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Government Boats 48

July 25, 2018 in collaboration, Great Lakes, NYPD, photos, USN, USNS | Leave a comment
Tags: collaboration, NYPD PWC, tugster, USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), USS Wichita

I’ve posted photos of USS Little Rock on this blog last winter, when it was frozen rock hard into the Montreal winter. Its lines helped me identify these vessels some weeks back as I was driving along the eastern shore of Wisconsin, where I had stopped to see what was in the Marinette Marine yard; […]

Road Fotos 7

July 14, 2011 in East Coast, Edison Chouest Offshore, gallivant, photos, ships, USN | 1 comment
Tags: C-tractors, Jan Caribe, Miami Beach, Sluisgracht, tugster, USS Enterprise, USS Independence

A few more fotos from Mayport include LCS-2 USS Independence, which reminds me of a DeLorean, somehow . . . and another shot of C-Tractor 5. On the morning of day 8 on the road, we caught USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier . . . from the eastern end of Beach Boulevard, […]

The Old and …

April 30, 2010 in John J Harvey, New York harbor, NYFD, photos, SS United States, Staten Island, technology, USS Olympia | 1 comment
Tags: Chemical Pioneer, FDNY, FireFighter, New York City, SeaWitch/Esso Brussels, USS Olympia

Just the facts: Firefighter entered service in 1938 designed by Gibbs and Cox (who also designed the SS United States and the LCS) . . . to last and last and last. And she has. Firefighter is not only the oldest active-duty FDNY vessel but also she who can deliver the highest gpm (20,000) through […]