New Names 5

Spanky and Miss Crabtree have been around for a while, as has Robert IV.  But the small yellow/green tug to the left is new, maybe the newest hull in the boro, and a real . . . 

Desperado!  I love it.  Might there be a string of tugs and barges with southwestern names?

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the boro, Petite Soeur [little sister] turns out to be a 600′ oil/chemical tanker.  And who might she be hanging with?

Bulldog, another tanker of similar, one with siblings bearing names like Beagle, Boxer, and Basset.  On the ways might very well be a Basenji, Bloohound, and Bernese!  Alongside Bulldog, that looks like C. F. Campbell, but I’m not certain.

In the Kills, though, was my target, a formerly Bouchard tugboat I’d not yet seen, the ex-Ralph E., now . . .

Hawsepiper!   It’s totally unexpected, and I love it.  

Unique but totally in keeping with Centerline, Hawsepiper‘s barge was Sixty-five Roses.  Know the reference?  See below.

All photos yesterday, any errors, WVD, whose previous Bouchard fleet dispersal posts can be seen here, thanks to tags.

65 roses?  Click here.  While you’re at looking at Centerline ATB barges, check out this dramatic photo of Edward Itta, whose namesake is also quite unique.