no news about the ‘scapegoats there. Anyone have word?
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November 20, 2012 at 2:41 pm
JED
Sad
November 20, 2012 at 2:58 pm
tugster
indeed. not that long ago she was fully functional and compliant . . . if obsolete by opa standards.
November 21, 2012 at 11:48 am
mageb
Happy holiday to you and dears dear Tugster.
November 21, 2012 at 12:21 pm
walt
Happy Thanksgiving!
Too bad She can’t find a home plying the waters of Nigeria
November 22, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Seth Tane
Her hull plating (typically 1/4″ on these boats) and the lack of visible hog/sag makes her look to be in pretty good shape, unless there is major damage in the engine room that would make patching to watertight and pumpable condition exceptionally difficult. I’m also not looking at the bottom profile to seaward for obstacles in way of either a pull back into the water or access by floating crane to either assist the refloating or outright lift her onto a deck barge (at least a 1,000Ton capacity machine for the latter)…but it looks like a reasonable job for a knowledgeable salvor in terms of access and risk, but the biggest obstacle would be the source of funding for the job…unfortunately all too often more work than the refloating…
November 22, 2012 at 3:44 pm
tugster
is it possible that the vessel is as much “on the rocks” legally . . . as it is physically? i heard some scuttlebutt to that effect.