Random Tugs 156

Navigator . . . until I looked carefully, I assumed she operated out of the Chesapeake/Elizabeth River in Virginia, because her colors are similar to tugs like Kodiak.   But I stand corrected . . . Balico Marine Services . . . I had not known that name.

 

 

And Realist, the nearer tug, I thought she was always at the dock, as here, tied in front of Hubert Bays.

Well, yesterday, Realist crossed the Upper Bay when I was there, and she needed the upper wheelhouse to see over GL66.

Below is a photo of Realist, taken not quite a year ago.  In this batch of photos here from Paul Strubeck, you’ll find a photo of Realist fleet mate Specialist.

Here’s Dolphin, which I last saw in the Mississippi here almost a year and a half ago.

Yesterday the 70 degree air temperatures made the Upper Bay quite foggy, a nice effect.

 

And finally . . . Genesis Liberty, you can see her here in some of her previous lives– Hornbeck and before– in this post from eight years ago!!

Eight years ago, the skyline didn’t look this way either.

For more older photos of two of the tugs in today’s post, click here, a post from three years ago.

All the photos here by Will Van Dorp.