Alice Has One 2
This title goes back to 2006!! here. Since that time, I’ve been inside one, although not as it free fell into the sea. It’s standard equipment on vessels of all sorts. For what’s inside, click here. Sometimes they make their way inland and form encampments. Just kidding, but this is an intriguing sight in these […]
New Exotics, New Names
I’ve done “new hulls, new names” and “old hulls and old and new names” and “new hulls, lines, and liveries.” Sorry I could not have come up with more streamlined nomenclature. But I hope, as always, you enjoy these photos all taken on an ideal last day of summer. If summer has to end, this […]
Random Sixth Boro 12
It’s hard to beat morning light for drama, as is the case here with QM2 getting assisted by James D. and Doris Moran into her berth in Red Hook, as I shoot into that light. Taken only a few minutes later, this photo of FV Eastern Welder dragging the bottom in front of the Weeks […]
Mixed Sixth Boro 1
The sixth boro and other harbors have those vessels that seem to hide in plain sight. Maybe it’s more accurate to say these craft, like the one below, are visible but their usage might not be so clear. Here’s how Annie Moore gets described: “a utility vessel for the National Park Service designed to transport […]
Multifarious Traffic Nola
Call this grand finale, third of three on Nola traffic . . . but of course, that’s contrived; there is no finale except to my reporting. Powered traffic has operated here since Roosevelt, the great grand uncle and aunt of TR, Nicholas Roosevelt and Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt, their second arrival there in 1811! I’d love […]
Two T-AKRs
This weekend the Upper Bay portion of the sixth boro cradled two “fast logistics ships” or “Large, Medium-speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships” (aka T-AKR, although I’ve no idea how that alpha indicator relates to those descriptors; LMSR would make more sense.) at the same time, one off Fort Wadsworth, below) and the other off Owl’s Head fishing […]
Profiles 2
Installment 1 was a long time ago. But the hazy days of summer bring the inspiration back. Any idea what this is? Answers follow below. Or this? I took all the photos in this post a few days ago–Sunday–afternoon from near the VZ Bridge. Here’s an easier one maybe. This one is a bit weird. […]
Government Boats 56
I believe this is the first time I post a photo of 1961 FDNY Alfred E. Smith. She was sold to private owners in 2016. Nearer the mainland on Pier 25, Lilac has held this berth since 2011. USACE Gelberman has been a regular here, as has Dobrin. USACE Driftmaster has worked collecting debris since […]
Retro Sixth Boro (and beyond) 30
In fall 2010, deepening dredging was happening in the sixth boro to prepare for the ULCVs now so commonplace here, after Panama Canal enlargement and Bayonne Bridge raising. These operations afforded me the chance to see a cutterhead close up. The crewman wielding the hammer was trying to loosen a worn tooth. By the way, […]
Random Tugs 321
With the end of the year coming, it’s strangely difficult to put these posts together. I’ve chased down several ideas the past few days, and abandoned them. All these photos were taken in recent days, except one about a month ago. They strike me as showing the different skies and waters of the unacknowledged boro. […]
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