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Why does time pass so quickly?! As if it were just a few years ago, I recall this Wilmington NC stop on the road trip return from family in Georgia. I was surprised by the amount of traffic in this Cape Fear River port, like Margaret McAllister here passing Corpus Christi with Petrochem Supplier. Margaret McAllister is one of McAllister’s ex-USN Natick-class tugs, in Margaret‘s case previously known as Tonkawa (YTB-786)
Kathryne E. McAllister (the 1980 one) followed the Margaret to sail a tanker.
Kathryne E. is currently laid up, but Moran’s Cape Henry (That’s a popular name for tugboats; I know of at least two others, one Kirby and one Vane.) below is still working, although currently in the Caribbean.
The first few days of January 2012 were as mild as those in 2022. Here Ellen S. Bouchard heads west in the KVK pushing B. No. 282. Ellen S. now wears Centerline’s lion logo.
Iron Mike might still wear Wittich Brothers black, blue and white, although I’ve not seen her out in the boro in a while.
Atlantic Salvor passes in front of a quite changed Manhattan skyline, as seen from St. George.
Gramma Lee T. Moran has departed the sixth boro for Baltimore. Southern Spirit is an active crude tanker but she goes by Celsius Esbjerg, currently departing the Bohai Sea for the Yellow Sea.
A light Mckinley Sea heads west in the Kills. She’s currently painted in Kirby colors, but laid up in Louisiana. Beyond her, Laura K Moran–now based in Savannah–assists tanker Mount Hope.
Marion Moran is out of the Moran fleet, and is likely wearing Dann Ocean livery, although I can’t confirm that.
The 1983 Sand Master was always a favorite of mine; she was sold into the southern Caribbean, but she may be scrapped by now.
Capt. Fred Bouchard was sold to a southern California construction company.
And we hold it up here, midmonth, with a vessel type I’ve not seen in a while . . . a livestock ship, Shorthorn Express, which had come into the Upper Bay for services, not to transfer cargo. The 1998 Luxembourg-flagged Shorthorn Express is active, currently traveling between Israel and Portugal. I used to see these regularly coming into the Kuwaiti port of Shuwaikh. I also recall a horrendous sinking of a livestock ship heading for China back in 2020.
All photos, WVD, in January 2012.
Ten years ago, the lower Manhattan skyline looked quite different. A vessel bringing orange juice from the southern hemisphere was also a smaller one; the 1985 Orange Blossom last sailed into Alang six and a half years ago, and if you don’t know what that means, click on the Alang link. As it turns out, I may have caught photos of her last voyage inbound Port Newark here. Orange Blossom 2 completes her most recent voyage today, arriving in Santos BR–read this link for some superlatives–after departing the sixth boro on November 13.
I’d thought 1976 Barents Sea was a goner, a reef candidate, when I caught this photo of her running after a long hiatus, but she was thoroughly rehabbed and lives on as Atlantic Enterprise.
The 1970 Evening Tide below was nearly 40 years into her career with Bouchard; she’s now a Stasinos boat but her superstructure still painted in this brilliant red.
Laura K Moran–launched 2008– was among the top horsepower assist tugs in the harbor then. She currently works in Savannah.
The 1981 McKinley Sea is currently laid up, carrying Kirby livery.
Ice Base and I had a misunderstanding; upon first seeing her and lacking at that time a smart phone with AIS, I read her name as something different that I can no longer un-see. She’s currently in the port of Quintero CL, 50 miles north of Valparaiso, with the less ambiguous name of Cabo San Vicente.
Back in those days I often took advantage of the walkway along the west side of the Bayonne Bridge, something I’ve not done with the new walkway. Note the absolutely ship-shape Gramma Lee T Moran as seen from above assisting
NYK Romulus with Margaret Moran standing by. Margaret is still in our fair boro, Gramma Lee is in Baltimore, and NYK Romulus is currently in Southampton UK.
The 1973 Amy Moran has been sold out of the fleet, and was last in the Jacksonville FL area wearing Stasinos tan and green as John Joseph.
And tomorrow I’ll post a part B of December 2011 retrospective, building on the odd orange vessel shown below.
All photos from December 2011, WVD, who’s astonished by the amount of change in a decade.
2011 began in Charleston, a great place to welcome a new year. Strolling around, I encounter the 1962 75′ buoy tender Anvil, 75301, here made up to CGB68013. In the background, that’s cutter Cormorant or Chinook.
Heading farther north a day or two later, it’s Hoss, sister of Patricia, and now habitat for fish and other sea life. Click here to see her sink if you do FB.
Still farther north, I see this T-boat, a 1952 Higgins named for a high point in Ireland.
Lucinda Smith, then based in Maine, is currently based on Cape Cod.
Bering Sea, like a lot of K-Sea boat, has become a Kirby boat; it is currently in Philadelphia. According to Birk’s invaluable site, this boat was Stacy Moran for a short time. I never saw it in Moran red.
Thanks to my friend Paul Strubeck, this Kristin Poling needed an assist from Cornell to get through an ice jam. This is one of my all-time favorite photos. It looks to me like a submarine in the very deeps.
McCormack Boys was active in the sixth boro back in 2011, and although she’s still working, I’ve not seen her in years.
I glimpsed Stephen Scott in Boston a few months back, but since this photo was taken, she’s lost the upper wheelhouse.
There’s classic winter light beyond Torm Carina, provisioned here by Twin Tube. Torm Carina is currently in the Taiwan Strait.
Later Margaret and Joan Moran assist the tanker westbound in the KVK while Taurus passes. Taurus has become Joker, wears Hays purple, and I’ve not even seen her yet. I guess it’s high time I hang out in Philadelphia again.
A wintry photo shows McKinley Sea in the KVK eastbound. In the distance,
notice the now foreign-based Scotty Patrick Sky. If you want to see her, gallivant to St. Lucia. McKinley Sea is currently laid up in Louisiana.
Erie Service, now Genesis Valiant, pushes her barge 6507 westbound.
And on a personal note, it was in January 2011 that I stumbled into a locality that had been attracting me. I suppose if ever I created a retreat, I’d have to call it Galivants Hideaway. Here‘s another Galivants Ferry set of photos.
Thanks to Paul for use of his photo. All other photos, a decade back, WVD.
Genesis Vision has just gone onto the wire from alongside, and
tightens it, moving the barge outbound for Florida. Click here for a 2013 photo of Genesis Vision as Superior Service.
Stephen Reinauer steams out to the Lower Bay to stand by with a barge just
vacated by Timothy L.
McKinley Sea returns in the direction of its barge out in the Upper Bay.
Hunting Creek provides a needed boost as Pokomoke moves Double Skin 39 out of the dock at IMTT.
In the fog, there’s a negotiation going on between Evening Mist and Evening Star that took me a bit to figure out . . . Ah . . .
Star goes into the notch of B. No. 250, and then Mist assists in the 180 degree turn. Note the pink ribbon on Mist’s stack?
My father would say, “Dean‘s lit up like a Christmas tree.”
Helen Laraway . . . assisting?
The truth about Helen is that she was waiting as Anthem was departing.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I see this tug light so infrequently that I didn’t recognize her at first. A clue . . . some years ago she was painted red.
That’s Bouchard Boys distancing, but can you name the approaching vessel?
This one may almost be close enough to read.
And this one has the biggest give-away colors . . . .
Evelyn Cutler used to be Melvin E. Lemmerhirt, which I remember as a noisy boat.
Ross Sea I first saw in NYC’s sixth boro as Normandy, not
the current Normandy.
McKinley Sea first appeared here as Annabelle V.
And to round this out, Foxy 3 used to be a fleet mate of Lemmerhirt, mentioned above.
All photos on a windy day last week by Will Van Dorp.
Given the glorious sunshine, the transition from summer to fall begs another series. Let’s start with Maule,
2/3s of her escort, and
a fraction of her crew.
Following in Maule‘s wake, Helsinki Bridge arrives, here with half its escort.
McKinley Sea traverses the Upper Bay and passes
UBC Mobile.
In the harbor was Cordula Jacob and Seastar, as seen from two angles.
with some ferries and a Miller’s Launch crew boat.
Caitlin Ann and
Miss Lizzy work the AK and in the
KVK, for the last day, there are two glorious ships with bright futures . . .
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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Here was 4. Of course, many more than seven Seas exist and work east, south, and west of the United States.
Let’s start with Irish Sea, which was called something before that . . . .
taken September 2009, with Iona McAllister in Brooklyn Navy Yard
taken February 2016
Siberian Sea, before it was called that.
taken in 2007
taken in 2009
taken in 2013
taken in 2015
Barents Sea . . . . anyone have news on her? She too had names before it became Barents, although I suspect Barents Sea will be her last name ever.
taken in 2015
Mediterranean Sea, which originally painted green.
taken in 2015
McKinley Sea, and I hope you get the point that all these boats had previous names.
taken in February 2016
Ross Sea, which actually shows its Thoma-Sea heritage. If you don’t know what I mean, look at the string of vessels built by Thoma-Sea just after Ross Sea was launched in February 2003. Thoma-Sea here actually makes eight seas.
taken in 2015
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Here’s an index of previous posts with this title.
And a lot of photos of small craft. Given recent temperatures, it’s notable that all these vessels would NOT be able these days to navigate waters much north of the sixth boro or on the Great Lakes, because of ice conditions. Given the significant clues, can you identify the vessel and location below? Answers follow.
Here’s Julia, a sturdy all weather boat out with McKinley Sea.
Here’s Julia a few weeks ago–when the whelp of Hudson River ice still went out into the Lower Bay–
retrieving personnel from NS Lotus.
Taking the stern of Kimberly Poling . . . a small USACE I don’t recognize.
See the small unidentified boat beyond Mako‘s stern. I believe it’s the Vane crew boat, not
to be confused with Grace D.
ABC-1 was out with supplies a few weeks ago, no matter the single-digit temperatures.
These temperatures could kill, but small fish boats like Pannaway are out there.
And if I’m reading that right, Pannaway is registered in a New Hampshire, my home state as you can read on the “about tugster” page.
Harbor Charlie is out with the small NYPD boat.
Now, let’s mix things up a bit. Seth Tane took this photo in the sixth boro back in the late 70s or early 80s. Can anyone identify this boat, Karen L? I ran a lot of photos from that era by Seth in a series here almost two years ago. In this case, Karen L seems to have just returned four jolly tars back to their ship in the anchorage as another crewman watches from the rail.
Rich Taylor took this photo recently off St. Lucia, four different very balanced tars in a long narrow boat.
This photo comes via Fred Trooster in Rotterdam showing line handlers there. Here’s a post I did over three years ago of line handlers in the Kills.
And this somehow returns us to the mystery vessel at the top of the post: Knight Rider following the FDR just north of the United Nations, the blue flag in the top photo being the clue.
Thanks to Rich, Seth, and Fred for the photos already attributed. All others by Will Van Dorp.
It surprises me sometimes what titles I’ve not re-used. This blog has little grand design; I choose to let to drift serendipitously according to what I see or what you choose to share, and I am grateful to you all for sending along photos and suggestions. Rock Juice the title came out of a conversation some time back with one of you; thanks and I think you know who you are. Here was the first in the series.
Diane B pushes a load of it in John Blanche.
Magothy . . . and . . .
and I missed the barge info.
Dory and Port Chester . . . . And notice just forward of Dory‘s wheelhouse, it’s
Navigator . . . doing something at an oil dock.
Ditto Mary H, over between the Empire State Building and BW Kronborg.
Ditto Kimberly Poling.
And McKinley Sea . . . with the icicle hanging from a scupper hole as evidence that oil is going for heat.
Last one for now . . . Calusa Coast getting ready to hook up to a barge to take . . well . . . down the coast.
All photos yesterday by Will Van Dorp, who has to run.
When Walter’s building looks like this in the center of the island,
the sixth boro looks like this. Here Ava Jude pushes a Hughes barge past Ruth M. Reinauer wedded to RTC 102.
Eastern Welder fishes as Emma Miller services Asphalt Star.
Wolf River does hydrographic work while
Chesapeake Coast lighters Elixir, and just beyond
Amazon Brilliance belies her name.
Awaiting orders or favorable tide and each with a barge, it’s McAllister Sisters and McKinley Sea.
Here’s to hoping for fog to dissipate.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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