Retro Sixth Boro 41
These photos I took back in September 2011. This boat became Bouchard Boys and is now in Red Hook waiting to be repainted as Stasinos Boys. She’s 100′ x 31′ and 3900 hp. North Sea has had many owners; currently she’s Sause Brothers North Sea out of Portland OR. She’s 120′ x 34′ vessel with […]
Thomas J. Brown 2
Thomas J. Brown came off the ways in 1962 as Thomas J. Brown. Here‘s part 1 of this post, from almost a decade ago, and here are many photos since . . . 1962 is the same vintage as this truck, then newly arrived as a grounds truck for a Queens cemetery. John Glenn went […]
1962 WYTL Auction
ENDS THIS AFTERNOON . . . I had planned something else for today, but this auction ends in just a few hours. Impulse buy anyone? As of this morning, high bid is just under $10,000. Some details here: “1962 Gibbs Corp. Growler Harbor and icebreaking tug. HIN: WYTL-65606; Length: 64~11″; Beam: 19~1″; Draft: 9~; Builder: […]
Something Different 25
I’m told this vessel from bottom of keel to mast tops measures more than 8 feet. Can you identify its location? Here’s some more info: “Marcus T. Reynolds designed the weathervane atop the center tower, a 400 pound replica of the Half Moon, which is 6 feet, 9 inches long and 8 feet, 10 inches tall, and the […]
Transitioning 9
This 1962 WYTL has looked like this ever since I first saw her, which was likely 2005. She was built early in the string in WYTLs, earlier than the ones still used in the sixth boro and upriver by the USCG. The photos above and below I took in 2010 in Mystic, and this one […]
1932 Quarantine Tug, etc.
Many thanks to Steve Seely of New Brunswick, Canada, for sending these photos and this story. Never heard of a “quarantine tug?” Well, neither had I. But here it is, launched at Bath Iron works in October 1932 as a tug for the US Public Health Service, christening with ginger ale–since it happened to be […]
Port of Kings Point
aka GHP&W 7. Kings Point (KP) is to the United States Merchant Marine Academy as Fort Schuyler is to SUNY Maritime College or Traverse City is to Great Lakes Maritime Academy. Today’s post is intended to introduce some of the KP boats; if you’re interested in the buildings that have expanded beyond the former waterfront estate […]
Small Tugs 3
The first four photos come with many thanks to Bonnie frogma, the intrepid “river rat” who’s currently devoting lots of time to preparations for arrival to the sixth boro of Hokule’a. I know nothing about this particular Lil Toot. Bonnie took these photos on Jamaica Bay. Note the cliffs of Manhattan in the distance. Emily […]
Ice Pick
How about cold pics today, like these first two of Line. For the story, click here, an article that never got paper published. What floats in the Hudson here is like what floats in my tea all day. I recall that the crew I interviewed here told me I should try to see […]
Ice Work on the Hudson 3
Note: I wrote this a year ago for a print publication, but they’ve not used it. It’s timely, so here it is in its entirety. The style is different because of its history and intention. Here was my post #1 with this title from January 2010. And HERE was 2. Line crosses the ice fields covering […]
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