I really enjoy putting together this monthly feature, opening the archives from a decade back to see what I did and saw. I just happened to walk past South Street Seaport that morning and caught Lettie G. Howard returning from repairs in Maine. See more from the set here. She turned 130 in the Great Lakes this year.
The 1977 McAllister Sisters continues to carry that only name she’s ever had. Two changes, though, are she’s lost the upper wheelhouse and she’s moved to Baltimore.
It’s the time of year for clamming in the sixth boro. I’ve not seen Dutch Girl yet this year, although I believe I spotted Eastern Welder . . . the nearer boat.
The 1997 Ever Decent was scrapped in Alang in 2020; the 2012 Evening Star has become Jordan Rose and continues to operate through the sixth boro.
This Mount Saline in Port Newark has been replenished several times, and its granules may have kept you safely on the road.
The 1963 Crow, high in the water here, would never again move on its own power and was scrapped in 2015.
These two Thornton boats–Gage Paul and Bros— are gone as well, one scrapped and one growing into undersea habitat deep in a Caribbean trench and will likely never be seen again.
The 1951 Twin Tube here squeezes in between the pier and Balder as Balder discharges more Chilean salt. More on the surprising contents of Balder‘s belly here. She may now be laid up as Ventura in West Africa. Check out the harbor supply boat on her mission that day here. Twin Tube continues to operate in the boro.
I don’t know what has become of the 1954 Ticonderoga; she may still be behind Prall’s Island.
I don’t have any updates on this government boat, said to date from 1929.
The 1966 Patrick Sky has long left the boro. Summit Europe is now Myra and is anchored near Istanbul. Indeed, the sixth boro is connected to the rest of the watery parts of the planet.
If you want to breeze back through the entire month, click here. And I do hope you enjoy these glances in the rearview as much as I do.
Happy December.
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December 1, 2023 at 4:35 pm
Tom Turner
Hi Will. I believe I found Ticonderoga. Not too far away. At the end of South Ave and down the next to last side street. https://flic.kr/p/2phwTYS It had been frustrating not being able to ID it. Doesn’t look like there’s any way back for this one, or probably the others there either.
December 2, 2023 at 2:14 pm
tugster
Tom– The days i saw Ticonderoga I was 1) on a boat and 2) in the yard with permission. Without either of those conditions, it’s a tough place to get to without trespassing.
December 2, 2023 at 4:30 pm
Anonymous
Yes Not an advantageous spot to see much. Cute sign there “smile. You’re on camera”. I stayed behind the fence 🙂 only had the cell phone with me. Wasn’t expecting to be shooting that day: just in the neighborhood
December 2, 2023 at 4:36 pm
tugster
And trespassing is never a good idea . . .
December 1, 2023 at 10:31 pm
georgerschneideryahoocom
The Government boat, as you guessed, is a former Coast Guard 36-foot Motor Lifeboat built for coastal rescues. She shows up in the Coast Guard’s PSIX site under that NY license number as being built in 1936. If that’s reliable, and if she’s one the Coast Guard still operated in WWII, then the only one she might be is CG 36400, sold in 1951. That’s in no way a positive identification.
Although TugboatInformation lists CROW as scrapped in 2015, I have a note that you observed her at Chelsea Creek in September 2016, so she, like TICONDEROGA, might be afloat yet.
December 2, 2023 at 2:10 pm
tugster
George– I’m drawing a blank on Chelsea Creek and Crow. I did Crow escorted to the scrap yard here https://tugster.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/transitioning-2-2/ and in September 2016 I saw Pleon, which looks a bit like Crow here: https://tugster.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/chrononauts-5/ but no Crow. No matter, I’m sure Crow’s dismantled.
December 2, 2023 at 2:59 pm
georgerschneideryahoocom
Ah, yes, it was PLEON, not CROW in Chelsea Creek. Thank you for straightening me out. We can let the poor old CROW rest in peace.
December 2, 2023 at 3:04 pm
tugster
It does, though, raise the question about the tugboat Crow behind Erica, shown in the third photo from the bottom in Chrononauts 5 . . .
December 2, 2023 at 4:49 pm
georgerschneideryahoocom
The canal number on her sidelight confirms she’s the CROW of 1938 (ON 236966) whose last documented name was KERRI K. Her last documents were in 2009. Thank you for linking me to her fate, as well.
December 2, 2023 at 4:58 pm
tugster
She’s here: https://tugster.wordpress.com/tag/morania-no-8/
December 2, 2023 at 4:57 pm
tugster
wow! She’s here too: https://tugster.wordpress.com/tag/morania-no-8/