Vietnam Vet

It’s now docked near land’s edge Weehawken.  It served almost 20 years in the Army before  spending almost the same number of years in the Navy although

click here to see how differently she appeared and was oriented in the two services as YFU-79 and then IX-514.   Click here for more.

At least 100,000 helicopter landings occurred here, 346 of which all landed on the same day in June 1988.

I’m not sure what role she’ll play in the sixth boro.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

Here’s what self-dubbed “crazy dave” has to say about his time on Bay Lander.

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