Here was 17.
All the photos in this post come from south of latitude 26 N. You might recall the Foss tugs Lauren and Iver delivering the crane to the sixth boro at the end of last month? Then Lauren Foss traveled to Philly to pick up back haul? Well about two days ago, Lauren delivered that payload–Forrestal–to the scrapyard in Brownsville, TX. The ship in the distance to the left is SS Mount Washington, also a recent arrival here, and subject of a several recent pictures on tugster. The photo below shows the stern of Lauren Foss with assist tug Signet Ranger on port bow of the old carrier. The next three photos all come from Justin Earl, on paper . .. chief mate of Lauren.
Another shot of Signet Ranger and at stern, Signet Magic. For specs of Signet tugs, click here.
On starboard bow here is Signet Courageous.
The next photos, again south of latitude 26 come from my gallivanting sister. Guess the port? Butterfly has been spotted in the sixth boro here and here.
I’ve no identification of the two vessels in the foreground.
Anyone help?
Oh . .. the port is Clifton Point in the Bahamas.
The blue and white tug to the left is Tiki, but again I have no further info.
And finally . . . Sea Trader. Click here for a closer up photo.
Many thanks to Justin and Maraki for use of these photos.
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February 21, 2014 at 10:27 am
tugboathunter
The tug in photo #6 is (or was) the “Capt. Diane”, formerly the USCGC “Kaw” and Detroit-based tug “Roger Stahl”.
February 21, 2014 at 11:03 am
tugster
tugboathunter . . thanks much. her lines looked familiar. here are some highlights of her life: http://www.76fsa.org/cgta/kawdecom.htm
built in curtis bay, md: http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Kaw_1943.pdf
January 27, 2015 at 10:00 am
Mike Zuilhof
Would really like to know the when and where of that photo. Most recent news I can find is the vague statement that “In 2003, she was sold to Florida Keys Harbor Services of Key West, FL and renamed Capt. Diane. The tug was later sold again, and is now working in the Bahamas.”
re: https://gltugs.wordpress.com/roger-stahl/
February 21, 2014 at 10:44 pm
tugster
Tug TIKI info thanks to Dan Owen: TIKI is ex Louisiana bayou tug, ON 287061
Built 1962 by Halter Marine Services, Inc., for Derris Griffin Marine Contractors, Cut Off, La.
57.8 (62) x 18.0 x 7.2, 600 hp.
Sold (?) to MLTA Barge Transportation, Inc., Houma, La.
Removed from documentation Aug. 31, 2001, so could have been in The Bahamas since then.
January 27, 2015 at 11:03 am
tugster
mike–the pics you ask about were taken at clifton point bahamas in february 2014 . . . by my sister.