You are currently browsing the category archive for the ‘Poling & Cutler’ category.
Excuse the obscure word; it’s not one I regularly use, but concatenation, i.e., a series of interconnected things or events, random and unlikely ever to recur, came to mind as I put together this set of photos. Follow along. Early one morning recently, Kristin Poling made up to a loaded Eva Leigh Cutler,
and Normandy came to assist.
They eased out of the slip and turned to the west and
passed the moored crude tanker SKS Jersey.
Behind them came Bruce A. McAllister.
From the turn at Bergen Point, there appeared one of the Moran 6000s with Mandalay, a 2345 teu container ship launched in 2019.
Mandalay evokes much… all the way back to here.
She generally makes stops along the coast of North America and South America, hitting a port or two in the Caribbean.
As she passed between my vantage point and SKS Mersey, Morgan Reinauer heads west.
As of this posting, Mandalay, with her evocative name, is in Savannah.
All photos and perception, WVD, who has more concatenations to come.
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.
2011 began in Charleston, a great place to welcome a new year. Strolling around, I encounter the 1962 75′ buoy tender Anvil, 75301, here made up to CGB68013. In the background, that’s cutter Cormorant or Chinook.
Heading farther north a day or two later, it’s Hoss, sister of Patricia, and now habitat for fish and other sea life. Click here to see her sink if you do FB.
Still farther north, I see this T-boat, a 1952 Higgins named for a high point in Ireland.
Lucinda Smith, then based in Maine, is currently based on Cape Cod.
Bering Sea, like a lot of K-Sea boat, has become a Kirby boat; it is currently in Philadelphia. According to Birk’s invaluable site, this boat was Stacy Moran for a short time. I never saw it in Moran red.
Thanks to my friend Paul Strubeck, this Kristin Poling needed an assist from Cornell to get through an ice jam. This is one of my all-time favorite photos. It looks to me like a submarine in the very deeps.
McCormack Boys was active in the sixth boro back in 2011, and although she’s still working, I’ve not seen her in years.
I glimpsed Stephen Scott in Boston a few months back, but since this photo was taken, she’s lost the upper wheelhouse.
There’s classic winter light beyond Torm Carina, provisioned here by Twin Tube. Torm Carina is currently in the Taiwan Strait.
Later Margaret and Joan Moran assist the tanker westbound in the KVK while Taurus passes. Taurus has become Joker, wears Hays purple, and I’ve not even seen her yet. I guess it’s high time I hang out in Philadelphia again.
A wintry photo shows McKinley Sea in the KVK eastbound. In the distance,
notice the now foreign-based Scotty Patrick Sky. If you want to see her, gallivant to St. Lucia. McKinley Sea is currently laid up in Louisiana.
Erie Service, now Genesis Valiant, pushes her barge 6507 westbound.
And on a personal note, it was in January 2011 that I stumbled into a locality that had been attracting me. I suppose if ever I created a retreat, I’d have to call it Galivants Hideaway. Here‘s another Galivants Ferry set of photos.
Thanks to Paul for use of his photo. All other photos, a decade back, WVD.
Here we go again . . . the start of another month means we jump back to that month 10 years earlier. Crystal Cutler was quite new, here pushing Patricia E. Poling. Manhattan had a different skyline at that time.
I was heartbroken when I learned that USACE’s 1963 Hudson got reefed just over a year ago. With her lines, she’s now supposed to house marine life, 10 fathoms or more down, and not quite 3 miles off Fire Island. I doubt those fish and invertebrates appreciate those lines.
The 1980 OSG Independence has been a victim of 2020; the 131′ x 37′ 5600 hp tug was scrapped earlier this year.
A gallivant to Narragansett Bay revealed this vessel in the used vehicle trade, then running between Providence and Cape Verde, I believe. Danalith, a 1976 build, is said to be called Mouhssine, flying the flag of Tanzania.
Also in Narragansett Bay, over by the Jamestown bridge, was a Belford NJ boat, Coastline Kidd. I’ve not found any info about this boat.
Craig Eric Reinauer is now Albert, now squiring Margaret all over the Great Lakes.
Gramma Lee T Moran, whose namesake is the same as a Great Lakes ore boat, currently works in Baltimore harbor.
2010’s Yeoman Brook is today’s Caroline Oldendorff. These name changes confuse me. Caroline Oldendorff is currently in Amsterdam, having sailed in from Jintang, China.
This is not the best photo, but this was T/V Kings Pointer from 1992 until 2012. Here’s a link for more info on her life, but basically, from launch in 1983 until 1992, she was T-AGOS-2 aka USNS Contender. Currently she’s T/V General Rudder, named for General James E. Rudder. The USMMA has a new vessel designated as T/V Kings Pointer.
And finally, late December found me in the charming port of Charleston, where I caught pilot boat Fort Moultrie, waiting for a ship. Is Fort Moultrie still at work?
All photos, 10 years ago, WVD, who sometimes thinks it must be much longer ago than that.
Here’s a new one, Stephen B with

James Joseph. I’ve not seen Stephen B with that barge in quite a while. Maybe I just have not been looking carefully.

Kristin Poling

is moving Eva Leigh Cutler. When we’re past the first of November, usually the number of barges increases, even if the outdoor temperatures are in the 70s.

Mister Jim, for the first time that I’ve noticed,

has a bunker barge, this one Richardson Sea, a Centerline Logistics barge.

Evelyn Cutler was moving a fully loaded Edwin A. Poling.


Genesis Eagle

had a deeply loaded GM 11103.

And finally for now, RTC 80

gets moved through the Kills with Kristy Ann.

All photos, WVD.
. . .and barges, of course. Someone or something has to pay the bills. This unique bow is the leading edge of RTC 135, 460′ x 72.5′ here building up a lot of water,

getting moved along
by Nicole Leigh Reinauer. They both date from 1999.

Crystal Cutler, always a joy to see,

moves a light Patricia E. Poling. Crystal is approaching her 10-year mark.

A surprise tug
moving this past week was Evening Breeze.

although she was light. I first posted photos of this 2019 boat a year and a half ago.

McAllister tugs seem to rotate bases. I hadn’t seen Charles D. for a while, but she’s back.

and working hard. She dates from 1967, when she was launched as Esso Garden State, part of a large Esso shipping fleet.

Helen Laraway (1957) has been working in a harbor a lot these days.

Seeley (1981) with a Weeks barge and Frances (1957) heading for fuel were westbound here.

All photos, WVD.
It’s the season.

I wonder if the Kimberly crew has marked other holidays and I missed it. I did catch the red-clad guy almost a year ago.

Mary H and her barge Patriot is likely headed for Newtown Creek. The 1981 build, such a clean looking tug, has been working in the sixth boro for 33 years.

We’ve had a spate of foggy days. Beyond Franklin here, notice the bright lights at Bayonne Shipyard where work proceeds on Mendonca even at night.

The mechanical dredge J. P. Boisseau here gets moved to a new worksite by Sarah Ann, with Brian Nicholas standing by.

A Maersk ship came in recently with a gaggle of assist boats: l to r, Ava, Ellen, and Matthew. Not visible is Charles D. McAllister, and the visible Thomas J. Brown is not assisting.Yes, Matthew Tibbetts is doing a fair amount of ship assist work these days, and why not.

Here are two more photos of Matthew Tibbetts doing ship assist.
Helen Laraway passed through with a load of scrap.

Poling & Cutler’s Crystal and Evelyn pass in opposite directions.

HMS Justice has eluded my eyes for quite a while, but here she is, with the Centerline Logistics feline on the superstructure.

All photos, WVD.
Recent Comments