A search for a photo assignment sent me to the August 2009 section of the universe, and these photos served as a cold water shock . . . how much stuff has changed in under five years. Crow of course is as “good” as gone, but do you know which tugs are attached to Freedom and RTC 28?
How about Vernon C on Freedom and
Janice Ann Reinauer? In 2009 there was as much demolition happening on the Brooklyn side as is now crumbling on Manhattan side.
And from the same week . . . K-Sea was still in full force here. Where is Greenland Sea today?
And this classic . . . Kristin Poling along with fleet mate . . .
John B. Caddell, which as recently as last week was still awaiting the torches and jaws of repurposing.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Oh . . . this could be the first of many time warps.
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May 14, 2014 at 11:51 am
tugpower
VERNON C. is now MARY GELLATLY. GREENLAND SEA is down in the Gulf. At this post she had just left Houston for Galveston, Tx. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/367361020/vessel:GREENLAND_SEA
May 14, 2014 at 11:54 am
tugster
thanks, tug power . . . you read my mind and offered some clarification right at the time i decided to. great minds . . or obsessed ones think alike.
May 14, 2014 at 11:52 am
tugster
I guess I should explain for folks who are not from NYC or the towing industry: Crow has a blown engine, Vernon C is still in the harbor as Mary Gellatly, Janice Ann is in Nigeria, Kristin Poling is already scrapped and John B is about to be scrapped. And K-Sea has ceased to exist; many K-Sea boats are now Kirby although not all of them are. I just bumped into this set of pictures without actually looking for change.
May 14, 2014 at 11:54 am
tugpower
Correction to my previous post. GREENLAND SEA is bound for Houston from Galveston.