Bravo on the almost immediate and many correct identifications of the hulk in yesterday’s post.
Here’s an undated photo of SS Normandie in the sixth boro passing an unidentified Dalzell (?) tug.
Photo from John Skelson . . . PT boat eastbound on the KVK. Notice the onramp to the Bayonne Bridge in this and the next few photos. Here’s a “hidden NJ” blogpost about Bayonne’s ELCO shipyard. Here’s a list of vessels built there.
From the same location, another of John’s photos . . . destroyer, Great Lakes dredge, spectators,
and Moran tugs. Anyone add some info on the destroyer?
Recognize the bridge? This photo–from the New York City Archives, as are all the the rest here– is identified as taken in January 1937. Whaling City then was a fishing vessel. A vessel by that name operates today as a fast ferry.
Notice 120 Wall Street. This photo was taken January 1937 and shows F/V Charles B. Ashley.
Not much info on this next set . . . . a dredge from a century ago and
a survey vessel.
And finally . . . this may be the last of my black/white photos . . . the sign tells all about the attitude of the value of salt marshes a half century ago and before . . .
Thanks much to John Skelson for sharing his “family archives” photos, and if the fog over the sixth boro today has you staying indoors, go check out the New York City Municipal Archives online gallery.
tugster: a waterblog 
4 comments
Comments feed for this article
May 9, 2014 at 2:53 pm
tugster
The destroyer looks to be DD-465 . . . from a note from John Skelson: http://www.destroyers.org/DANFS/h-DD-465.htm
May 9, 2014 at 3:39 pm
Chris Williams
Bethlehem Staten Island did build some destroyers in WWII. The yard was located to the West of Caddells – pretty much out at the point where KVK and Arthur Kill come together.
May 9, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Wayne Hermann
According to Wikipedia. USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named after Rear Admiral Elie A. F. La Vallette.
May 10, 2014 at 4:14 pm
sfdi1947
For anyone who cares, Electric Launch Company (ELCO) Became a part of Electric Boat Company in Groton Connecticut. I am not sure why EB, now Grumman Div. of General Dynamics closed the Bayonne Plant, and though I come from Bayonne I cannot be sure of the date. My uncle Teddy worked there through 1950. Thanks Wayne for identifying the Fletcher Cl. DD did anybody else notice that she was one of the few square bridge (DL Designation) Fletchers? I am uncertain how many were made, but I thought it was interesting.