These fotos come from Phil Little, who took them from Weehawken. They complement the ones taken by bowsprite and published here a week ago. A strong ebb tide appears to be moving the big gray New York very quickly toward the Intrepid pier, but
the dance of three coordinated tugs makes the departure a study of efficiency, although–as Phil suggests, “there may have been some brow-mopping after they got LPD-21 straightened out” and proceeding southward bound for sea.
And here, thanks to my sister on Maraki, two landing craft exit a lock on the Erie Canal a few months back. Does anyone know their story?
Thanks much to Phil Little–showing closer-ups of Robert E. and Ellen McAllister and Resolute, here’s a differently cropped version of foto #1–
and the Maraki crew for these fotos.
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November 20, 2013 at 9:16 am
Anonymous
Landing craft came from Chicago and ended up at King Marine in Peekskill. Crew lived in a house trailer in one of the craft. A long trip in those small and loud “bridges/steering stations”!
November 20, 2013 at 10:25 am
Chris Williams
Here’s a thread on LCM 502. I was able to find results of a marine survey of LCM (8) 502 by Frank Abbey done in 2008 at West Islip. Built in ’67, she’s apparently been sold into commercial ownership. She was in pretty good shape when the survey was done. Maybe that’s a start.
November 20, 2013 at 5:26 pm
tugster
here’s that survey: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marinesurveyor-frankabbey.com%2FsampleSurveys%2F1967%2520LCM%252087%2520Survey.pdf&ei=czaNUoyqLtD-4APs6oGoCw&usg=AFQjCNFN5GFuI5Qf8BSiWdaZpbllXQNfVg&sig2=iw5NBgMXnrA3_o3HuBWBSQ
November 20, 2013 at 10:21 pm
mageb
Sue_Phill says: “NT History Museum’s Randy Warblow says, “502 and 503 LCT(6)’s Landing Craft Tanks both built by Bison Shipyard on Tonawanda Island, North Tonawanda, launched August 1943.” Wow, real local history floating down the historic canal.” At the moment, this is all I can discover.
As usual, great entry.