You saw it here back in October as well as here just almost exactly a year ago at the start Summer Sea Term 2014. More info on the itinerary here. The first five photos come thanks to Jonathan Steinman and Rand Miller.
Hell Gate does not often see vessels of this size and style. For a vessel past the half century mark, TS Empire State VI has classic lines.
Here she leaves the top end of Roosevelt Island to port.
The rest of these photos I took.

TS Empire State passing Evening Tide at U Thant Island
One of the two assist tugs–I’ll include more photos of the assist tugs later–was McAllister Brothers.
The East River is spanned by eight bridges. These two are the Brooklyn and the Manhattan Bridges.
She traverses the Upper Bay,
stopping only briefly as Rosemary Miller comes alongside, before
heading through the Narrows and
out to sea. The plan to to drop the hook off Montauk overnight to do some drills before heading for Delaware Bay, the C & D Canal, the Chesapeake, and then Chareston SC before heading across the Atlantic.
There are calls for a newer training vessel for SUNY here.
Many thanks to NYMedia Boat and Sean Shipco for conveyance. Have a great summer at sea, cadets. And again, thanks to Jonathan and Rand for photos from the “east” end of the East River.
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May 12, 2015 at 12:29 am
sfdi1947
Crowley is just another tax and spend politician, next he’ll want the USCG to scuttle the Eagle because It runs on air which is mostly free. Especially if Crowley is behind her giving speeches!
May 12, 2015 at 6:06 am
Daniel Meeter
Will, what a great post. Brilliant. Makes me wish I was a cadet on that ship.
May 12, 2015 at 8:42 am
Harry T Scholer
Thank you for an armchair trip to sea onboard Empire State. The itinerary is great, one I’ve made many times and the cadets will be thrilled.
May 12, 2015 at 11:55 am
JS
Nice to see a MARINER underway again,The crews of the Buchanan & the Mariposa had rip-roaring trips as the cadets will too.
May 12, 2015 at 5:21 pm
paulb
I always end up being the poor sap who ends up bunkering the Empire State before a voyage. She’s a beautiful ship, no denying that, but fueling the thing is an exercise in punishment.
October 22, 2019 at 11:28 am
Alphonse Guardino
Great photos! And you got the Roman numeral VI for 6 right on this one 🙂
October 22, 2019 at 12:00 pm
tugster
Thx, Alphonse, for keeping me honest with that typo.