Here were the previous ones . . . and I recently corrected a duplicate number.
Salvage Chief, by the first half of its name, is involved in giving second lives to vessels that have seen seen distress. For photos of many projects she has been involved in, including the Exxon Valdez, click here. For more photos, click here. Of the over 250 LSMs built in Houston in the mid-1940s, there are not many left.
She started life afloat as a landing craft . . . LSM-380.
Many thanks to Seth Tane for sending this photo along . . . a month ago already.
Unrelated but good photos of mostly ships upriver on the Hudson can be seen here on Mark Woods site.
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April 9, 2015 at 8:31 pm
glen
Wow, I can’t believe the Salvage Chief is still around. I watched her in action out here in the Northwest for years in the 1950s. What a story she could tell!
April 9, 2015 at 9:50 pm
Allen Baker
Wow, she’s still around.
I remember when I first got my hands on a copy of Pacific Tugboats more than 35 years ago, I was spellbound by the chapter on Salvage Chief.
A remarkable story of an owner, idea and a ship able to snatch ships from a certain death.
Maybe a book along the lines of The Grey Seas Under should be considered for this storied vessel? (If there isn’t one already published)
April 10, 2015 at 6:20 am
tugster
thanks to seth for pointing it out to me–at least twice. then the import of the story struck me. this vessel is all the more reason to get back to portland and have some more looks. thx glen and allen for reinforcing this sense of her legendary story.