Uh . . any guesses which creek that might be?
It’s still the sleek lines of the GUP carrier once so familiar to folks paying attention to sixth boro traffic.
Newtown Creek is now going up a waterway for the last time and what a waterway this is. From here, she’ll be further
dismantled before she’s gently laid to the sea bottom for aquatic growth and diver’s enjoyment. Atlas is likely the one from 1985 shown here (and scroll).
Many thanks to Mike Hatami for sending these photos along.
For some news from the Miami River, click here. For two stories about a vessel on that River, click here and here. With the latter, you’ll need to translate the Spanish.
Unrelated and sent along by barrel, an interesting “second life” conversion here, although I believe the headline was written by someone who does not know a container ship from an OSV, maybe not a creek from a brook.
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April 28, 2016 at 11:12 am
Fairlane
Looks like an old Army T-Boat hiding there on thr right in that last photo. Thanks for passing aling this interesting series.
Kind Regards, Kyle
April 28, 2016 at 11:18 am
tugster
Fairlane– Thanks for redirecting my eyes away from Atlas and Newtown Creek. Mike–With yr local knowledge, can you identify the T-boat?
April 28, 2016 at 11:13 am
jollytar
I’ve always liked the lines of those vessels
April 28, 2016 at 11:20 am
tugster
jollytar– I wonder if any naval architects who read this have heard of anyone taking the baseline of this class of DEP tankers and speculated how they might be converted into yachts….
July 24, 2016 at 9:40 am
tugster
And thanks to Mike Hatami, here’s the former sludge carrier transforming into an underwater attraction: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-lady-luck-sinking-20160723-story.html