Porthole v. portlight difference? See if this helps. Know this location?
It’s Quester, the legendary “yellow submarine” in Coney Island Creek, which I traveled up with tide/current taxi a few summers back.
Below is the ruins of PC-1264, one of two World War 2-era subchasers disintegrating in a scrapyard in Staten Island. Learn more about it in our documentary Graves of Arthur Kill. Here are some stills I took while we were filming.
ATR-89 –built 1944– is also in the documentary.
This vessel dates from 1950 and has been restored to not only working but also
yacht-like status.
These fotos will serve as teasers until
I get that post together about the tour vessel concierge Nan gave me.
Here’s a post I did a year and a half ago about a tugboat still working on the Hudson that lost its forward portlights. The second foto above (yes, that’s me) was taken by Marie Lorenz. All others by Will Van Dorp.
tugster: a waterblog 
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May 5, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Anonymous
portlights have glass in them, portholes are just a hole with a bronze cover.
May 6, 2013 at 11:05 am
walt stevens
Will, on a different matter: the Binghampton’s South facing end, is all gone, all the way back to the Wheel-House. I think someones taking it appart on site, we really haven’t had any big storms lately.
May 6, 2013 at 12:16 pm
tugster
walt– thanks for the update. can’t get up there til friday though. anyone in the edgewater area get some pics?