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Here’s a new name on this blog: Posillico, operator of Breakwater Marine and tugboat Deborah Quinn, the 1962 one. Does anyone know the intended outcome of this work on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge?
As it turns out, there’s another tugboat that once carried the Deborah Quinn name.
This Quinn is a large boat: 92′ x 27′.
Sea Lion is a regular on the East River, here heading into Newtown Creek.
At 65′ x 27′, Lion dates from 1980.
Brinn Courtney is fairly new in the sixth boro, and
appears to be keeping quite busy.
The first time I saw her she still had some red livery on her here.
All photos, WVD, whose previous iterations of this title can be seen here.
What’s happening at this bridge?
Approaching on what appears to be a wooded river is an antiquated cargo vessel.
Know this sylvan location?
Might this be a not-so-obscure location referred to as the UES,
the Upper East Side of Manhattan? That certainly appears to be a section of the river campus of Rockefeller University . . .
Of course, this is the non-river but a tidal strait referred to as the East River, where the first pre-fabricated portions of the new campus were lifted in place only six years ago here.
And of course this is Empire State VI, launched as a cargo ship in 1961, converted on the Great Lakes to be a training ship, and serving as such for SUNY Maritime for over 30 years now, and departing on her last summer sea term for that school. See here.
Old as this training ship is, she turned heads along the East River as she headed out for sea. Many past departures and returns and shifts have been the basis of posts on this blog in recent years. I’d love to see photos of her transiting the Welland Canal and Saint Lawrence back 30+ years ago after conversion to training ship.
Happy, safe, and instructive cruise, cadets. As of posting today, she’s off the east end of Long Island with next port of call–if my info is current–Philly. I wonder if there will be a sail-past of the new NSMV at the Shipyard there . . . . It would make a great photo op, with the old and the new.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
Pete Ludlow’s photos have shown a variety of vessel traffic near Hell Gate. Here’s a whimsical set, not really work boats for a day I’m having a hard time working or even thinking about working.
Who knew the variety of traffic here?!!
There has to be a story here, and
photos are said to be worth a thousands of words . . .
I wish I knew the story, or even just the name and itinerary of a boat like this….
Many thanks, Pete.
Let’s get back to some Pete Ludlow photos. Co Morgan has such a long history of names going back to 1951 1965, I’m just going to paste it in here.
A high vantage point helps convey appreciation for the train of three Mister Jim tows through Hell Gate.
Ditto Navigator. From this perspective, her smart color scheme is clear.
Meghan Marie heads into Hell Gate with a destination somewhere along the Sound or farther.
All photos by Pete Ludlow. Thanks, Pete.
For what might be considered an exotic among exotics, let’s go back to Pete Ludlow’s photos, meet Windserve Odyssey.
As an all-purpose offshore wind farm support vessel, it is just one vessel type that will be more common in the years to come. The blog alluded to this particular vessel and a possible transit through the sixth boro back last September. Pete’s photo here confirms that it did transit back on the first day of 2022.
Hat tip and thanks, Pete, for catching this.
Tugster is still gallivanting far away from the sixth boro, will be for the better part of a week yet, leaving the robots in charge. We test the perimeter, push the parameters, but in our own robotic ways, support the mission.
More photos here thanks to Pete Ludlow.
The Amigo is an asphalt tanker. That means she moves her cargo around at almost 300 degrees F.
She was eastbound with assist by James D Moran.
What do you suppose Vinik No. 6 had in tow?
Nicholas and Liz assisted as well.
But of course, it was the venerable training ship . . .
from the shipyard on its way back to Fort Schuyler.
Again, many thanks to Pete for sharing these scenes not previously seen on tugster.
Unrelated: Since we robots monitor harbor events and share news, here’s a surprise that will astonish tugster upon his return: The Brown tugs have been sold to Seward Marine of Chesapeake VA.
Here are previous iterations of this title. Sometimes it’s energizing to return to places you’ve not visited in a while. We followed North River for a bit and then turned into
the Brooklyn Navy yard, a quite busy place. Sugar Express was there along with Carolina Coast. The barge shuttles less-refined sugar from Florida to Yonkers, where the sugar is further refined at a riverside facility.
Atlantic Salvor was in one of the graving docks.
Once under way again, we followed Genesis Eagle heading for the Sound.
North River was docked at DEP Ward’s Island Central (actually WPCP) by the time we passed by.
NYC Department of Correction Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility was still where I last saw it, the only traffic being who goes in and out.
Ditto this wreck, which deserves a name or a series of ex-names, where the only traffic is the ingress and egress of tidal current water.
All photos this week, WVD.
Welcome back from Summer Sea Term this year. An FDNY boat provided a water display welcome on the far side of Governors Island, but my vantage point, as suggested by a SUNY grad, was Brooklyn Heights. This was the view from the Esplanade and Pierrepont. To see my perspective on previous occasions, click on the tag above. From the Heights, the overcast and almost precipitating morning dimmed the many gantry cranes in the distant port.
When she was delivered in 1962 as a break bulk freighter SS Oregon, she would have been typical of freighters on the high seas. Since 1990, returning aboard from summer sea terms has been a rite of passage for thousands of SUNY grads. I hope I have my dates right; if not, I’m sure you’ll correct me.
Passing the ferry terminals at the tip of Manhattan must have looked quite different back 30 years ago; the sight from 100 years ago would have differed dramatically. . .
as would any FDNY or NYPD escort vessels.
Back then, in the foreground, there would be commercial activity and warehouses, not
parkland with
an ever-growing cover of urban forest
almost obscuring the training ship as it passes beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
Welcome back.
All photos, WVD, with thanks to Steve Munoz to try out this view.
Another training ship came through here just a week or so ago. Here are a few more from other maritime academies.
Here are the previous 61.
A novel idea is floating in the East River, or was.
My spin on it is this. Name three of your favorite “maritime” books, or works, to put into a maritime collection of books . . . Don’t overthink it . . . they can be obvious or obscure or a combination of both. They can be books for kids or adults.
And my three are:
The Lost Sea, Jan de Hartog.
We the Drowned, Carsten Jensen
Maqroll the Gaviero, Álvaro Mutis
Photos, WVD. Thx, Nate Austin.
How about a quick post today, all three photos taken in a two-minute span on March 25, 2011. The third photo here is set to enlarge when you double click; let’s see if FB allows a preview with that.
Congestion: I don’t know what barge Sea Raven is pushing, but the Allied boat and First Coast are headed for the Gate on the East River. Sea Raven became razor blades in 2018. First Coast began as Morania No. 18.
Into the photo rides Hercules! Hercules was just off the ways at Washburn & Doughty in Maine, and on its delivery trip to Texas, where I believe she works with G and H.
Then into the photo also crowds Penn No. 4. Penn No. 4 ended up with Curtin Maritime in Long Beach CA but is currently out of service.
All photos taken during a busy two minutes, WVD.
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