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White, blue, and red comes in different contexts, and
this one along with the name on the trailboard does give pause.
Glenn Raymo took these photos in Poughkeepsie Sunday, and they were my introduction to an ambitious sailing project. The best I can tell this project began in Petrozavodsk, a city on the western shore of Lake Onega, in northwest Russia, a few hundred miles east of access to the Baltic at St. Petersburg. Lake Onega is connected to both the Baltic and the Arctic Ocean via the White Sea Canal. As a person who fancies himself somewhat well-versed in canals, I was ignorant of the White Sea Canal until now: mostly hand-dug by prisoners of the USSR in the 1930s
Pilgrim is a lodya, a traditional sailing vessel of this area. Along with the koch, the lodya is an ancient Rusian polar exploration vessel.
If you follow along on the “news” link, you see their step-by-step voyage from Russia. Exactly two years ago, eg, they had just crossed the Bay of Biscay! News articles go all the way back to 2006.
To my friends along the Erie Canal, once the waterway is open, keep your eyes peeled.
Many thanks to Glenn Raymo for this catch. Previous posts with attribution to him can be seen here.
It reminds me of all the memorable vessels that have transited the Erie Canal: Bounty*, Draken Harold Fairhair, Pinta, Sequoia**, Hokule’a, Ra, When and If, Amarah Zee, the future Oliver Hazard Perry, Lois McClure . . . I have no doubt left some out.
*I have photos but I’ve not posted them on tugster. **One of the planned but not realized posted is a review of Capt. Giles M. Kelly‘s book; any volunteer to write a review? You’ll get a free book.
And to the crew of Pilgrim, попутный ветер, друзья мои I hope I spelled that right.
The whole trip, dock to dock, lasted almost exactly 24 hours, although given some delays, it could have been a few hours shorter. Call this post “day and night,” or more accurately, “day, night, and day.” Here was part a.
Let’s start some hours later on day 1. Most river traffic does not draw spectators like this did.
Even the family dog came out.
Twelve or so hours after that, a blistering summer sun had given way to the Thunder moon, here lighting a path northeastward from Staten Island. I took this photo before 0500.
After biding time for a few hours here,
Nathan G let go lines and Slater began the final leg of the trip to the yard; Sarah D is over there, but the illusion is almost that Slater is underway on her own power,
watchman mimicking deck gun, pointing the way.
Once in the KVK, a blazing summer sun returned, replacing the Thunder moon.
Pier assignment received, the tugs eased the destroyer escort into the dock.
Many thanks to Bill Stolfi and Steve Munoz for the first three photos; the sixth boro harbor photos by WVD.
Happy 4th of July. Here’s some sixth boro, some heartland, and some Pacific Northwest. Here‘s the series.
But let’s start with Robert IV, a workhorse who last appeared in this blog here.
Hundreds of Cheyenne photos have appeared on this blog, showing her in a range of colors and trims; this photo was taken last week in Manitowoc by a Great Lakes mariner, who, by the way, at one time worked in the sixth boro.
Ellen McAllister has worked in the sixth boro longer than I’ve been taking photos here; as a result, hundreds of photos of her can be found here.
For a red-white-blue tug today, what could be better than a Nicholas Vinik photo.
An outa-towner has come through the sixth boro twice this week with an unusual bargeload; bad decision-making means this is the best photo I got. Sorry, Elizabeth Anne. Did anyone get a better photo? Any idea what the “marshmallow” load on that barge is?
Two of the tugs assisting in a Cosco Shipping ULCV, Brendan Turecamo and JRT Moran, seem small but bring adequate power to the task.
Another view of Cheyenne shows her location on the Manitowoc River, adjacent to Erich.
Thanks to Kyle Stubbs for sending along this photo of a raft of Boyer tugs. L to r, it’s Sea, Billie H, Gretchen H, and Kirsten H. You might have recognized Sea as the former Java Sea, a regular operating out of the sixth boro. Despite what’s on the bow, she’s now called Kinani H. In the back row, that looks like Sonja H.
How about another red-white-blue boat for today? This is from over 11 years ago. It’s the 1951 Dorothy Elizabeth, ex-Gotham, Christine Gellatly, Mobil 11, Socony 11.
To close out the set, Iron Salvor, a Vanuatu-flagged tug, is back in town. Anyone know her story . . . who she works for?
Many thanks to Great Lakes mariner, Kyle, and Tony A for some of these photos; photos not otherwise attributed by WVD.
Where was Doornekamp’s Sheri Lynn S heading?
Downstream on the St. Lawrence to assist USS St. Louis, LCS-19, as she was making a port stop in Ogdensburg NY.
Also assisting was Océan Serge Genois.
If this USN press release is current and accurate, other LCSs expected to exit the Great Lakes this year include USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS-21), USS Kansas City (LCS-22), USS Oakland (LCS-24) and USS Mobile (LCS -6).
Now as seen from the US side of the River, standard procedure boom was deployed around the LCS by a workboat provided by Seaway Marine Group. More of this scene is captured in this article/photo from the Watertown Daily Times NNY360.
Once the LCS was boomed, the Seaway Marine boat patroled the exclusion zone.
Fifteen or so miles downstream from Ogdensburg, the Océan tug guides the LCS into the Iroquois locks.
All these photos from the Canadian side are compliments of Pat English, who posted a video on FB Seaway News Voie Maritime Info of the Ocean tug rocking back and forth to keep the LCS centered in the lock chamber. All photos from the US side are compliments of Jake Van Reenen.
Again, many thanks to Pat and Jake for use of these photos.
Previous tugster posts with LCS vessels can be found here. Previous posts at Iroquois lock are here.
I’ve seen unusual tows before 2019, but it was only then that I started counting. I’ll add links to previous unusual tows at the end of this post. So where’s the tow?
It’s (l to r) Mary Alice, Laura Maersk, and Emily Ann, all behind Atlantic Enterprise.
The story is simple if unfortunate . . .
You’ve no doubt experienced the same with your car, or boat . . . Something happens, and you need a tow. This one started a few days ago, as you can read in the link in the previous sentence. Here‘s more detail.
Fire Fighter II met the tow as it approached the Narrows.
Mary Alice had starboard,
Emily Ann had port.
The trio delivered the container ship to Stapleton. Moran tugs took the ship from there to the container docks.
Today’s weather was fabulous and seas flat, not so a few days ago.
All photos, WVD.
Some previous unusual tows might be these of Wavertree, Peking, Lehigh Valley 79, Dorothy McAllister and mystery ship, the future OHP, Thorco Hilde, SS Columbia, and I could go on . . . Maybe I need to add some appropriate tags.
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After a number of “misfires” this past week, I’ve made some changes.
To inaugurate these new protocols, I’m pleased to share photos you’ve sent in.
First, from Great Lakes Mariner, a few photos of Cheyenne in her new Lake Michigan waters. These photos were taken in Manitowoc, which some of you will recognize from the context. Here is a post I did on the Manitowoc River. Here‘s one of many from Sturgeon Bay. William C Gaynor (1956) has spent her entire life on the Great Lakes.
See the patina red tug to the left is Erich. You have seen that before here.
Next, from John Huntington back in March, Jaguar escorts the 1942 oyster schooner Sherman Zwicker to a berth in Gowanus Bay. Notice Loujiane in the distance to the left, and I believe Highlander Sea foreground left. Previously you’ve seen Jaguar here, here, and here.
And is that John D McKean to the far left?
Seeing parts of “US naval vessels to be” transiting the East River has long been common, but extralime recently caught Patrice McAllister doing the tow, now that Gateway Towing has disbanded. One of the Gateway tugs that used to do this run is now called Meredith Ashton and is currently in Lake Michigan.
And finally, from tug Hobo, here is a much improved wheel from the one you saw in one of my posts from yesterday.
Many thanks to GL Mariner, John Huntington, extralime, and Donna at Hobo for these photos.
This happens to be the 1953 Hobo, but any boat single, twin, triple, or quadruple looks like this when first hauled out.
And here . . . after a shave and haircut,and some good pomade. She’s 38′ 12′.
The unicorn here is W. O. Decker, 1930, wooden-hulled. She’d been power washed but was waiting for more work. The 52′ x 15′ tug would be out doing tours had it not been for COVID.
I leave this one as the quiz. Name that single-screwed tugboat. I realize there’s really no clues. you just need to go through your list of single-screwed tugs working in the sixth boro.
The 66′ x 18′ 1940 Ireland is up on Lake Ontario, living under a new name . . . Hoppiness the Tug. The main engine has been pulled, and soon she’ll be high and dry up on the Great Lake.
This was assuredly the 1944 Capt. Mackintire‘s last haul out. the 1944 tug was 80′ x 23′ hauled out here in Belfast ME. She sank in 158’ of water three miles off Kennebunkport ME in February 2018.
The 1958 Margot is 85′ x 24′ and has been featured on this blog many times.
And that’s all I got. Thanks to Donna for sending along the photos of Hobo. All others, WVD.
And the mystery tug is Frances, a year older than Margot but with otherwise virtually the same dimensions.
If you’re new on this blog, for the past 27 months I’ve been posting photos from exactly 10 years before. These then are photos I took in June 2010. What’s been interesting about this for me is that this shows how much harbor activities have changed in 10 years.
Tarpon, the 1974 tug that once worked for Morania and below carries the Penn Maritime livery, is now a Kirby boat. Tarpon, which may be “laid up” or inactive, pushes Potomac toward the Gate.
North River waits over by GMD shipyard with Sea Hawk, and now also a Kirby vessel. Sea Hawk is a slightly younger twin, at least in externals and some internals, of Lincoln Sea.
Irish Sea, third in a row, was K-Sea but now is also a Kirby boat.
Huron Service went from Candies to Hornbeck to now Genesis Energy, and works as Genesis Victory.
Ocean King is the oldest in this post . . . built in 1950. She’s in Boston, but I don’t know how active she is.
Petersburg dates from 1954, and currently serves as a live aboard. Here’s she’s Block Island bound, passing what is now Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Kristin Poling was built in 1934 and worked the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard via the Erie Canal.
To digress, William Lafferty took this photo on 15 May 1966 at Thorold, Ontario, in the Welland Canal, same boat 44 years later.
And finally, she who travels jobs up and down the East Coast, the 1970 Miss Gill. She’s currently working in the Charleston area.
All photos, WVD, who never thought a decade ago while taking these photos that I’d revisit them while in the midst of a pandemic. June 2010 was a great month for photos, so I’ll do a retro a and b.
The 1968-built Chemical Pioneer is a long- and multiple-lived vessel. Here‘s a photo of her, then known as C. V. Sea Witch, in 1970. She entered history books in the sixth boro on the night of June 1 into 2, 1973, most of you likely know the story of her tragic encounter, fatal for 16 mariners, collision and subsequent fire with SS Esso Brussels, loaded with Nigerian crude. Fire engulfed both ships and as they dragged anchor under the VZ Bridge, threatened the integrity of the bridge.
Thanks to Steve Munoz, here are photos of Esso Brussels taken several months later
at the Todd Shipyard in Hoboken, which closed two years later, part of a cascade of lost shipyards in the sixth boro.
Later that year she was towed to Greece, where she was rebuilt and emerged from the shipyard in 1974 as Petrola XVII. She carried the name Petrola--with various number suffixes–until she was scrapped in 1985.
Here’s the rebuilt C. V. Sea Witch, now called Chemical Pioneer.
Many thanks for these photos to Steve Munoz, who had been aboard McAllister Bros. with his uncle Capt. Bob Munoz. I could have called this “Thanks to Steve Munoz 20.”
Unfortunately, the disaster of early June 1973 has not been the only one in sixth boro history. NY Tugmaster’s Weblog devotes a post to some of these, with three most horrific ones occurring in the month of June. Many thanks to Capt. Brucato for compiling these with links to the final reports.
Interestingly, the hull of PS General Slocum was converted to a coal barge, and it sank in December 1911. Texaco Massachusetts was towed to a shipyard, repaired, and returned to service, as were two attending tugboats, Latin American and Esso Vermont. Dramatic photos of the Texaco Massachetts/Alva Cape post-collision fire and rescue efforts can be seen here. Alva Cape was eventually towed 150 miles SE of the Narrows and sunk.
From August 20, 1973 . . . it’s another narrated job from Steve. This time, MS Olympia is getting sailed. Launched in 1953 in Glasgow, she was a long-lived vessel. Any guesses when she went out of service?
“MS Olympia at 57th St Pier North R. Eugene F Moran and Maureen Moran wait on the river side of the pier.”
I gather Eugene was the 1951 Jakobson-build, the ninth and final tug by that name. Maureen worked under that name from 1971 until 2010.
“Our vantage point was “McA Bros.”
“McAllister Bros. pushing the bow of MS Olympia. ”
“MS Olympia heading for sea.” Off her port bow, you can see the tall building at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Lower Manhattan on the North River side was truly a different place in 1973. Have you guessed when this vessel went out of service? You can read her service history and see lots of photos, some even in the sixth boro, here.
One job done, on to the next for McAllister Bros. By the way, anyone know why the flag is at half mast? My search came up empty handed.
And the answer is . . . 2009. She was beached in Alang on 24 July 2009 and nothing was left a year later. Her last visit in NYC had been in 2001.
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