Here is just one of the many posts I’ve done on Janice Ann Reinauer, now working in Nigeria under new ownership. Here’s a post I did featuring her and siblings about to leave almost exactly two years ago, high and dry on Blue Marlin. Of course, the skyline in the background shows that here–about 30 years ago–she was getting some attention at the drydock over in Jersey City just north of the Morris Canal.
Here’s a closer-up of the yard tug on the shoreside of the drydock. Can anyone fill in more info on this fairweather vessel?
Here are two shots looking at what is now a very different Jersey City bank.
Only the lettering Bert Reinauer II offers clues here. Anyone know the vessel to the left? Bill Lynch speculates it’s pilot boat New York (1972), and I’m inclined to think he’s right.
And finally, a repeat foto from yesterday . . . in addition to the identification sent through comments by tugboathunter and jeff s, here’s what Harold’s eureka moment came up with . . . revealing a bit of his process: ” I finally cracked the case on that green unidentifiable tug. I looked at that photo, got away from it several times after tearing my hair out, and finally went back. Saying to myself, ‘That boat looks familiar. I’ve seen it in the last few years painted a different color. The Tug Races, that’s it, the Tug Races.’ ” Interjection: here’s a post I did in 2007 showing what Harold remembers.
Harold continues: “She was built in 1959 in Norfolk, Va. (yard unknown) as SHRIKE. She was later renamed SALLY, and then BILL MATHER (that’s where the MATHER comes in from my observation). I couldn’t make out the name BILL. She was MONAHAN before becoming LONG SPLICE. Her owner in 1993, as MONAHAN according to Carl’s records was Monahan Towing Co. I looked in a 1978 MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, under BILL MATHER, and found her owners as Tug Leasing Corp., Delaware. A final look in a MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES 1965 under SHRIKE shows her owners as Southern Tug Corp.”
Again, all these vintage fotos, which allow this time travel, come compliments of Seth Tane. Click here for his current endeavors.
Here and here are two posts I’ve done on Harold.
Finally, I’ve written to folks in Nigeria to attempt to get fotos of boats there formerly here . . . still to no effect. Anyone help?
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June 1, 2013 at 9:09 am
tugpower
The JANICE ANN REINAUER looks to be in drydock at Rodermond Industries which had a facility in the Morris Canal for many years. The pilot boat pictured looks like the NEW YORK, but could be the older NEW YORK judging from the pilothouse window configuration. The present NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY have more windows. If this photo was taken pre-1972, the present NEW YORK wasn’t built yet. It is also possible to be the old NEW JERSEY. The present one was built in 1986 at Scheepswerf-Damen, the Netherlands.
June 1, 2013 at 9:22 am
Les Sonnenmark
The real antique treasure–to this shipbuilder, anyway–is the wooden drydock. There are probably still a few around, especially in fresh water.
June 1, 2013 at 10:29 am
tugster
les– i thought about that wooden drydock when first i saw this foto, but neglected to mention it in the post. it is a treasure.
June 1, 2013 at 9:36 am
tugpower
A little more research via MVUS 1965 gave me the answer to the name of the yard tug at Rodermond’s. She was built in 1952 as C.T. in Jersey City, N.J. I believe that the Rodermond’s built the vessel for themselves, because they have a small history of light construction at the yard. They did mostly repair work there up until the time that they finally shut down in the late 1970’s, early 1980’s.
June 1, 2013 at 10:30 am
tugster
harold– thanks for the info on the yard tug. i think C. T. ‘s a beauty.
June 2, 2013 at 7:02 am
sleepboot
Hi Will, Question, The dry dock in the pictures, is that built out of wood or only the floor. (Sixth Boro Fifth Dimension 5). The question came from a friend in The Netherlands.
Kind Regards,
Jan.
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:33:50 +0000 To: john380@sympatico.ca
June 3, 2013 at 10:10 am
Les Sonnenmark
Jan and Will, I’ll take a stab at your question: I can’t find any information on this specific drydock. The photo shows wood below the wingwalls down near the waterline, but I don’t know if that’s part of the hull. In my experience the hull is steel and it includes the ballast and buoyancy tanks. The deck and wingwalls are all wood, or may have some steel uprights.
June 3, 2013 at 10:20 am
tugster
i’m not sure either, but i will try to find out.
February 6, 2023 at 4:57 pm
Anonymous
Taken in Jersey City at Rodermond Industries late 70’s.
I worked there for 10 years before we moved to Brooklyn.