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Does equipment ever change in the sixth boro? Of course.
Thornton Bros, the 1958 Matton Shipyard product, was scrapped in 2014.
The 1971 Maria J is now Nicholas Vinik.
USACE Hudson, the sweetest Corps boat I’ve ever seen, got transformed into a fish house in 2019. Advance Victoria, 2006, is now Kition M, anchored in the Persian/Arabian Gulf.
The 2002 Labrador Sea is now Vane’s Brooklyn.
The 1944 Gage Paul inadvertently became a very deep fish house in 2015.
The 2002 Gramma Lee T is now in Norfolk.
Does the US Navy still have airships? If ever I have the chance to ride in one of these, I’ll take it in a heartbeat!
Bruce A brought in the 1970 Crowley Mars and
Michael J brought in the 1975 Crowley Pioneer; both Crowley’s were shipped off to Africa later in 2012. The 1971 Michael J. was scrapped late in 2021. Christine was working for Reinauer.
The massive 1970 Penn No. 6 is now the massive Vinik No. 6.
The 1972 Catherine Turecamo is now on the Great Lakes as John Marshall.
Do you still want to tell me nothing ever changes in the sixth boro?
All photos taken by WVD during the first SIX days of 2012.
Let’s have another look at photos in the sixth boro during the first month of 2012. It was a snowy day that I caught Cheyenne
and Franklin Reinauer. Cheyenne is now in Wisconsin, for sale, and Franklin is still in this boro.
Thomas Dann had a crane barge over alongside New Century. Thomas Dann had a serious fire off Florida and was scrapped in 2015. New Century is now Lucky Century, NE bound near Mauritius and Reunion.
Bohemia assisted Quantico Creek with a bunker barge. Bohemia is on the Delaware River, and Quantico Creek . . . in Tampa.
This scene was so busy I might come back to it in another post. What I can identify here (l to r) is this: Maersk Murotsu, Quantico Creek, of course Greenland Sea, Dubai Express, and a Reinauer barge. Dubai Express is currently on its way from the Med to the sixth boro.
Seaboats had already been scooped up by K-Sea in January 2012, which had itself been scooped up by Kirby. Notice the stacks of the two boats: the red/black initials have been painted over and a K-Sea oval placed but not painted with the K-Sea logo nor had the stack itself been painted K-Sea “yellow.” Mediterranean Sea and
Weddell Sea still carried their mostly-green livery, and when painted, we clearly Kirby boats. Mediterranean Sea has just recently changed hands again and is now Douglas J., a Donjon boat.
Beaufort Sea was still fully K-Sea, as evidenced by the yellow stack and the K-Sea oval. She was scrapped around 2016.
Left to right here, it’s Pearl River I and Morton S. Bouchard Jr. The ship is now Zim Vancouver–just left Norfolk for Spain–and the tug is now Stasinos Boys.
Ellen McAllister passed the 7 buoy.
And finally, Penn Maritime began the year as its own company before been acquired by Kirby, and
Penn No. 6 carried that name forward until 2018 when she began what we now know as Vinik No. 6.
All January 2012 photos, WVD, who hopes you enjoy this photographic account of some of the changes in the sixth boro in the past decade. I have lots of photos of that month, so I could do an installment “C” of that retrospective. Besides, although there are things I want to see in the boro today, I might have to acclimate to the cold first. Yesterday after it was 57 degrees here, and this morning . . . a dramatic 31.
And unrelated, here‘s how the new year was feted in around the world . . .
Also unrelated, this 1953 “tugboat tug” (sic) is still for sale.
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.
I’m guessing Eric R Thornton is off in search of some scrap waiting in
the Bronx maybe?
It’s been a long while since I’ve seen Penn No. 6, and here she and Normandy are made up to Penn No. 121. See those four shore cranes against the sky? Here’s a post I did on them almost a decade ago.
Here’s B. No. 250 eastbound for the Sound, with
Evening Star in the notch.
Some people would be pleased with this juxtaposition: MTA’s Highbridge Yard, with Harbor II, MetroNorth, and the 44th Precinct Police Station!
Barbara Ann holds station at the University Heights Bridge, with the unmistakeable Hall of Fame for Great Americans dome over the treeline. That’s a place I’ve yet to visit, one of many places in the five boros.
Ditto . . . Ireland on the north side of that bridge.
And to conclude for another day . . . it’s Penn No. 91 with
Skipjack in the notch.
Oops! All photos by Will Van Dorp . . . from aboard Manhattan II.
A connection between the vessels below other than that I took all the fotos in the past two weeks . . . eludes me for now, but you might know of a link, several even, beyond the obvious. Brian Nicholas pushes scrap over to Claremont moving past the gray Penn No 6.
Catherine C Miller carries diminutive Donna M on the hip . . . er . . until Donna can serve as prime mover.
Joan Turecamo and Doris Moran dwarf the landmark Moran barn.
Since pairs has emerged as a unifier here, I’ll point out that Liberty Service anchors off the Palisades with its mated barge, but from this angle, all I know is that barge carries New Orleans registry, but then again, that’s true of all Hornbeck equipment, I think.
The outatowner Irish Sea hangs for now with DBL134 over at Constable Hook aka Con Hook.
Donjon, Penn Maritime, Miller, Hornbeck, Moran, K-Sea . . . a connection that presents itself is that they all operate in sixth boro waters, accessible to Atlantic Basin, where PortSide New York is poised to create a maritime hub. This will increase access to the retired oil tanker Mary Whalen and create programs about the waterfront on the waterfront. This space will host workboats like the ones above as well as historic, government, excursion, and charter vessels.
Buy tickets here and now for PortSide NewYork’s fundraiser from 6pm til 9 pm this Saturday night at the Brooklyn Lyceum. . . or bid on line for the fabulous auction items (like a catered dinner at a private waterfront location with Bowsprite and me) on eBay.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
PS1: Remember the Nigerian tug Yenagoa Ocean taken by Somali pirates? Here’s my post. According to EagleSpeak (scroll to June 8 ) and Australia.To . . . the crew of Yenegoa Ocean has escaped, in their tug! Bravo!
PS2: On Thursday, June 11th at 7pm the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is hosting an Information Session for prospective City of Water Day volunteers. Join us, bring your friends, and be a part of this one-of-a-kind celebration!
What: City of Water Day Festival Volunteer Information Meeting
When: June 11, 7pm
Where: 457 Madison Ave. 4th Floor, NY, NY
Contact: lmiller@waterfrontalliance.org
SEE YOU THERE!!!
The City of Water Day Festival takes place on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 from 10am to 4pm, but some volunteer tasks begin as early as 8am and end as late at 7pm. Follow the City of Water Day Festival at: www.cityofwaterday.org <http://www.cityofwaterday.org/>
In the vein of the five sightless people describing an elephant while each touching a different part of its body: leg, tail, trunk, flank, and tusk and each coming up with radically divergent views of the beast, here’s my attempt to see tugboats from one of many possible unusual angles . . . bow and stern. Below, Norwegian Sea, dawn in the north end of Arthur Kill,
Dace Reinauer, same location, different day and weather,
Evening Tide leaving east end of KVK,
Penn No. 6 westbound in KVK,
Greenland Sea looking to refuel at IMTT Bayonne,
Mary Turecamo fishtailing in KVK,
and back to Norwegian Sea in top end of AK.
Now as for more “new” angles . . . I’m working on it. If you’re privy to angles off-limits to me, I thank you to take some fotos and send them along.
Unrelated: A new logbook page has beamed in from obsessed Henry and the Half Moon headed for Cathay 1609. Check it out here.
Photos, WVD.
tugster: a waterblog 
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