Her first steel was laid down almost a decade ago, and here she is pirouetting for New Yorkers. Carriers tend to have these offset superstructures. I wonder how it feels to be far-to-starboard in rough seas. To see the commander in his seat of power, click here.
This ship was christened with a bottle of perfectly good Bowmore whisky, produced by a distillery established not long after US independence. Of course, today it’s not wholly Scottish owned, if I read this correctly.
Ah . . . the ski jump! To see F-35 pilots landing and taking off, click here.
Along the port side, the lines are relatively unbroken.
Here, thanks to Michele Fitzgerald McMorrow, is a close-up of the bridge.
Shuttling ship-shore is a passenger vessel I’ve not seen before,
Cosmo, built 1968,
but I know little else about her, although I love the paint scheme.
An unobstructed view from the stern shows her size and the sheer of the ski-jump.
Comparing the view of her port side to this emphasizes the offset superstructure.
That looks like Gabby Miller supporting the deck barge.
Thanks to Michele for use of her photo; all others by Will Van Dorp.
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October 23, 2018 at 11:50 am
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October 23, 2018 at 1:23 pm
William Lafferty
Cosmo was hull number 142 built by Blount at Warren in 1968 as the Island Adventure for Casco Bay Lines, Inc., of Portland, Maine. 59.9 x 26.9 x 7.7; 84 gt, 62 nt; Detroit 6-71, 228-bhp. Later it ran under the same name in the ‘1991-1992 at Tampa for Rendezvous Cruises as a dinner boat and eventually came to the Hudson in 1993, operated by Empire Cruises, I think. It’s now owned by Rusty LLC at Floral Park, New York. Not sure when it became Cosmo.
October 24, 2018 at 7:51 am
Bob osborn
A particularly interesting post. Great links as well.
October 26, 2018 at 8:25 pm
N. S.
It looks like Mr. Knievel could clear the Statue from the ski jump.