All fotos here from yesterday . ..
Liberty Service as you may never have seen her. Here (third foto in this link) she was four years ago.
Ditto Huron Service. Repainting on Huron seems farther along than that on Liberty. Here’s how Huron Service looked a year and a half ago. Get ready for Genesis Energy.
In the past year, this Pegasus has sprouted an upper wheelhouse; compare with here.
Welcome to the waters around Houston. Well . .. I do mean the 118,000-barrel barge married to Linda Moran. Uh . . . do tugs and barges ever get divorced?
Trucks on the water pushed by Shawn Miller.
I realized only later that–had my conveyance lingered here–I would have seen Catherine C. Miller push past with FIVE trailers/tractors on a barge. See her in the distance there beyond the bow of RTC 83.
Reinauer Twins waits alongside RTC 104 with a faux lighthouse in the background.
Lucy Reinauer–earlier Texaco Diesel Chief built in Oyster Bay NY–is the push behind RTC 83.
DBL 29 pushed (ok, will. . . open eyes. thanks for the correction.) moved alongside by Taurus. See some of my previous Taurus fotos here and here.
And thanks to wide-eyed bowsprite, a vessel I’ve not seen before pushing stone. It’s Patricia. She reminds me of a vessel I spotted along the road a few years back . . . Hoss.
So, this is the “plus” in the title, the group-sourcing request portion of this post: what company is operating Patricia?
And another question . . . from an eagle-eyed upriver captain. Notice the weather instruments on this channel marker just off Bannerman’s Island (I am planning to do another post on this unique location north of West Point.) And . . .
here are more weather instruments on this federally-maintained channel marker off the Rondout. Questions: who’s responsible for these and is there a website where the data collected can be monitored?
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, except for the last three, which come from bowsprite and Capt. Thalassa.
Speaking of bowsprite, today she’s running Radio Lilac and I’ll be there tending bar. Here’s something of the inspiration. Come on by if you have the time. Teleport in if you’re otherwise out of range.
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September 28, 2013 at 9:16 am
tugpower
Vessel Name: PATRICIA USCG Doc. No.: 290525
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL IMO Number: *
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted Call Sign: WDG2778
Hull Material: STEEL Hull Number: *
Ship Builder: WILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY Year Built: 1963
Length (ft.): 83.7
Hailing Port: GREEN COVE SPRINGS FL Hull Depth (ft.): 9.9
Owner: C.H. PHOENIX LLC
630 NORTH MAGNOLIA AVE
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL 32043 Hull Breadth (ft.): 28.1
Gross Tonnage: 247
Net Tonnage: 168
Documentation Issuance Date: April 11, 2013 Documentation Expiration Date: April 30, 2014
Previous Vessel Names: No Vessel Name Changes Previous Vessel Owners: C.H. PHOENIX LLC
C G WILLIS INCORPORATED
There were four of these built for C.G. Willis, Inc. by Wiley Manufacturing Co., Port Deposit, Md. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/inactive/wiley.htm PATRICIA, CAPTAIN C.G., CHAUNCEY, & ROLETA, between 1962-63. PATRICIA was the last of the four.
PATRICIA is still PATRICIA, CAPTAIN C.G. is now NATURES WAY EXPLORER http://www.towboatgallery.com/Natures_Way_Explorer-0290018.php?mnu=1, CHAUNCEY is now HOSS http://icmtugs.com/BoatSpecs.html, & ROLETA is now MISS SARAH owned by Cross State Towing Co., Jacksonville, Fl.
Vessel Name: MISS SARAH USCG Doc. No.: 290297
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL IMO Number: 8332980
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted Call Sign: WI5681
Hull Material: STEEL Hull Number: 600
Ship Builder: WILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY Year Built: 1962
Length (ft.): 84.5
Hailing Port: JACKSONVILLE FL Hull Depth (ft.): 10.3
Owner: CROSS STATE TOWING COMPANY INC
5140 ARLINGTON ROAD
JACKSONVILLE, FL 32211 Hull Breadth (ft.): 28
Gross Tonnage: 160
Net Tonnage: 109
Documentation Issuance Date: January 17, 2013 Documentation Expiration Date: February 28, 2014
Previous Vessel Names: TUG JAGUAR
ROLETA
Previous Vessel Owners: CROSS STATE TOWING COMPANY INC
September 28, 2013 at 10:00 am
tugster
tugpower–thanks. here’s more on this intracoastal-max tug: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1683616
September 28, 2013 at 9:02 pm
joe
NOAA, on the weather radio or on the text version of the webcast.