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I’ve traveled the ICW from Charleston SC to NYC, some parts several times. This is a “revisit” focusing solely on tugboats. I’ll start in Charleston with Elizabeth Turecamo in the fog.
Recycling comments on the boats below from Georgetown SC, by George Schneider: “The little one shows the name Laura , which has one of two possible origins: A 45-foot tug by the Equitable Equipment Company of Louisiana, or a 45-foot Army dredge tender of Army Design 320, mirroring the Equitable design. I’m guessing she’s ON 1060493, originally the Army ST 2051, then the Army Corps Fort Brooke , and now owned by Sampit Towing of Charleston SC.”
And by William Lafferty: “I’m thinking the larger tug is Susan Richards, built in 1909 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts, as the Gen. R. H. Jackson for the Army Quartermaster Corps and stationed at Jacksonville, Florida, later named Fort Sumter and Three Bros. It’s owned by Richards Marine Towing at McClennanville, South Carolina, and has been a fixture at Charleston for decades, originally run by White Stack Towing there.”
Thx George and William.
Crossing the border north to North Carolina, my next stop is Southport, where Sea Oak was working on a dredge project.
And after that, it’s Wilmington and Cape Henry.
The next batch is from Morehead City NC. Atlantic Dawn was working on a dredging project there.
Na Hoku was there also, formerly a K-Sea boat. She currently works out of Jacksonville.
Liz Alma was too.
Morehead City is the deep water export center for potash, mined farther north in Aurora. Grace Moran then waited at the dock. Is she still around?
Beaufort Belle, then PSC Phosphate, is now Norfolk tug. Has she been repainted?
Peter G. Turecamo appears still to be working in Morehead City.
Clearly marked here in Norfolk are Miss Willa, Nancy McAllister, and McAllister Sisters. Second from the left might be Steven Eileen McAllister.
Jack T. Moran was just a year old back ion 2017.
Thunder is one of a trio of Robbins Maritime small tugs with meteorological names: Thunder, Lightning, and Storm.
Camie is also a Robbins Maritime boat.
Anne Jarrett is another Norfolk Tug vessel. It resembles a Vane tug, and at least two former Vane boats are now with Norfolk Tugs: ex-Patapsco and Sassafras.
All photos, WVD. The * denotes that most but not all photos were taken in May 2017. It’s high time I take another trip along the ICW to see what has changed. And we still have more from Norfolk to the sixth boro.
Leg 3 took us from Beaufort NC to the Elizabeth River, Norfolk.
Again, when I’m back, I’ll catch up on identifying in words what you can identify yourself.
Morehead City is a deepwater port.
After some rough weather spent in port, the shrimp fleet heads back to work . . . parade style.
Yup . . . I like it.
The long bridge at the top end of NC.
I can’t wait to play with night images I took as we approached Norfolk. Just enough water vapor in the air traced the line of the spot light as we confirmed location buoy by buoy . . . 0300.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Inside Beaufort Inlet is quite the archipelago, the largest island of which is Radio Island. Let’s start from Front Street in Beaufort and circle. Wild horses are there,
as well as really minimal truckable tugs.
And a fishing fleet in port includes Jessica, Jonathan Ryan and
Colton Scott and Miss Sandy V.
Note the means to keep the fish deck free of fumes.
Over on the Morehead City side, prominent are to phosphate storage domes. I presume Beaufort Belle pushes the barges from the mine in Aurora to here. Anyone know how large the Potash corp fleet is.
On the oceanside of the Route 70 bridge, the Moran ship-assist fleet parks between jobs.
Fort Macon, Fort Fisher, and Grace Moran.
Salamina1 loads phosphate.
Jack Holland prepares to move a barge of scrap aluminum bales.
They arrived on this vessel . . .
Robert Burton does the same. I’m not sure where these bales will be converted into aluminum products.
Over behind Fort Macon, WLB 204 Elm is docked, more or less
across the chanel from the landing zone on Radio Island. That’s Na Hoku in the background.
Parting shots include this outbound fishing vessel and
an idea about alternative housing . . if you visit.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Even 600 miles away, I can feel the pull of Saturday’s gathering. Signs point north even
atop Carteret Academy.
Feral horses can try to hold me here, but after one last look around this area of the Outer Banks, I’ll head north. This last look will show
Robert Burton,
Jack Holland,
Grace Moran and Fort Fisher,
Beaufort Belle,
and Odell.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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