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Mornings on the KVK can be busy.
Above, Sea Fox (1971) follows Barney Turecamo (1995), and below, Kimberly Poling (1994) is followed by Mary H (1981)
Kimberly Turecamo (1980) and Marjorie A. McAllister (1974) head east to escort different incoming ships.
Chesapeake Coast (2012) assists Gulf Coast (1982) moving the cement barge out into the current.
Bruce A. (1974) and Patrice McAllister (1999) hasten out for work.
Thomas A. Witte (1961 when she was called Valoil) returns to Port Newark.
Joyce D. (2002) passes the docked Normandy (2007).
And Cape Canaveral (2019) makes for her yard.
All this and much more during a few hours one bright, mild morning recently by WVD. Any errors, my blame.
Remember the logic in this series is . . . the first pic of the month and the last pic of the month . . .
Early September found me still along the Acushnet . . . Malena–as of this writing–is in Sierra Leone, having bounced around the Caribbean since departing New Bedford.
By September’s end, Wavertree was slathered in a beautiful red primer.
Early October . . . that’s North Star off the Orient Point, and Plum Gut, with Plum Island in the background.
Late October . . . a conversation led to an invitation to tour iMTT Bayonne and see Marion Moran at the tug fuel station from the waterside. I still need to post about that.
November . . . and Med Sea bound for the Sound and beyond.
Joyce D. Brown going back to the kills.
And late in the month, my only view of Patty Nolan, on the hard in Verplanck. Click here for some of many posts on the 1931 Patty.
Early December . . .it’s mild and I decided to experiment with some color separation on Margaret Moran. Click here for a post from seven-plus years ago with Margaret Moran . . .
And since December has not yet ended, I will post this in its incomplete state, with the promise of a “last December 2015” post yet to come.
This is my last post for 2015. Happy New Year. May it be peaceful and safe.
If you think the sixth boro has a wide variety of tugboats, you’ll agree it’s also surrounded by a variety of land–boro–scapes.
l to r: Thomas J. Brown, 1962 and Joyce D. Brown, 2002
from obscure to iconic.
Eastern Dawn, 1978. Previously Delta Mule and Grand Eagle
Here’s the Brooklyn passenger terminal and
Evening Star, 2012
the anchorage in mid-Upper Bay,
Nanticoke, 2007
Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Bridgeport, 1982. Previously, Dragon Lady and others
Williamsburg,
Miss Gill, 1970. Previously Mister Mike, Samson, and other.
Bayonne,
Eric R. Thornton, 1960. Previously Roger Williams
east end of Wall Street,
Pelham, 1960. Previously Little Joe, Tucana, and other
entrance to the Kills showing the Bayonne Bridge and obvious modifications to the bases,
Eastern Dawn again
and finally the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
the Browns again
All photos this week by Will Van Dorp.
On a cold winter’s morning, what’s going on in the harbor?
The usual . . . . Kathleen heads out with a scow,
Eric R. Thornton muscles scrap,
Evening Tide reconnects with an oil barge,
Diane B disconnects from John Blanche for a spell,
Joyce D. Brown heads out to a job,
Red Hook, wreath still in place, shuttles between barges,
And Ellen McAllister
shows Performance out to sea. And in response to my cuz . . JS . . . Ellen performs her magic on the container ship . . .
And tugster, who took these pictures, needs to warm up and get to work himself.
Thomas J. Brown passes a Penguin on the way to the yard, westbound on the KVK.
Thomas J. (Gladding-Hearn 1962) is a classic. At this link is an account of a day in the life of Thomas J crew, as told by John Soltes. Penguin is less than three years old, made in China.
Morro Bay in springtime contrasts sharply with her image three months back, icebreaking on the upper Hudson.
Anyone know the year 140′ Morro Bay was launched?
Odin may not be a classic, but she is certainly unique, a bit of exotic
technology in the harbor. The 1982 tug is one of my favorites.
Zodiac PLUS Irish Sea (ex-Clipper, 1969).
The zodiac seemed to be doing drills off Morro Bay.
Scott C dates from 2007.
Here Scott C crosses Cape Cod, a staple of shortseashipping in the sixth boro. In the link on shortsea… previous sentence, you are treated to bowsprite’s delightful eutopic visions for humanizing the sixth boro, unlike the dytopic view Alexis Rockman projects as a cautionary tale.
Closing shot: a mystery tug, place and fotografer to be disclosed soon.
All fotos (almost) here by Will Van Dorp, in the past week.
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