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Full disclosure here, I took this photo almost a month ago. Also, I’ve sometimes referred to this 2016 tugboat in posts without including the middle initial, and as it turns out a boat sans the middle initial did exist, launched in 1951 and scrapped in the 1990s. Anyhow,
this 2016 boat was purchased by JMB Capital, who is said to have kept the name. Have they also kept the same livery? I believe she is still at Caddells. Note in the photo below the worker to the lower left and the removed propeller lying flat on the floating dry dock.
All photos and any errors, WVD.
“Random Tugs 001” I posted in October 2007, 14 years ago. The motivation for such a post then, as now, comes from the observation that what passes you by, either on the water, the roadway, or even the sidewalk or hallway, is often just random. It’s foolish to look for meaning or significance where there is none. So here’s installment 339.
Genesis Glory, 1979, 3900 and 120′ x 34′
Janet D, 2015, 1320, and 67′ x 26′
Sarah D, 1975, 2000, and 90′ x 29′
HMS Justice, 2013, 2000, and 75′ x 30′
Sarah Ann, 2003, 2700, and 78′ x 26′
Charles D. McAllister, 1967, 1800, and 94′ x 29′
Durham . . . I’ve seen her a long time, I believe she’s operated by Ken’s Marine, but I don’t know anything more.
Kodi with Hayward back by the bridge. Kodi dates back to 1974, under 500, and 43′ x 15′, I think.
L. M. Caddell works near the floating dry docks. The upper wheelhouses at the Reinauer yard in the background, I’d guess Dace, Stephen, and JoAnne III. I’m sure I’ll be corrected. I don’t believe the shorter “upper house” to the right is installed on a tugboat. Now I’m really sure I’ll be corrected. As for simple specs on the Caddell yard tug . . . sorry.
Coho, 2008, 4000, and 111′ x 36′
All photos, WVD, and happy “fly the official flag day.“
The “4” here refers to the dry dock, not the fourth post in this series. The last post on Caddell was Something Different 57. And in the “high and dry” series, this would be number 11. I’m just trying to anchor this post in the previous body of work. Also, I believe this dry dock was originally built as an auxilliary floating dry dock (ARD) by the USN to lift submarines out of their watery habitat, but I can’t corroborate that.
In Dry Dock 4 a half dozen years ago was the pilot boat New York. I put this first so that the vessels in the rest of the photos can be compared against a standard, the dimensions of the same dry dock.
See above for scale. On this date, winter 2014, Dry Dock 4 was shared by W. O. Decker and schooner Pioneer, currently both in Albany getting refurbished and improved.
This boat’s a mystery to me; the livery on upper pilothouse says it’s a Reinauer boat, but I took this photo over 10 years ago and have lost track of its identity. You may know?
McAllisters Brothers was originally called Dalzelleagle. I believe it’s currently in the sixth boro but mothballed.
The Fireboat John J. Harvey had some work done in Dry Dock 4 . She has a long and storied career.
Doris Moran is a 4610 hp tugboat that does some sixth boro work, although she’s currently in Louisiana.
East Coast has not appeared on this blog very often. She used to tow the sugar barge, and she may well still do so.
Let’s get to the end of this post with Clipper City, having some bottom work done on a cold winter’s day eight years ago already.
All photos, WVD, who’d love to know more about the history of Dry Dock 4.
Here’s a mystery, a 1919 UK-built tug named G. W. Rogers that sank in Rensselaer in December 1987. Click on the photo itself to get more info. The mystery is this: which floating crane raised it and what became of it later?
Next mystery: what became of the wooden floating drydock that used to be at Caddell’s? I took this photo of Stephen Scott high and dry before 2009.
Same dry dock, same time frame, different tugboat, Franklin Reinauer.
Ditto . . . this time Miss New Jersey.
Again . . . John B. Caddell
And again . . . the old Kristin Poling, the same wooden floating dry dock.
Hiow about a different dry dock, as seen from shore, but still in a dry dock at Caddell’s. Question: which tugboat under rehab might that be? Answer follows.
And to end this, it’s Mariner III at Caddell’s getting a haul out last summer.
As of this writing, the 1926 Mariner III is near Palm Beach.
All photos except the top one by WVD. Top photo by Robert Taylor.
And the mystery tug is Marjorie B. McAllister.
Question about G. W. Rogers, thanks to tugboathunter.
The whole trip, dock to dock, lasted almost exactly 24 hours, although given some delays, it could have been a few hours shorter. Call this post “day and night,” or more accurately, “day, night, and day.” Here was part a.
Let’s start some hours later on day 1. Most river traffic does not draw spectators like this did.
Even the family dog came out.
Twelve or so hours after that, a blistering summer sun had given way to the Thunder moon, here lighting a path northeastward from Staten Island. I took this photo before 0500.
After biding time for a few hours here,
Nathan G let go lines and Slater began the final leg of the trip to the yard; Sarah D is over there, but the illusion is almost that Slater is underway on her own power,
watchman mimicking deck gun, pointing the way.
Once in the KVK, a blazing summer sun returned, replacing the Thunder moon.
Pier assignment received, the tugs eased the destroyer escort into the dock.
Many thanks to Bill Stolfi and Steve Munoz for the first three photos; the sixth boro harbor photos by WVD.
Polling has not yet ended, the clock goes on for two more days now, since I got a bunch of votes last night. With all certainty, though, polls will close on December 21 . . . earlier if two days elapse without a single new vote. Your votes and suggestions –in comments and in emails–have already influenced the design of the calendar.
Many thanks to David Silver for this photo . . . can you guess where it was taken?
You might want to see where previous photos shared by David Silver were taken here. You can find the answer at the end of this post.
While you’re trying to figure out the answer using the title and the night pics, have a look at the project of converting a Responder class OSRV into a new Sandy Hook Pilots “mothership”.
For a complete Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) equipment list, click here.
As I understand it, Maine Responder was sold out of MSRC because it was considered excess. Maybe someone can confirm that.
Here’s the wheels.
Have you guessed where David took the top picture? The answer is . . . Elizabethport, NJ. In the darkness are three exquisite exotics: Regulus, Kelly Ann Candies, and Highland Eagle. Kelly Ann came into the sixth boro yesterday just before dark, but it was so foggy in the Narrows that in the 500′ or so visibility she was as invisible to someone there as she’d be 500 miles at sea. And then, she left before good light this morning. I caught Kelly Ann entering Guanabara Bay almost six years ago. Regulus I caught in Bayonne earlier this fall, and Highland Eagle I caught in northern Lake Huron this summer, where she was doing some sounding work.
Many thanks to David for this photo. The others by Will Van Dorp, who is eager to see how the ex-Maine Responder evolves.
Let’s start with the photo I did NOT get, but jag9889 did; click here to see Resolve Commander and (in the photo stream) the barge it towed Thursday carrying the remaining TZ Bridge structure out to sea. Bravo jag . . . . I’ve long enjoyed your work.
The photo below raises some questions . . . not because of Mary Gellatly, which has long been there, but because of the MSRC Responder vessel beyond it and tied up at the Sandy Hook Pilots’ dock. Something’s happening here. . . . I don’t believe it’s the local New Jersey Responder.
Stephen Reinauer headed out the Narrows, and shortly thereafter,
Dace came in, offering a comparison of the outline of the two boats. Stephen dates from 1970, 3000 hp, and 100.2 loa; Dace, 1968, 3400, and 108.8.
Below we can do a different comparison: Dylan Cooper, 2015, 4720 hp, and 112.2; Lincoln Sea, 2000, 8000 hp, and 118.6.
L. W. Caddell is the yard tug at the repair yard.
Emily Ann, 1964, 3000 hp, and 89.4. My favorite story about this boat formerly called Cabo Rojo (among other names) can be found here.
Emily Ann crossed paths with Caitlin Ann, 1961, 2400 hp, and 78.9, here moving a light scrap scow.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
All the photos in this post I took over a two-hour period Friday. I post this in part in response to the question raised by a commenter recently, how many tugboats operate in the sixth boro, aka the waters around NYC.
They pass one at a time,
you see them in twos . . . . and that might be a third with the crane barge off the Battery in the distance,
a trio might be assisting a single ULCV,
foreshortening might collapse four into a single shot, and
if you look across the repair and docking yard, you might see five tugs plus one science boat.
And finally for now, move the huge box ship away, and six of more are revealed.
This is the sixth boro, folks, one of the busiest ports in the US.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I’ve mentioned before about my people the Dutch celebrating “old years day” on December 31. As the child of immigrants, I’m blessed by this one of many ways they see the world differently, a perspective I’m happy to share. So here is a retrospective of the year, the result of a process of scanning through photos in the blog library, not overthinking it.
January. Gunhilde Maersk with James, Kirby, and JRT plus Miriam Moran. the year of the 1200-footers aka ULCVs becoming commonplace in the sixth boro.
February. Ocean Henry Bain serves as a safety boat during the ice canoe race I documented in my Carnavalons posts.
March. Cerro Grande here escorted a Caribbean-bound LNG ship, one of all the Panama Tugs posts
April. When I saw this section of drained canal bed between O-6 to O-7 in Oswego, I thought the work’d never get done before the season began, but I was wrong. Of all my 2018 NYS Canals posts, this and this posted with the greatest urgency.
May. Reliable pushed seaward by Lucy H. As of today, Reliable lies under the sea gathering fishes and entertaining Davy Jones near Shinnecock.
June. Jay Bee V headed out on a high-profile mission. Has she returned to the sixth boro yet?
July. I missed Rosemary‘s christening because that’s what happens when you don’t look at your calendar. First come first serve for a few tugster lighthouse calendars. Send me an email with your mailing address. As I said, I ran a few extra when I made up my Christmas gifts.
August. Kimberly Selvick with AEP barges was one of the treats I saw in Calumet. This day south of Chicago planted a seed of curiosity about the Lake Michigan/Mississippi River link I hope to be able to explore in 2019. Many thanks to Christine Douglas.
September. J. W. Cooper delivers a pilot in Port Colborne at the Lake Erie end of the Welland Canal. Because I hadn’t a satisfying enough fix from the canal earlier, I returned there in October.
October. One Stork, a pink ULCV, came into town. It wasn’t her first visit/delivery, but it was the first that I caught. She’s currently in the sixth boro.
November. Morton S. Bouchard IV rounds Shooters Island light, Bouchard celebrated a big anniversary this year.
December. Ruth M. Reinauer heads west into the Kills in December, the start of heating oil season.
And that’s it for the year, time for me to securely lock up Tugster Tower and prepare myself to meet 2019. The older I get, the more profound is my awareness that although I make many plans for a new year, I might not see the end of it. It’s just how it is. Every day is a blessing. Last year had my own personal ultima thule; I pray that 2019 brings its new ones.
Thanks to everyone who read, commented, and assisted me in 2018. Happy and constructive new year day by day to you all.
I caught the beginning of Jay Bee V‘s epic here, a few days after the summer solstice. A bit later I caught her here at some different locations on the Erie Canal.
So we are all fortunate that Jake Van Reenen caught her here at a lock in central NYS that I’m not disclosing. The voyage of the Glass Barge is complete, and at some point, the tug will return to the sixth boro and the barge dismantled and repurposed.
The color in the trees speaks to the season.
Folks upstate will talk about this epic for a long time.
And the small tug in the background? I’ll post about that another day . . . maybe tomorrow.
All photos thanks to Jake Van Reenen.
Related: Accompanying Jay Bee V and the Glass Barge all summer were Lois McClure and C. L. Churchill. See them in this retro-season video under sail on Lake Champlain.
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