I’m enjoying this time travel back to the late 70s–early to mid 80s, and I hope you are too.
Foto #1: Between Yonkers and Hastings, lightship is No. 84, Camden-built 1907, the one that later did bottom duty in Erie Basin, until the Ikea development made it disappear. Can anyone identify the white vessel north of the lightship?
Foto #2. Today Mathilda rests on the north bank of the Rondout in Kingston, as I photographed her almost exactly five years ago. I never knew she also crawled out awhile on Pier 94.
Foto #3. A Moran tug escorts ACL Song through the Newark Bay drawbridge on its way to Port Elizabeth. Drawbridge and vessel are long gone. I can’t identify the tug.
Foto #4. James Turecamo looked like this when she carried Turecamo colors.
Foto #5. Beside the heavy traffic, do you notice something odd about Empire State V, one of a long list of training vessels assigned to SUNY Maritime?
Foto #6. Listing perhaps? On a sandbank near LaGuardia perhaps? Frances Turecamo holds station to staboard. I can’t identify the tug to port.
Foto #7. Anyone know anything about a sunken lounge/restaurant once known as Drifters I?
All fotos taken by Seth Tane about 30 years ago and used with his permission.
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June 2, 2013 at 6:05 am
Allen Baker
Will..
The Moran boat with the ACL ship is one of the “Margaret Moran” class. There were three of them initially assigned to the Port of New York when they were built in the late 70’s. “Margaret”, “Miriam” and “Dorothy”.
“Dorothy Moran” was re-assigned to Norfolk in late ’87 or early ’88 if I recall correctly.
The ACL ship she is escorting towards the Old Bay Draw looks to be the “Atlantic Song”. These were the first generation of ACL RO/ROs and if my memory serves me, there was the “Song”, “Saga”, “Span” and I think there was a fourth one, but not 100% sure if there was.
It’s been a while..
The second Turecamo boat with the “Empire State” looks to be the “Girls”, or maybe “Kathleen”.
Thanks to Seth Tane for these images when NY Harbor was really hopping in the early ’80’s.
June 10, 2013 at 10:56 am
Anonymous
Nice to hear from you Al. Been awhile.’Cape Romain’, old Curtis Bay Towing tug, sister to the 3 you mentioned. Another sister ‘Ocean Chief’ had a towing winch aft and spent time during ’81,’82,’83 around the ‘sixth boro’.
June 2, 2013 at 6:11 am
jeff s
white vessel at Yonkers was converted from training ship CHARLES S ZIMMERMAN which had been the Wilson liner MOUNT VERNON. Don’t know her name when in Yonkers but she ended up sinking at lay up in Brooklyn Navy Yard and was broken up by Gladsky.
Drifters 1 started out as Ferry WELFARE owned by N Y C.
Built in Elizabertport,NJ by Sullivan in 1930.
June 2, 2013 at 9:21 am
sleepboot
The Newark Bay Bridge photo, is that the same bridge where in 1959 a train drove into the river.
June 2, 2013 at 12:30 pm
David Hindin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark_Bay_rail_accident
“The Newark Bay rail accident occurred on September 15, 1958 in Newark Bay, New Jersey. A Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) morning commuter train, #3314, ran through a restrictive and a stop signal, derailed, and slid off the open Newark Bay lift bridge.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRRNJ_Newark_Bay_Bridge
June 2, 2013 at 7:15 pm
sleepboot
Thank you David.
I remember that we had to turn around and went around Staten Island to reach the Imperial (Esso)? refinery.
Regards,
John.
June 2, 2013 at 12:24 pm
walt stevens
Will,
Per Chanel 7 Eyewitness News:
The John B. Caddell is in Witte’s, and it’s for sale $25,000.00
Michelle Charlesworth was at Wittes, where she interviewed Witte himself.
The Dogs were tied up!
Funny Thing: the JBC is supposedly already owned by the Nigerians?
I guess it must have just missed the last Blue Malin Consignment.
June 2, 2013 at 5:56 pm
tugpower
The second Turecamo tug assigned to the EMPIRE STATE, and assisting the FRANCES is the KATHLEEN TURECAMO. I also agree with Allen Baker on the Moran Tugs. DOROTHY, ANN, & MARY all came out in 1977, MIRIAM, MARGARET, & CAPE ROMAIN in 1979, all built by McDermott. Next topic Atlantic Container Line ships. I remember all of these well from my Coast Guard days in New York. ATLANTIC SAGA, SONG, SPAN SERVICE, & STAR all came out in 1967. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Container_Line. Last, but not least, the MATHILDA. She ended her working career in Quebec for McAllister in 1970. She was laid up, and McAllister donated her shortly thereafter to the South Street Seaport Museum. In January, 1976, she sank at her pier. McAllister had her raised, and it was decided to temporarily place her high and dry at the edge of Pier 94 until the next decision of her fate was to be made. http://www.seahistory.org/preservation/projects/mathilda/, http://www.hrmm.org/explore/mathilda/. In 1983, the final and best decision was made by McAllister. MATHILDA was to be donated to the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, N.Y. Witte donated the 500 ton floating derrick CENTURY (the largest of her kind at the time on the East Coast), & McAllister, the tug A.J. McALLISTER. CENTURY, plucked the MATHILDA from the edge of Pier 94, and place her gently on her deck. The A.J. towed the CENTURY up the Hudson River to Kingston, and MATHILDA was lifted and offloaded from the CENTURY for the last time. I was lucky, and witnessed the whole operation at Kingston. She has been there for 30 years now already. My how time flies.
June 6, 2013 at 10:12 pm
bowsprite
what beautiful Kodachrome Technicolor dreams I will have after seeing your wonderful photos, Seth. Thank you and Tugster! xo c
February 9, 2019 at 2:08 pm
jayseaarchaeology
Good Afternoon, I am currently researching LV-84 for my blog and according to the article written by the US Coast Guard Light Ship Sailor’s Association, they stated that you had confirmed that LV-84 had been hauled away from her former place of rest and that you had a contact with the crane corporation who did it. Do you have any further information regarding the former lightship LV-84 and this elusive contact? Thank you.
February 10, 2019 at 7:06 pm
tugster
Hi Jay– Sorry. That’s all the info I’ve turned up . . .