April 2015 Retro

Eric McAllister assisted Cielo di Roma, now Baki Akar and Turkish-flagged, out of her IMTT berth.

Mako, in the dawnlight, which I see through an urban window these days, waits alongside her barge.

Bow Riad meets Genesis Victory and

sails west.  She was Huron Service until some point in 2013.

I recall I got this photo as Atlantic Salvor was returning from the Caribbean, although I can’t remember where in the Caribbean.

James Turecamo was doing ship assist down here just five years ago. Here, James rotates Fidias along with Gramma Lee T Moran.

Charles A . . . and I honestly can’t recall where that was, given the background.

Here’s two

of an interestingly marked Jane McAllister, likely headed downeast somewhere.

And let’s end with three of

Simone, more here,

whom I hadn’t seen before and haven’t since.  As of very shortly, she’s on her way to Guantanamo.

All photos taken in April 2015 by WVD.  Stay healthy, keep your distance, and avoid expelled missiles with corona warheads.

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Know this New York NY boat?

How about this one?

Know this background?

The one above is Taft Beach in lower Newark Bay and that’s the Union County (NJ) Courthouse prominent in the distance.  Below that’s Captain D on garbage detail.

I’ve no idea what’s making that brilliant flash behind Joyce D. Brown . . . unless it’s another one of those supertall buildings springing up in Manhattan.   I guess “supertall towers” supersedes “skyscraper.”

It’s Pegasus and

Charles A and

Genesis Vision.  Know her former name?  It’s here . . . the top of the Great Lakes.

OK, so the “B” in the first photo is a vestige of Banda Sea.  See the complete name in raised letters in this post (scroll) from 2009.

And Capt. Jason looks like this.  Know it?

Yup, Mister Jim with the paint still drying.

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

Morning KVK 4

0633 . . . the other morning, a quarter hour after sunrise.

30 seconds later, at a different angle.

It’s really about light.

 

 

 

 

0832  The good light is gone.  Time to move on to something else.   But wait . .  are those the towers of the new Goethals Bridge along the right edge of the photo?

All photos here by Will Van Dorp.

And if you missed the new NY harbor dock book info yesterday, here it is again.  The author writes, “I decided to adapt his work into book form. I left the Martin Golden byline so he would get credit for his work. I think the old names on the docks are  best feature. Most of those terminals have gone the way of the dodo, but old timers can still be heard giving security calls at Standard Tank, Copper Docks and other places not there anymore.”

Unrelated:  Did anyone catch Kirsten Grace leaving the sixth boro this weekend?  Was she towing Newtown Creek to its new life?  As of this posting, Kirsten Grace is approaching Wilmington NC.

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The first photos here comes from John Jedrlinic, who took the one immediately below in Norfolk in August.  So far as I know, Julie Anne has not yet seen the sixth boro.

I’m also not sure A. J. McAllister has seen the sixth boro.  Believe it or not, A. J. dates from 2003, built in Panama City, FL.  Jed snapped this shot as she passed USS Bulkely.  Unknowable from the Oct. 16, 2015 photo, the tight light on A. J. was attached to bulker New Spirit.

Can you guess this one?

It’s a nicely tidied up Quenames, New England bound.

Charles A has been in the harbor since at least this summer.

Coming in out of the rising sun, it’s Marie J. Turecamo and Kirby Moran.

And headed in that direction, it’s Elizabeth McAllister.

Now let’s size down . . .  Robbins Reef is 42.4 ‘ loa,

Helen Paker is 39′,

and Ava Jude is 25′ . . .

This last photo I can’t identify, although I count at least four crew.  Photo comes thanks to Phil Little.

Thanks to Jed and Phil for the first and last photos here;  all the others are by Will Van Dorp.

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Kodiak . . . is ex-Vane and Allied.

Hunting Creek is Maryland-built for Vane.

Charles A has carried at least four previous names.

Specialist, I believe the oldest in the set today,  . . . has low sleek lines for an almost 60-year-old vessel.

When this Pegasus came into the sixth boro, she lacked the upper wheelhouse.

Atlantic Salvor has for some years–since this one left–been the largest tugboat in the sixth boro.  Rivaling Atlantic Salvor a few years back was the rescue tug turned super yacht called Lone Ranger.

And finally, for today, it’s Eric McAllister passes Ultra Colonsay, discharging salt over at Atlantic Salt.

All photos over the last few days by Will Van Dorp.

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Helen Laraway (1957) might be the only tug based in Coeymans, NY.

Thomas J. Brown (1962)  . . . Staten Island based will always be a head-turner.

Charles A (1979) is another first-view for me.

Chesapeake Coast (201) has spent much of its career in the sixth boro.

Quantico Creek (2010) and USACE Hocking (?)  enter the east end of the Kills, although I think Hocking was tracing a survey pattern.

Susan Miller (1981) moves a spud barge westbound.

Prospector (1982?) sank at the dock in high winds about two months ago and is being refurbished.

Also, high and dry for a shave and a make-over is Iron Mike.

And let’s call it a day with Barbara McAllister (1969).

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who hopes the internet folk keep the photos coursing through my local wires and those far off ones.