I will be back tomorrow with close-ups of L’Hermione and more, but Bjoern of New York Media Boat sent me the very intriguing photo below. Recognize it? Answer follows. Clue: Elizabeth Anna.
Well, L’Hermione (pronounced LAIR me un) will find her way into more of these photos. Here’s the venerable W. O. Decker. Click and scroll to see her at work a few decades back.
It’s Pelham, power unit for Wavertree not long ago.
And it’s James Turecamo, preparing to escort in the French frigate currently at South Street.
And Frederick E. Bouchard, in the process of switching B. No. 264 from on the hawser to alongside.
And my first shot of James E. Brown, brand spanking new. I’ll devote a whole post to James E. soon, I hope.
Laura K. Moran watches the French lion pass . . .
as does Frances out in Gravesend Bay.
And the answer to the question about Elizabeth Anna . . . the top photo . . . I believe it’s the erstwhile Bear, the Disch tug acquired by DonJon at an auction back in December 2014. I wonder where she’s headed. Anyone help out?
Except the top photo by Bjoern Kils, all photos in the past few days by Will Van Dorp.
And if I haven’t said this explicitly enough, New York Media Boat is the faster, most versatile, shallowest draft means to see whatever you want in the sixth boro. Need waterborne support for a project or . . .want to see or show someone the sixth boro and its borders with the other boros, check them out.
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July 3, 2015 at 7:24 am
JS
( LAIR me un ) … we anglophones thank you.
July 3, 2015 at 8:28 am
tugster
unrelated and i just noticed this: want an excellent canal boat: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ahoy-bidders-2-long-time-canal-boats-up-for-sale-6363916.php
get yr bids in NOW
July 3, 2015 at 11:22 am
walt
James Turecamo, and Sludge Barge Maria, perfect together:
Taking 130, or 260 tanker trucks off of NJ’s crumbling Highways!
July 4, 2015 at 5:32 am
tugpower
Donjon’s Tug ELIZABETH ANNA is ex- BEAR (Intercoastal Marine Equipment, Inc.), CATHERINE M. BROWN.
Vessel Name: ELIZABETH ANNA USCG Doc. No.: 276507
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL IMO Number: *
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry Call Sign: WJ9641
Hull Material: STEEL Hull Number: *
Ship Builder: DIESEL SHIPBUILDING CO Year Built: 1958
Length (ft.): 53.8
Hailing Port: NEWARK NJ Hull Depth (ft.): 5.7
Owner: DONJON MARINE CO INC
100 CENTRAL AVENUE
HILLSIDE, NJ 07205 Hull Breadth (ft.): 17
Gross Tonnage: 37
Net Tonnage: 13
Documentation Issuance Date: May 28, 2015 Documentation Expiration Date: May 31, 2016
Previous Vessel Names: BEAR
BEAR
CATHERINE M BROWN
Previous Vessel Owners: INTERCOASTAL MARINE EQUIPMENT INC
INTERCOASTAL MARINE EQUIPMENT INC
R J CASHO MARINE TOWING CORPORATION
THOMAS J BROWN & SONS INC