Apologies for sitting on these photos fo so long, but today’s the day to put them up. The previous 72 can be found here.
From Mage, long-time reader and commenter . . .. the sailing vessel below is proclaimed as the “world’s oldest active sailing ship.” I’d go along with that, since I can’t name one older and although I suspect someone might quibble with some of those adjectives. Can anyone identify it based on this statement and photo? Mage posts as frequently as I do, work that you can find here.
I haven’t posted this in a half year because I couldn’t identify the tugs. Maybe someone can help with that. Once you get other pieces of info, you will know the location.
From Sean, another long-time reader and commenter . . . these workboats. From the photo and from names, can you identify the location? Previous photos by Sean here.
Click here for fuller specs on R/V Palmetto. Click here for a closer-up photo of USACE Evans.
I’ve seen Candice L as far south as North Carolina, but this photo comes from longtime reader and commenter, Tony.
Tony also sends along a photo of this vessel Irvington, which appears to be a small double-ended ferry. Anyone know where it works/has worked? Here are previous photos sent along by Tony.
And finally, here’s a subster photo from Tommy on the Clyde, the Scottish Clyde, not the upstate NY one. Anyone identify the sub? Previous photos by Tommy here. Previous submarines on this blog . . . here.
Starting from the top, the sailing vessel is the 1863 Star of India. According to Tommy, the sub may be this one.
Many thanks for these photos to Mage Bailey, Sean McQuilken, Tony A, and Tommy Bryceland.
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May 11, 2019 at 11:57 am
George Schneider
The sailing ship has probably been identified as STAR OF INDIA. The tugs are those of Pacific Tug Boat Service, a joint-venture of several tug and barge owners in the Southern California area.
(www.pacifictugboats.com/index.php/our-fleet-2/)
The bigger one on her port side is A N TILLETT (ON 591400, IMO 7829364) which was originally from the Pacific Northwest, serving as GALE WIND, PETRO MARINER, and NORTHERN MARINER. Her name is presently rendered as A N TILLET on her hull.
The smaller one on her Starboard side is HARBOR CAPTAIN (ON 1043519), a shortened LCM-6 originally numbered 56CM752. Due to the amount of reconstrction done on her, her documents show her as newly built by West Coast Marine in 1996.
May 12, 2019 at 5:47 am
tugster
George– Thanks for the identification. For all kinds of reasons, I’ve got to get to the southwest one of these days . . .
May 11, 2019 at 11:41 pm
Pete Hoffmann
The ship is the Star of India the city is San Diego. The tugs I do not know. I look forward to your blog every day! Thank you, Pete Hoffmann Jamul CA
On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 9:01 AM tugster: a waterblog wrote:
> tugster posted: “Apologies for sitting on these photos fo so long, but > today’s the day to put them up. The previous 72 can be found here. From > Mage, long-time reader and commenter . . .. the sailing vessel below is > proclaimed as the “world’s oldest active sailing shi” >
May 12, 2019 at 5:49 am
tugster
Pete– Thx for commenting and for reading tugster.
May 12, 2019 at 11:33 am
MageB Bailey
Thanks for posting, and thank you George. He gave us the tug’s names.
May 13, 2019 at 11:57 am
Tom Rinaldi
Double-ender Irvington is a fascinating and important vessel. Blt at Union Dry Dock, Staten Island, in 1932, together with sister Piermont to cross the Hudson River between their namesake towns. Eads Johnson-designed. Written up in Scientific American when new. First all-welded steel ferries in the US. Capacity 9 cars each. Later ran between Staten Island and NJ. Piermont wound up as Shelter Island ferry, re-named “Capt Ed Cartwright” and was only retired a few years ago, little altered from her original config (anyone know present disposition?). Irvington has been extensively modified but still (?) works, with her original name no less, hauling freight and equip betw Sayville, LI and Fire Island.
May 13, 2019 at 6:19 pm
tugster
Tom– Thx much for identifying it and giving some history, and indeed it does have importance.