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Almost exactly a year ago, I had a glimpse of sea smoke in the sixth boro here. Basically, it can be seen when “cold” air comes into contact with warmer water; as soon as the air is warmed by the rising sun, the mist dissipates. Photos taken during the window it’s visible, in combination with the twilight colors, have rich colors.
Above and below, that’s Sea Lion transiting the swirling wisps of smoke.
Fort Schuyler appeared next, passing
through the warm exhalations of the warm water of flooding tide, backlit by the rising sun.
A bit later, the golden hour of dawn was no more, but
the smoke was visible,
as Genesis Vigilant glided past.
Once it was alongside my location, with the sun to the right of the photo, no smoke could be seen.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
More sea smoke can be seen here and here. Ice, on the other hand, looks like this.
Here’s a new name on this blog: Posillico, operator of Breakwater Marine and tugboat Deborah Quinn, the 1962 one. Does anyone know the intended outcome of this work on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge?
As it turns out, there’s another tugboat that once carried the Deborah Quinn name.
This Quinn is a large boat: 92′ x 27′.
Sea Lion is a regular on the East River, here heading into Newtown Creek.
At 65′ x 27′, Lion dates from 1980.
Brinn Courtney is fairly new in the sixth boro, and
appears to be keeping quite busy.
The first time I saw her she still had some red livery on her here.
All photos, WVD, whose previous iterations of this title can be seen here.
Dace lighters STI Excel.
Neptune comes into town again.
Buchanan 12 makes a rare appearance light, but everyone needs to refuel periodically.
Janet D follows Seeley into the Kills.
How a bout a four’fer . . . counter: Marjorie, Kristin Poling, Nicholas, and Jordan Rose.
Sea Lion heads eastbound.
B. Franklin travels west, and
Discovery Coast, east. . . both light.
Nathan G moves a deep scow into the Kills with Cape Wrath lurking in the background.
Traffic never stops, and it’ll outlast me, the photographer, WVD.
Enjoy this set of photos, taken on a random path across the harbor with the NY Media Boat. More Gene Chaser soon.
Ruby M above is the oldster of the set, launched in 1967. She’s 95′ loa and turns out just under 2000 hp. Below, Colonel dates from 1978, turns out 3000 hp and is the longest in the set . . . at just about 107′.
Sea Lion was launched in 1980, is 65′ loa and powered by 1400 horses. Below, Margaret Moran (I believe) has been in the sixth boro long before I called it that; she arrived in 1979 bringing 3000 hp and a loa of just a foot under 100′.
Julie Ann has arrived in the harbor the most recently of this set, just a couple months ago. She was launched in 2006 and brings 4200 hp packed into 75′.
And finally, Ava M. McAllister is likely the first boat to carry that name. She was christened in 2018. She’s a 100′ boat with 6770 hp.
Thanks for Bjoern at NY Media Boat for a tour of the boro. All photos, WVD.
Sea Fox as a cold front moves across the Upper Bay.
Mary Turecamo off to the next job.
Dorothy J returns from an assist. I’ve lots more photos of the assist to post soon.
Joyce and James eastbound in the KVK to start the work day.
Dean Reinauer heads over to fuel up.
Kings Point going over to Gowanus Bay.
Brooklyn going to pick up her barge.
Fells Point returning from a job.
The very busy Patrice waiting for a ship as Dobrin heads over to her daily projects.
The always moving Brendan making money, as all these boats and crews are.
And finally Sea Lion outbound in the Lower Bay.
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.
But first, can you guess the date? Answer follows.
Mackenzie Rose is the newest name for this 2000-built boat, after Vernon C and then Mary Gellatly.
Ellen, ex-YTB-793 Piqua, here assists a box boat with a boat on top. Ex-YTBs can be found in some unusual places.
Capt. Brian A. approaches the pilot’s door of this ULCV.
Jay Michael is painted a flat red, or maybe that’s a faded bright red.
Mount St Elias heads east with a loaded DBL 82.
Robert IV is off to a job.
Anacostia goes out the Ambrose with Double Skin 509A on wire.
Sea Lion returns, as does
Lincoln Sea and DBL 140 arrive from the south.
And finally, James D and Miriam meet a box ship to escort her into port.
Did you guess the date of the McAllister Bros. photo? It comes thanks to Steve Munoz, who sent more along as well. The answer is 1973, and the photo is taken from the Hoboken side.
All photos, except Steve’s, by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated but interesting: How one small town grocery store in Alaska keeps the shelves stocked here. More southern Alaska boat infrastructure here.
All photos in this post come from Paul Strubeck, who has started a blog here called vintagedieseldesign.
Mary H is the right size to serve the fuel storage in Newtown Creek, a renowned location in the sixth boro. Here are previous posts I’ve done there.
The first oil refinery in the US was sited here, and that industry fouled it, given attitudes at that time toward the environment and disposal of chemical waste.
Today a lot of commerce happens there from oil storage to scrap metal processing.
The creek has its advocates, these folks and others. At its headwaters lies Bushwick, not for everyone but vibrant in its own way. Here’s a post I did last fall after a tour on land and on the water of Bushwick.
Again, thanks to Paul for these photos.
Memorial Day weekend 2019 . . . and we should all remember the meaning, whether we’re working or vacating from work.
You can read the names on the vessels or on the tags.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who’d included no links in this post except the one that follows and which I hope you read in its entirety here.
Seeing a tugboat on a mooring in the sixth boro is unusual, in my experience, and I took many shots. This is my favorite.
Neptune the other morning headed for sea along the sylvan banks of Staten Island.
James E. Brown moves a scow, likely to be filled with scrap metals.
Brian Nicholas travels to a job . . . that’s New Jersey off her starboard.
JRT Moran crosses the Upper Bay enroute to an assist.
Genesis Eagle travels along Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head.
One almost has the illusion here that Emily Ann is on assist with that tanker. Almost.
Mister Jim lighters salt
from SBI Phoebe.
Sea Lion heads out of her base to grab . . . a recycling barge perhaps.
And Atlantic Salvor continues shuttling dredge spoils from somewhere off the bottom of the North River.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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