Many thanks to Robert Simko and Lee Gruzen for sending me some photos and lots of questions yesterday morning.
This large gray vessel–SS Cape Avinoff (AK-5013)–arrived under tow
from, I believe, National Defense Reserve Fleet on the James River, where it has been used for training.
As SS Cape Avinoff is moved stern first closer to GMD Shipyard in Brooklyn, Chris Kunzmann got this photo.
Many thanks to Robert, Lee, and Chris for use of these photos. Can anyone confirm why she was moved to a NYC shipyard?
Robert publishes The Broadsheet. Click here and here for info on GMD Shipyard.
Previous posts involving “dead ships” can be found here.
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April 26, 2019 at 6:58 am
Mike
I’ve been on her in the JRRF during a parts hunting expedition, and even back then she and her Cape A sisters were either on the scrapping list or being used for “training”. Its possible she’s been modified to serve as a dedicated platform similar to that of the SS Cape Chalmers in Charlotte, or maybe even replacing her, hence the expense of towing her North for a survey and probable coat of bottom paint.
Either way, pretty cool to see a stick boat in the harbor once again!