Riverbanks 11
Here are previous riverbanks posts, although for some inexplicable reason, they are not indexed in order. Name the riverbank in the image below? Above and below, that’s Manhattan, as seen from about 30 miles out. It would take another four hours before we passed the 59th Street Bridge. The darker image in the center […]
Meeting the Fleet 2022 B
I’m just observing, not criticizing, but the vessel turnout in 2022 seems quite small. I understand that lots of other things are happening globally. Following USS Bataan, USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209) and HMS Protector (A-173) arrive. They are both about 20 years in service and have both done assignments in the Arctic. Sycamore made a run […]
Other Peoples Photos 92
Since we’ve had some extreme weather, how about a different type of extreme . . . with NYC DEP sludge tanker Red Hook approaching the unique Riverbank State Park, one of three state parks within Manhattan, the one with a wastewater treatment plant beneath it. I’ve just read that it’s now renamed the Denny Farrell […]
From the Line Locker 36
Sometimes I’m conflicted about what to post, like today with too many competing stories, and we’ll start with news, and Cisne Branco, which translates as “white swan.” The photo below shows Cisne Branco, a Brazilian Navy training vessel, in the sixth boro in May 2012 for a sixth boro OpSail event. Earlier this week, the […]
Back in the Sixth Boro 4b
Heraclitus has to be the classical philosopher most referred to on this blog. I thought of this person again as I returned into the city after my longest ever so far time away; this is a familiar place of six boros, and yet it does not seem familiar. It is new, renewed by multiple sunrises […]
Retro Sixth Boro 23
Coastline Girls and many other names including Gage Paul Thornton and ST-497, the 1944-build now sleeps deep in Davy Jones locker, and was not an intentional reefing. It’s been a while since I last saw Mcallister Sisters, shown here passing the Esopus Meadows light. If I’m not mistaken, she’s currently based in Baltimore. Ten years […]
Retro Sixth Boro 6
. . . and beyond. Let’s start with August 7, 2008 . . . up by the Iroquois lock of the Seaway. And Canadian Provider . . . well . . . in 2013 she was towed to Aliaga as OVI, and scrapped. Note that she’s a straight-decker . . . no self-unloading gear. August […]
USA, USA, USA
I’ll explain this photo and the title at the end of this post. The big move began yesterday on schedule, timed with the tides, I was told, to fit the cargo under some of the Hudson River bridges . . . The cargo was gussied up with sponsors much like you’d see on a NASCAR […]
From the Line Locker 24
Let’s start with two photos thanks to Ashley Hutto, first one from last year. Remember the HRSG aka “the cyclops” that came down the Hudson? Tomorrow, another is scheduled to start a journey, then heads for Bridgeport. Mister Jim above and below as platform, as well as Daisy Mae in the distance, will be involved […]
Canal Reef Express 2
See a statement at the end of this post. The next vessel headed for the reef is Reliable of Utica, once a twin of Syracuse of Syracuse, which has been featured here in many previous posts. Fred of tug44 has also gotten some photos I have not. For years–I’d estimate about two decades–Reliable has languished […]
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