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GWA stands “go[ing] west again,” the next set of posts all attempting to catch myself and maybe you up, if you’re following along, with random and I hope interesting photos from the past almost three weeks. I realize that catching up is impossible, and in this case while I had vacated the sixth boro, big stuff happened.
A word that comes to mind is protean– named for Proteus. Type “define: protean” into google and you’ll appreciate why it’s difficult to catch up. But here goes.
Within a half hour of departing Warren RI, we pass Naema and
Lionheart. Do check the links. Either would be worthy of a post in itself.
And still north of the Rte 138 bridge, we see NOAA R/V Henry B Bigelow.
On the cusp of Block Island Sound, we encounter inbound Atlantic Pioneer, where you’d expect her returning from a run. Here’s a post I did almost exactly two years ago when Atlantic Pioneer components still needed to be combined at the shipyard.
A bit further, it’s Carol Jean and Islander, both Block Island bound, although one will arrive much before the other.
By now, we’re into Long Island Sound and being overtaken by darkness. That’s Atlantic Navigator II as a speck heading toward us.
This dawn photo found us within NYC and approaching the East river. It’s Fort Totten, designed for the entire US by Robert E Lee. Here could be a dilemma: there’s no debate that I know of of striking his name from the credits for this fort.
We pass HuntsPoint Produce Market,
the floating pool,
Marty C–a Weeks tug I’ve never seen,
the “north end” of Roosevelt Island with the Blackwell Island Light,
Gabby L Miller pushing past Cornell Tech‘s yet-to-be used buildings,
the Brooklyn Navy yard with Asphalt Sailor and –I believe– the old Great Point,
swimmers in the water doing a Manhattan circumnatation,
and–let’s end it here for today–a yacht named Vava II. Here’s info on her owner.
Protean . . . day 1? It’s not even over, and I think so.
Lots more to come.
I stopped by around midday today. Trevor had been alongside all morning. I presume this was loading cargo support materials. Here’s the last post I did where Trevor appeared. These first two photos are taken from Brooklyn looking across at Staten Island.
Time is of the essence here, but I’ll bet working in the 90 degree F temperatures was draining.
Here’s the prep as seen from Fort Wadsworth.
Reynolds‘ Twin Tube appears to be standing by with supplies for crew and possibly spares.
Let’s hope tomorrow proves an eventful day. . .
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I’ve mentioned Heraclitus before here . . . he’s the guy credited with observing that you never step into the same river twice. It’s certainly true about going to a the Kills with a camera. Take Saddleback . . . never seen it before I thought . . . although on longer reflection, yes I had here, doing what it’s designed and built for back in 1992 and in the North River back in the winter. Stern view just looks different than profile.
As my eye followed Saddleback to the east, I noticed this “neck,” and for some instants wondered what was afoot, or afloat at least.
I didn’t have long to wait . . . it was Weeks 526 pushed by Shelby, Norfolk bound as it turns out.
Mr Russell usually stays upriver, but shuffles are sometimes necessary . . .
I suppose some of this equipment will end up in Boats and Harbors once the TZ project is complete.
Gelberman . . . at first I thought she was headed here to fuel, and that would have surprised me because I’d never noticed that before, but when the fishing poles came out,
I realized they had a different objective, one
that boats like this benefit greatly from.
I’ll end this foot-in-the-water with Gabby, pushing a small barge with reinforcing forms.
More soon. All photos by Will Van Dorp.
And finally . . . a research request: a friend is looking for photos of McAllister workboat M. L. Edwards. Birk writes about it here, and Bob Mattsson includes this photo
of it here.
Patricia was built in 1963 and works in the sixth boro here and here, and last I knew worked for C.H. Phoenix LLC of Green Cove Springs, Fl. . . . I like the racing stripes.
Caitlin Ann was built in 1961 and has worked for DonJon since 2011. Here, she and
Sarah Ann appear to be moving coal. Sarah Ann is from 2003, working for DonJon since 2009.
Marion Moran has worked by that name since 1982. I think that’s Katherine Weeks on the far side of the barge.
Bruce A. McAllister,
Eric McAllister, and
Alex McAllister were all working from the Narrows the
other morning.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I do not try to group tugboats in posts by company, but in the past week I’ve noticed an inordinate number of Weeks boats in the sixth boro. Let’s start with this shot of Trevor, which I caught yesterday. Here are some previous Trevor shots.
Earlier I’d caught Trevor tailing a tow pull by Alexandra. I might have to dig in the archives to 2009 and 2008 to find my previous photo of Alexandra.
Here was that tow, the Weeks 533, the flagship of the Weeks fleet. The 1965 crane also has tragedy associated with it now.
A few days ago I caught Thomas and
Shelby over on the KVK. Beyond Shelby here are Jill Reinauer and Brooke Chapman. This was a first to see Brooke Chapman in the sixth boro. Will she become a regular?
All photos in the past week by Will Van Dorp. And speaking of Weeks tugs, I’d be happy to see Candace again.
My favorite Shelby photos have her towing the Starship Enterprise. and tailing here.
I realize that snow days occur here every year, even though not as frequently as they might farther north, but the movement of a squall across the boros rewards with interesting photos in spite of the cold.
At 0925 the other day, Maersk Edgar was in the clear although a squall concealed the lower Manhattan skyline.
Here’s zoomed in closer because I hoped to confirm the unit to the left as Kirby’s Rebel, which I’ve not seen in ages. I hope I see her close up before she leaves town.
Corpus Christi was clear.
At 10:00 Weeks’ tugs Thomas and Shelby moved in to retrieve a crane as soon as they completed the salt pile job. That’s Dreggen in the background. Nearly eight years ago Thomas and a crane were involved in a job that involved fishing out a certain geese-ingesting aircraft from a forgiving North River.
Red Hook moves a barge past a snow-cloaked IMTT.
Emerald Coast heads out at 11:37.
Peking appears from the edge of space.
And here by noon, I was disappointed in my hopes to get a photo of Hyundai Pluto, entirely invisible beyond ACL Atlantic Cartier. The port may have been closed around this time because Hyundai Pluto had arrived inside the Upper Bay, then spun around–not a lightly undertaken feat–and headed out to the Long Beach anchorage. Atlantic Cartier anchored in Gravesend, and Atlantic Conveyer did the same off Stapleton, not a common occurrence for a containership. Or maybe I just misunderstood what what going on, my perception beshrouded from myself.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Here’s GLDD’s cutter suction dredge Florida as seen from above the cutter head and
photo taken October 2010 in the KVK
from alongside. I took the first three photos in this post.
photo taken October 2010
Here’s Weeks cutter suction dredge C. R. McCaskill, with Sea Wolf serving as a tender.
photo taken near Rockaway Inlet September 2013
USACE E. A. Woodruff was built in 1873 and worked the Ohio. Technically, I think Woodruff was a snag boat.
USACE Florida was the most technologically advanced dredge built when it was launched in 1904. Unfortunately, she sank with loss of life 14 years later and is currently a dive site.
USACE Barnard was built in 1904 as well in Camden and sold to Mexico in 1942.
Here’s another view of Barnard with
a tender alongside. It looks a lot like the buoy boats on the Erie Canal.
Dredge Welatka was built in 1925.
Dredge Congaree was built in 1914 in Charleston SC.
Here’s USACE Potter originally built in 1932 and still in use.
For many more vintage USACE photos, click here.
Many thanks to Barrel for this trip through USACE technological history.
Icy roads are here again. Well, even if they’re not–not yet– in the downstate area, New Yorkers place a value on being prepared. You might call that a NY value, but I’m not going any further there. And more accurately, preparing for the future is a universal value.
And in this season, bulkers arrive with beautiful names like Lake Dahlia and with holds filled with dozens of thousands of tons of “de-icer,” this load being off a desert in Chile. A previous ship had come from this part of Mexico.
In less than a handful of hours after “all fast,” clamshells start discharging at the rate of 30 tons per scoop.
Two operations happen simultaneously . . . cranes empty the holds and
loaders fill the trucks.
When that ice starts coating the roadways,
you and all the others thousands of drivers have a lot
better chance of staying on track to
your intended destination. The photo below suggests it’s coming time for another truckster post.
All photos here by Will Van Dorp.
Many thanks to Brian DeForest of Atlantic Salt.
Here were the previous in this series.
The first three photos here come from John “Jed” Jedrlinic, whose previous contributions can be found here.
Coral Coast is a venerable 3000 hp 45-year-old, like some others I know, although they might not see all that horsepower as complimentary.
photo date 8 FEB 2011
Katherine, same horsepower, is nine years newer.
photo date 8 FEB 2011
This Michael S is based in Port Canaveral, where Jed took this photo.
photo date 4 MARCH 2011
Harry Thompson, whose previous contributions include this one, sent this along of Russell 11 (I believe that’s eleven, not two) compliments of his brother. Does anyone know Russell 11‘s years of service?
And the rest of these come from Barrel, who has sent along many others I will share this month.
Tug Bay Hawk dates from 1942. Thanks to Birk’s site, here’s some info on her.
Here’s Crowley’s Ensign on the Delaware River, 7200 horsepower. Here and here are tugster posts of similar Crowley tugs. In the distance, that looks like a Vane Brothers tug.
Teresa McAllister, 1961, was most recently on tugster here.
And to close out today’s post, it’s Tenacious, now a 55-year-old freshwater tug.
Many thank to Jed, Harry, and Barrel for these photos.
What is this?
How about a little more of the same shot? Now can you guess? Cashman is a familiar New England company . . . but that tug, Todd Danos, is not exactly a name known in these parts.
Have you figured out the location? Dace Reinauer and Senesco are the best clues here. Of course, this is the Narragansett Bay.
Weeks tugs Robert and
Elizabeth sometimes work in the sixth boro . . . as here in June 2012.
“Invisible gold” is the term used at the event below–subject of tomorrow’s post. The speaker to the right is Jeffrey Grybowski, CEO of Deepwater Wind, the project to place wind turbines in +70′ of water southeast of Block Island. It’s happening now, and all the photos in this post–except the one below–were taken in July and early August by Nate Lopez.
And providing supply and crew support to get “steel in the water” are Rosemary Miller and
Again many thanks to Nate for these photos. More on this project in tomorrow’s post.
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