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0631. I had planned to get photos Cape Edmont depart the sixth boro towed by Kurt J. Crosby . . . on Saturday morning. When I saw on AIS that McAllister tugs were mustering at the opening of the Bayonne drydock, I thought they just would depart the drydock where it had spent the past months and then do some checks before leaving.
0638. Sure . . . they’ll depart Saturday morning. The tugs here are Bruce A., Gregg, Ellen, and Ava M. McAllister. Kurt J. is on the wall south of the drydock.
0642. By now Kurt J. had come off the wall.
0655. Kurt J. was still tailing, but by
0717, Kurt J. had moved to the bow of the ship, and I was wondering if I should change my plans for the day.
By 0843, Sorensen Miller had followed the tow south into the Lower Bay, and by then, I was pretty sure I’d missed the boat.
Disappointing, but not the first time. Some gratuitous photos of the vessels then? I never did get a good shot of the MSC MARAD ship.
And an previously unused photo of the big tug. Does anyone have photos of this tugboat out of the water? I’d love to see the propulsion configuration . . . the wheels.
Some days you catch the boat, or the fish, or ___, and then there are those other days. Maybe my editor will assemble a staff?
On that subject, I will be traveling inland starting from the 10th until October. Road photos I’ll be able to do plenty when i have wifi, but that invaluable but anonymous staff will have to carry the water, do the lifting, and/or take the photos . . . .
She’s not young,
but if this info is to be believed, she’s 147′ x 50′ x
16′ max draft and powered by three engines totaling 16,500 hp
and can carry $829,321.70 of fuel at current NJ prices!!
!@#$ !@!!,
she’s a big vessel,
as an understatement.
she has much more than 16,500 hp attitude! And she’s unmistakably an Otto Candies boat, lines that can be seen in lots of former Candies boats.
I missed her in May when she brought in a dead ship, and I don’t know why she’s in town, but I’m glad I caught her.
All photos, WVD.
A similar vessel was featured in this post from 2014.
Timo Pajunen took this photo back in 2010. Here are my questions for you: whose livery? what mission? what was McArthur‘s original mission? I’ll answer at the end of the post.
Charles Ritchie took this. Hawk YTL-153 has fine pedigree: in 1941, she was built and launched in Pearl Harbor and was present during the attack. Since 1980, she’s been based in Narragansett Bay, operated by Specialty Diving Services Inc. Do I see this correctly that she’s being operated from a topside helm? Here is Charles Ritchie’s project.
When I posted Brad Ickes’ photos a month back, I forgot to post the best shots of Cable Queen he had sent. I hope this makes amends for my having misplaced them.
The other day I noticed Cable Queen is docked back at her usual spot, nestled in a corner just west of the Moran dock.
These days there are photos everywhere of the salvage of incorrectly-ballasted RORO Golden Ray. This structure, as I understand it, incorporates both a saw and a lift. This photo and the next two come from Chris Roehrig. These photos from gCaptain are stunning. The yellow structure over the wreck is Versabar’s VB 10,000, a heavy lift vessel launched in 2010.
Moving the deck barge around with portion of the wreck are Crosby tugs, Crosby Star, a 4200 hp boat, below and
to the left. The real eye-catcher here is Kurt J Crosby, here alongside Crosby Leader. Kurt J, according to the company website, packs a whopping 16500 hp! Have a look at their photo of the 2000 build. Crobsy Leader, dwarfed and mostly obscured here, itself is rated at 15000 hp. Seeing these behemoths at work would almost make a trip down there worthwhile.
Jack Ronalds sent along these photos from Strait of Canso. It’s Calusa Coast and her
tank barge Delaware. They’ve spent some years working on the Great Lakes and are now returning
to salt water. They have returned to the sixth boro, where I photographed her 13 years ago, but I’ve not yet seen them this visit. For a treasure trove of Jack Ronalds/marine traffic photos, click here.
Getting back to that first photo, MV McArthur began life in 1965 as NOAAS McArthur (S330). She was decommissioned in 2003. In 2006 she was purchased by Blackwater USA (you’ve heard of them and their founder Eric Prince?) who offered it as a “warship for hire.” In the murk, Blackwater USA morphed into a series of other private security businesses. MV McArthur became Eaton while operated by Saracen International. At last record, the Norfolk VA vessel flew the flag of Comoros and was called Maandeeq, and since AIS showed her last in June 2019 in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, India, just north of Alang, I don’t think she’s chasing pirates anymore.
For a crazy tangent, Gujarat is the 9th largest state in India by population. At 9th place (of 34), it has a population greater than Italy, South Korea, Spain, Poland, etc. It’s way larger than Canada, whose population is currently at 37 million. India’s largest state by population, Uttar Pradesh, is 200 million, which would make it the 8th largest country in the world by population, bigger than Russia, Mexico, Japan, etc . . . But I digress.
Many thanks to Timo, Charles, Brad, Chris, and Jack for sharing these photos.
Related: If you’ve not yet read Chris Maag’s story on NY sixth boro shipping, you can read it here, and enjoy the photos/video by Chris Pedota as well.
Thanks much for the encouragement; here’s another set of photos. Actually, if you follow the Bayou nearly to the end, you’ll be here in Port Fourchon at the entrance to one of the southernmost roads in Louisiana. This post will be mostly a photo album.
As you’ll notice in the following photos, certain colors dominate here. Here’s C-Legacy and
beyond Delta Power . . . more orange and yellow in the background including
Timbalier Island, C-Clipper, and unidentified. Many Edison Chouest vessels are listed here, and for Timbalier Island, launched less than a year ago, click here.
Finn Falgout and another view of Timbalier Island.
For the many other Edison Chouest vessels I’ve previously posted, click here.
Crosby Enterprise and Kurt J. Crosby. For lots of Crosby tugs including these, click here.
Joshua Chouest
Miss Aimee and John G. McCall
C-Pacer and Fast Track
Harvey Champion and Harvey Supporter and some I can’t identify. Here’s the Harvey fleet including
Harvey Falcon, Harvey Racer, and Harvey Hero.
AMC Ambassador, Seacor Conquest, and Bob Jr
HOS Mystique and HOS Sandstorm
Mainport Pine and some unidentified vessels
Connor Bordelon, a ProMariner ship-of-the-year this year, and Blue Dolphin and what looks like an identical BakerHughes vessel. I saw other Baker Hughes vessels in Brazil last year.
And finally . . the MSRC vessel everyone hopes never to have to deploy . . . Deep Blue Responder, she with a sibling in the sixth boro and many other places.
Thanks for asking for more of these. Tomorrow I’ll start unpacking the Nola photos.
All photos here by Will Van Dorp, but if you want to follow work on vessels like these, check out Crewboat Chronicles and New England Waterman.
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