Bay Area Tugboats 2

Bernice Lind has an interesting and transformed history.  The 60′ x 23′ square bow began life as a USN landing craft.

Nearby Bernice on Mare Island were (l to r) Guardian and Hero.  I’ll leave that there at this time.

Jamie Ann and Z-Four are rafted up and ready to work.  I’ve not seen Jamie Ann unobscured, but she’s a 2020 6866 hp, 95′ x 40′ Foss boat built in the Salish Sea aka Puget Sound.  Z-Four is a 1999 Great Lakes boat, 88′ x 32′ and 4000 hp boat.  For more Z-    Cleveland built boats, click here.

Patricia Ann was built on the Columbia River in 2008, 5080 hp and 73′ x 34′. 

Sandra Hugh is another Columbia River build, 73′ x 34′ and 5080 hp.

Paula M. Sperry is another Centerline pushboat, 2600 hp, 81′ 34′ and here she’s bunkering Matson’s R. J. Pfeiffer.

Rachael Allen dates from 2020, 95′ x 40′ and 6866 hp.

Valor dates from 2007, 93′ x 40′ and 6772 hp.

And this post concludes with two more unusual boats, beginning with Sacagawea, and I quote from George Schneider:  “originally an Army Corps of Engineers as ROBERT GRAY by Lake Washington Shipyard in Houghton WA in 1936.  They classed her as a tug, but her interior was somewhat splendid, and she was probably the headquarters vessel for the area supervisor.  In WWII she indeed worked as a seagoing tug for the Army as LT 666.  In the 1950’s she was turned over too the U. S. Geological Survey and renamed DON J MILLER II.  She was declared surplus in 1988 and donated to the Seattle Community College (“Seattle Maritime Academy”) but in 1990 was traded to private owners for a more appropriate vessel for the school.  She resumed the name ROBERT GRAY for several owners as a yacht until renamed SACAJAWEA in 2019.”   It turns out I’d posted a photo of this vessel over four years ago here. Many thanks to George for corrected the info I’d posted here before about a different Sacagawea.

Polaris ran ashore in 2013 and is succumbing to the waves and weather.   More photos of the vessel in slightly better condition can be found here. 

All photos, any errors, WVD.

Jaunt ’24 c

Sticking to the format, days 5 and 6.  Enjoy these from Salinas to Sacramento, traveling in the rain at the speed of light.  I chose this representative group while drinking morning coffee as well as while sleeping.  I’ve tried to arrange in chronological order.

It was too early to try the deep-fried artichokes at the “center of the world.”

Elkhorn Slough, and buildings of what once a dairy farm.

 

Pescadero Beach looking south and

north

Sausalito

includes a houseboat made of former City of Seattle and 

barrage balloon barges.

Beached locals and

and grounded Polaris at Rodeo.

Sandra Hugh assists.

Delaware bunkers.

Cape Fear LASH in Saisun Bay.

Then farther into the Delta [the size and complexity of which I had grossly failed to appreciate] to transit the Sacramento River  on The Real McCoy II portion of Route 84 and 

then ride the levee looking for

Delta King.

All photos, any errors, WVD, with thanks to George Schneider for local knowledge.  Not included here are the other 500+ photos I took.