New Names 5

Spanky and Miss Crabtree have been around for a while, as has Robert IV.  But the small yellow/green tug to the left is new, maybe the newest hull in the boro, and a real . . . 

Desperado!  I love it.  Might there be a string of tugs and barges with southwestern names?

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the boro, Petite Soeur [little sister] turns out to be a 600′ oil/chemical tanker.  And who might she be hanging with?

Bulldog, another tanker of similar, one with siblings bearing names like Beagle, Boxer, and Basset.  On the ways might very well be a Basenji, Bloohound, and Bernese!  Alongside Bulldog, that looks like C. F. Campbell, but I’m not certain.

In the Kills, though, was my target, a formerly Bouchard tugboat I’d not yet seen, the ex-Ralph E., now . . .

Hawsepiper!   It’s totally unexpected, and I love it.  

Unique but totally in keeping with Centerline, Hawsepiper‘s barge was Sixty-five Roses.  Know the reference?  See below.

All photos yesterday, any errors, WVD, whose previous Bouchard fleet dispersal posts can be seen here, thanks to tags.

65 roses?  Click here.  While you’re at looking at Centerline ATB barges, check out this dramatic photo of Edward Itta, whose namesake is also quite unique.

 

Names 33

Sometimes posts just write themselves, like this one.  After seeing someone else post a photo of a large tugboat named Abundance and a barge named Stymie, I had to follow suit.  I tried unsuccessfully to find what or where Densa is.

Arctic Breeze as a spring morning dawns?

Ah . . . the good lord DOES have a village named for him upstate along the Erie Canal . . . , a village that’s also associated with other noteworthy folks.

Here I have a serious question . . .  is there a seacoast town anywhere where high school girls vie for this title as they do for such titles as Miss Apple Blossom?  Click here for some other crazy contests . . .

Oops . . I shot the photo too early.  Here’s a closer up view of what Michael Miller is pushing.

And if there’s a Suez Canal in the Kill Van Kull, might there be a Kill Van Kull in the Suez Canal?

And finally . . . do you remember Roaring Bull?  Well, they are a struggling ferry operation over Susquehanna, great people with a long history.  Maybe you can contribute some of your tax refund now and take a ride on the ferry later this summer.

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp.