Thanks to Mai for catching this auction notice . . . for John B. Caddell . . . to the highest bidder . . . with a $25,000 minimum. When I saw the notice, I went through my archives of this tanker delivered just six days after the day of infamy 1941. JBC enters the Buttermilk,
All these fotos were taken between five and eight years ago. JBC in Newtown Creek.
JBC in the Arthur Kill passing London Express and MOL Experience.
Newtown Creek again.
High and dry at Caddell’s Dry Dock & Repair and
showing off her wheel.
And finally . .. thanks to Richard Wonder, one of my favorites . . . JBC heading into the KVK as seen from the Bayonne Bridge.
The auctioneer clears his (her??) throat, raises the gavel . . ..
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February 23, 2013 at 12:05 pm
walt
Maybe the Nigerians will buy the JBC to replace their barge that blew up! And, they get both the tug, and barge in one unit!
February 23, 2013 at 11:53 pm
Anonymous
Sad end. Pity the Coast Guard intercepted her sailing for Nigeria.
February 24, 2013 at 3:12 pm
scott
Alas, JBC is a single Hull Oil Tanker. There are probably better and worse places for her to retire to than Nigeria