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Franklin. Know the numbers on her or what are your best guesses?
Name the tug behind RTC 26?
Matthew Tibbetts 1969 92′ x 27′ 2000 hp
Name the tug with RTC 61?
Stephen 1970 100′ x 31′ 3000 hp
RTC 80?
Kristy Ann 2018 110′ x 31′ 4560 hp
RTC 82?
Curtis 2013 110′ x 33′ 4000 hp
Moving up to RTC 83?
Josephine 2018 110′ x 33′ 4560 hp
RTC 100?
Morgan 1981 120′ x 34′ 3900 hp
RTC 109?
Gracie 2016 112′ x 35′ 4720 hp
Franklin on a different day . . . And the numbers are 1984 81′ x 28′ 2600 hp
All photos, any errors, WVD, who’s soon leaving the boro again.
I’ve seen lots of pairs in winter, some in spring, but never until now in fall, at least not acknowledged until this post.
Two sets of pairs appear below, one Centerline and another Moran, the latter escorting in CSCL South China Sea.
Ellen and Patrice here are going to different jobs.
Mary Turecamo and James D Moran here work on the CSCL box ship.
Lots are boats here; clockwise from the farthest, Haggerty Girls (I think), James D, Margaret, Marjorie B, and James William.
Around 0900, a brace of migratory birds headed north . . . F-18s maybe.
B. Franklin got an assist from Matthew Tibbetts.
Two old ferries ply their trade: Barberi with the highest flagpoles and Marchi.
Two top of the line sixth boro McAllister tugs joins forces.
Two old style boats: Manhattan II and Wanderer, the latter from the Sippican River.
And finally, this juxtaposition passed and allows a comparison of the lines of the 2015 6000 hp Kirby Moran with the 2008 5100 hp Laura K.
All photos in the past week, WVD.
The idea of recent posts in this series is to look at a single fleet.
As temperatures cool off, my perception is that demand for fuels rises, especially in the Northeast. Let’s look at the Reinauer fleet, starting with a light Nicole.
Haggerty Girls exited the KVK into the Upper Bay a few days back.
Ruth M. does the same here, likely returning to rejoin her barge.
Dean made for the East River
after having left the KVK minutes earlier.
Janice Ann enters the KVK from the Upper Bay.
Matthew Tibbetts heads for the Sound . . .
followed by Dace . . .
and then drops anchor beside Janice Ann.
who had been at the east end of IMTT a day or so earlier.
Christian waits with her barge before heading
somewhere in the Northeast.
All photos, any errors, WVD, who in the past has posted about these as bronze tugs.
I’ve been meaning to ask about this lumber on the piers at Red Hook container terminal. Not quite a year ago an unusual looking vessel called Mozu Arrow deposited these bundles of lumber. Here‘s another shot showing all the bundles. All through the stories of lumber being outrageously expensive, this lumber stayed here. In some places, the coverings have ripped off leaving the wood exposed to the weather, wasting away. Can anyone tell me the story of this lumber and why it hasn’t moved in 11 months. As of this writing, the lumber carrier is traveling between South Korea and British Columbia, light maybe, having deposited lumber on piers in Busan perhaps? On second thought, would this vessel travel sans cargo across the Pacific? What cargo might it be carrying to Canada?
Brendan Turecamo is a regular on this blog; behold about nine feet of the boat you never see when she’s working.
Here’s a limitation of gantry cranes; if you have a container ship loaded higher than the cranes can accommodate, getting a last box in place means lifting to the height and then sliding it in aft to fore. Understand what’s happening here? The box was lifted farther “back” than the empty slot, and now the crane operator is sliding it in laterally, toward the right in this photo. Is this a common occurrence on these “tall ships,” to give a new meaning to the phrase?
Do you remember “you go girl” graffiti on a ferry just west of the Bayonne Bridge? Well, clearly it has shifted over toward the Bayonne, New Jersey, side and is showing a different and more corroded side. I wonder where she goes next.
From this angle, there appears to be quite a few Reinauer tugs in their yard. While we’re playing an Andy Rooney and asking questions about everything, has anyone learned more about the WindServe Marine toehold within the Reinauer real estate here? Isn’t it hard to believe that Andy Rooney has been gone for almost a decade now?
Getting back to the warehouse sheds in Red Hook, is it possible this very experienced tow truck is there to prosecute any violators who choose to trespass and/or dock? I saw a more intimidating sign and sight in Belfast ME some years ago in the second photo here.
To show location of these signs and the antique tow truck, note it in the wider view photo below.
Shall we leave it here? I suppose. All photos, WVD, with conveyance from the New York Media Boat.
James William was slinging along a slew of barges.
Galveston (I think) was coming in the other morning with Chemical Transporter. Usually Freeport pushes Chemical Transporter, so maybe I’m just misremembering.
With the slash of safety yellow across the barge bow, I was initially confused…
until the green with red trim told me it was definitely . . . Pinuccia.
Two Vane 3000s separated by five years of work . . . team up on getting the barge gently into her berth.
Paul Andrew Brian Nicholas gets watched very closely by the Lady of the sixth boro.
And, Matthew Tibbetts exits the east end of the Kills.
All photos, WVD, who is finally back in the sixth boro . . . for a bit. I will be doing a lot of inland/coastal traveling the next few months. All photos of workboats wherever you are are greatly appreciated.
In case you’re new to this blog,”retro” means I’m looking back to my photo archives exactly 10 years to June 2011. The “38” here means this is the thirty-eighth month I’ve done this. It’s a fresh look at June 2011 photos, in some cases informed by whatever the past 10 years has wrought.
Bridge Builder 26 doing what it is named for.
F. Dawson, 1969, 66′ x 22′ and 1000 hp, in 2011 was working on a bridge project in the Harlem River. I’ve no idea where either of these boats is today.
Patapsco, 2004 and 96′ x 34′ and now known as Steven Wayne, was one of the first Vane boats into the sixth boro.
Susquehanna is a Patapsco-class tugboat, meaning mostly a clone and three years younger, and still in the Vane fleet.
Marlin (1974, 96′ x 35′, and 4200) and Penn No. 6. Marlin‘s now registered in Panama, and the No. 6 is now Vinik No. 6.
Kathleen Turecamo is now buff and green, a Stasinos boat, seen here as Meaghan Marie.
Matthew Tibbetts is still in the sixth boro and at work.
This was the only time I saw Hercules, ex-YTB-766. In June 2011, it was towed here and then loaded aboard a semi-sub for Nigeria.
Barents Sea came back to life as Atlantic Enterprise, and is currently working on a salvage/recovery down south.
All photos and memories, WVD.
There will be a mermaid parade later this summer; in 2011, it took place on the Saturday closest to the solstice, which would be today.
To highlight the variety, this post will focus on size, horsepower, and age.
Matthew Tibbetts, 1969, 92′ x 27′, 2000 hp. All numbers rounded up if .5 or more.
Brendan Turecamo, 1975, 107′ x 32′, 3900.
Crystal Cutler, 2010, 67′ x 26′, 1500.
Bruce A. McAllister, 1974, 112′ x 30′, 4000.
C.F. Campbell, 1975, 100′ x 31′, 3400.
Ava M. McAllister, 2018, 100′ x 40′, 6770.
Saint Emilion, 2007, 105′ x 38′, 4800.
Christian Reinauer, 2001, 119′ x 40′, 7200.
Magothy, 2008, 100′ x 34′, 4200.
All photos, WVD.
Two blog-related issues: Sarah Dann and the big blue crane are now below Quebec City. And, bidding has begun on Grouper and Chancellor.
Not many Bouchard boats are moving these days; the 2016 Frederick, 125′ x 38 and 6140 hp, is an exception.
I took this just after sunrise for the backlit effect.
The 1961 Caitlin Ann stays busy; her 2400 hp moves the 79′ x 24′ hull and whatever the load is.
Note equipment of at least three towing companies here.
Cape Henry, 2018, is one of the newer boats in the boro. Her 109 x 36′ hull is powered with 5000 hp.
Matthew Tibbetts was launched the year I finished high school, 1969. She’s 92′ x 27′ and powered by 2000 hp.
Fells Point, 2014, 90′ x 32′, and one of Vane’s many 3000 hp.
All photos, WVD.
If you follow this blog, you know I look for novelty: new vessels, new roles, new perspectives I don’t always even initially or ever understand. Here’s for me a new boat, Cape Fear, 2018, another Sassafras class tug.
Brendan Turecamo, 1975, has appeared here many times, but in the past week, I’ve seen her in two configurations, doing ship assist below and
slinging barge Connecticut below. Yes, it’s the same tug, house down or house up.
With the bronze monument, aka Teardrop Memorial, in the background, Marjorie B. McAllister delivers nearly a dozen rail cars on NYNJ100
to cross over the harbor from NJ to NY. The run is usually performed by Brown tugs.
Chemical Pioneer, a sixth boro icon, here is assisted into the anchorage by . . . Franklin Reinauer.
Matthew Tibbetts stands by as Dylan Cooper (correct me if I’m wrong) with RTC 108 lighters Gulf Coral.
Taking a break from the dredge project over by Sandy Hook, Neptune travels west in the KVK.
Sea Lion pushes a barge westbound on the East River, past the old banana pier and Vladick Houses of the Lower East Side in the background.
Ivory Coast stands by with an Express Marine (former owner?) barge over in the Wallabout section of the East River.
Christian Reinauer and barge RTC 145 stand by over in the anchorage below Fort Wadsworth.
And finally . . . over in Red Hook, Eastern Dawn hangs alongside Meaghan Marie. Stand by for a new paint job of Eastern Dawn.
All photos, any errors, solely mine, WVD.
Long Island, eastbound, gets overtaken by a small fishing boat.
B. Franklin, light, heads to the Reinauer yard.
Doris Moran, light, heads east.
Ellen McAllister assists a Maersk ship through the channels to her berth.
Helen Laraway heads east to pick up a scow.
HMS Justice pushes HMS 2605 through the KVK.
Charles A. and Matthew Tibbetts follow a ship so that they can assist as needed when called upon.
Ava and Kimberly head out to different assignments.
Brendan Turecamo provides port assist.
Mister Jim follows Seeley.
Gulf Coast has been a Dann Marine vessel since it was launched way back in 1982.
All photos, WVD.
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