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Barges “1” was years ago. And here are previous posts that in some way focus on some sort of barge. But the two photos below, which I took in May, prompt this post. I can’t identify this Bouchard barge, but look at the size of the yard worker in comparison.
It’s quite likely this is not one of their largest barges, but it is indeed sizable.
The B. No. 260 is 350′ loa and slightly different design although a similar deep notch.
The B. No. 220 is 404′ –here along with Normandy and Bouchard Boys–and
B. No. 280 is 399′. I’m not sure which tug is driving it.
Frederick Bouchard here is powering B. No. 264–350′–
Evening Tide with B. No. 262--350′– and
the 317′ loa B. No. 250, pushed by Evening Star. My point was how large and capacious these barges are . . . ,
and that is measured in barrels of capacity, not feet. For these barges then, here’s that info:
B. No. 250 = 59,000 brls
B. No. 260, 262, 264 = 60,000
B. No. 280 = 80,000
B. No. 220 = 110,000 brl
In many situations, fuel is measured in metric tons, as covered here.
And this tangent started out with photos taken by Will Van Dorp.
I will be back tomorrow with close-ups of L’Hermione and more, but Bjoern of New York Media Boat sent me the very intriguing photo below. Recognize it? Answer follows. Clue: Elizabeth Anna.
Well, L’Hermione (pronounced LAIR me un) will find her way into more of these photos. Here’s the venerable W. O. Decker. Click and scroll to see her at work a few decades back.
It’s Pelham, power unit for Wavertree not long ago.
And it’s James Turecamo, preparing to escort in the French frigate currently at South Street.
And Frederick E. Bouchard, in the process of switching B. No. 264 from on the hawser to alongside.
And my first shot of James E. Brown, brand spanking new. I’ll devote a whole post to James E. soon, I hope.
Laura K. Moran watches the French lion pass . . .
as does Frances out in Gravesend Bay.
And the answer to the question about Elizabeth Anna . . . the top photo . . . I believe it’s the erstwhile Bear, the Disch tug acquired by DonJon at an auction back in December 2014. I wonder where she’s headed. Anyone help out?
Except the top photo by Bjoern Kils, all photos in the past few days by Will Van Dorp.
And if I haven’t said this explicitly enough, New York Media Boat is the faster, most versatile, shallowest draft means to see whatever you want in the sixth boro. Need waterborne support for a project or . . .want to see or show someone the sixth boro and its borders with the other boros, check them out.
Here was post #1 of what could become a series from over five years ago.
Dusk rarely finds me at my places along Richmond Terrace, but last night I was here with elizabeth, and she took a pic much like this one, and when she sent it to FB with the question “Guess who my dinner date is?” one friend wrote back . . . “the great Gatsby?” So call this . . . what the great Gatsby sees as tugster on a short day’s journey into night, apologies to Mr O’neill.
Barney Turecamo passes Gatsby’s place, as do
Frederick E. Bouchard and B. No. 210,
Ellen McAllister,
Dorothy J,
and Weddell Sea.
Gatsby’s for the night . . . was actually Blue–formerly known as R. H. Tugs. From Blue, it was a short walk to Sailors Snug Harbor for the 25th annual John A. Noble Art Auction. And I’m very pleased to say that
a print of my foto below brought $500 into the museum’s funds for restoration of Robbins Reef Light, and the framed foto went home with a very happy friend. To see the other 49 items in the auction catalog, click here.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
I made my way to the Kills looking for the wayward Ilya, and several times a surfacing cormorant startled me, but alas. Except for knowing that the origin is Carib, I’d make a lame joke that Ilya should be called a woman-atee rather than a man-atee. OK, I’m sure it’s been done. Anyhow, instead, believe it or not, I spotted a motley group of tugs, ships, and boats. I’ll start with the tugs, both ones I saw and others I remembered.
Bismarck Sea ex-John H. Malik (who was he?) and ex-Gulf Ruler, built 1976. Notice the oval on the stack awaiting a K-Sea logo.
Remember the color scheme? It’s John H. Malik, foto taken winter 2007 in the sixth boro. Malik was a “founding Roehrig employee who helped to guide and grow the company until he passed away in 2001.”
Here’s that Roehrig color scheme on Eileen M Roehrig, now North Sea, built 1982 and pictured a week and a half back here.
Herbert P Brake . . . built 1992 of recycled steel by Bart Brake. Anyone tell more about the evolution of this tug?
Foto by Jed of Michigan Service, ex-Kevin Candies, 1981. I love those Gowanus Bay gravel piles in the distance.
Frederick E Bouchard, 1975.
Atlantic Coast, 2007!
Adriatic Sea, ex-Diplomat, 1978.
Linda Moran, 2009
All fotos but the two Roehrig boats taken in the past week.
Michigan Service by Jed; all others by Tugster. Some info thanks to Harold Tartell.
Yup . . . close up of a stack; nope . . . this isn’t only about stacks although I do think Evening Tide has a classy one.
In the foreground here, barge Evening Breeze rides alongside Morton S Bouchard II. Serious question: what does Evening Breeze sometimes referred to a “vacuum vessel” transport, what services does it perform?
Barbara E. Bouchard, long, low, and sleek. For scale, notice the crewman alongside the house just forward of the winch.
Jane A. Bouchard with Amy C. McAllister background left and New Jersey Responder, background right. New Jersey Responder is MSRC equipment based in Perth Amboy.
Bouchard Girls . . . haven’t noticed it around in a bit.
Ralph E. Bouchard.
Frederick E.
And once again, different day, Evening Breeze this time escorted by Evening Mist.
Before you check the answers here, can you guess which Bouchard tug has lowest and highest horsepower rating of those depicted? The highest rating of the fleet goes to Danielle M. , depicted here last winter.
All fotos . . . Will Van Dorp.
For a reminder on the hazards of the trade, see this blogpost about the 2003 explosion.
Tugs operating in the harbor can be divided into smaller and larger fleets. Bouchard, one of the larger fuel barge fleets, uses distinctive colors of cherry jelly and peanut butter set off by white. Bouchard Transportation has a family business tradition that goes back to another terror attack, the infamous Black Tom explosion in Jersey City. Like any business, they’ve faced choppy waters such as the sinking of Morton S. Bouchard.
Oh, the first two words on the stern above though evoke a flood, albethey private recollections of Linda Lee Bouchard, more feelings even than Alice can, if truth be told. Bouchard really has great non-family names; my favorites have to include the one below.
Notice the helicopter below at the apex of a triangle formed by Frederick‘s stern and Lady Bartholdi’s right arm below.
So here’s a mystery. I love this crew boat, called Evening Light, similar name and paint scheme to Evening Tide. Is this a Bouchard boat?
Surely someone knows. All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Tugs… ubiquitous and of all sizes. Operating 365 days of the year, they’re quite numerous. According to a 2005 New York Times article, about 100 operate out of Kill van Kull, the water along the northern side of Staten Island, the passageway between Upper New York Bay and Newark Bay. Like land vehicles, they need maintenance and repair. Places like Caddell‘s offer this service. And while they are worked on, we have the opportunity to see what a tug looks like out of the water.
Here’s an unidentified tug out of the water. What’s your guess for propeller diameter? Eight feet? What would the size of the vessel be?
Here’s another shot of the same tug without the propellers.
Dry docks of this sort are sunk, the vessel is driven in and positioned, then the dry dock is refloated. A rising dry dock lifts all boats–up to a certain size. Whatever is “on board” goes high and dry.
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