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Really Random Tugs 13

June 30, 2013 in collaboration, Columbia River, Delaware River, New York harbor, personal, photos | Tags: Aries, Black Hawk, Cape Henry, Caspian Sea, Freedom, gallivant, Gazela, Lewiston, Madeline, Natoma, Patuxent, Pegasus Preservation Project, Sea Hawk, Seth Tane, Siberian Sea, SS United States, Surrie Moran, tugster, Waterfront Museum Lehigh Valley Barge #79 | 9 comments

This NYPD officer of the peace got tugged right into a recent parade. When that happens, you know all things could get downright disorderly.

This last June post is a melange of Pegasus and Lehigh Valley 79 in a setting rays irritating my camera,

Patuxent in the Philly dawn,

Sea Hawk approaching the St. John’s Bridge,

Patuxent redux,

Natoma docked in the Columbia,

Caspian Sea in the Delaware,

Surrie Moran in the same waters,

Aries in Portland,

Madeline,

Black Hawk,

more Black Hawk,

Cape Henry,

again Madeline,

and finally Lewiston.

Rounding things out, it’s Siberian Sea in palm trees country aka the sixth boro, taken about a year ago. I will resume the blog as soon as I can in a land with more palm trees

Thanks for reading the blog and sending comments either here or via email. Sorry if I haven’t acknowledged everyone who’s sent along a tidbit or nice word.

If you’ve never taken a Working Harbor tour in NYC’s sixth boro, here’s info. If you know the sixth boro pretty well–especially the contemporary commercial aspects of it, you might even propose to them to narrate a tour. That’s just me suggesting that, but there are folks who want to better understand the role of shipping and its interaction between the sixth boro and the five terrestrial ones.

Thanks to Seth Tane for the fotos of Aries, Black Hawk, Lewiston, Nahoma, and Sea Hawk. All others by Will Van Dorp who hopes to next post from the obscure January River.

Random Tugs 102

March 4, 2013 in Dann Marine Towing, Kirby Corporation, Marquette Transportation Company Offshore, McAllister, New York harbor, photos, Reinauer | Tags: Discovery Coast, Ellen McAllister, Frank Basile, Harry McNeal, JoAnne III Reinauer, Kristy Ann Reinauer, Miss Emily, Robert IV, Ruth M. Reinauer, Siberian Sea, sixth boro, tugster, YTBs, Zachery Reinauer | 5 comments

Here’s a first-timer for me in the sixth boro . . . Miss Emily, a saltwater member of the huge Marquette Transportation fleet. Look carefully and you’ll see she sports equipment not commonly seen here.

One of my favorite harbor vessels . . . now called Ellen McAllister, used to do gray-work in Holy Loch, Scotland. Here’s more on Holy Loch and its role in the Cold War.

Zachery Reinauer was built upstate at Matton 42 years ago.

Kristy Ann Reinauer, 51 years old, offers some style hints of 1960s trucks like this one.

I’ve no idea how long Harry McNeal has worked the boro, but she was launched in Louisiana in 1965.

Ditto my question on history of Robert IV . . who launched in Louisiana in 1975.

Ruth M. Reinauer is the mother of facet tugs launched in Rhode Island around a half decade ago.

Discovery Coast might be the newest tug in this installment. It’s the creation of Frank Basile, whose bio as written by Brian Gauvin can be found here. For a portfolio of his work, click here.

JoAnne III Reinauer, a 1970 vessel with a 2008 aluminum tower is one of the more unusual tugs in the sixth boro. For a before-after look on tugster, click here.

Finally, a 1980 Oyster Bay, NY built vessel . . . now called Siberian Sea.

And that equipment unique to Miss Emily . . . it’s this knotted rope escape system. To see this in use, look at fotos 7 and 8 in this tugster post from three years ago.

All fotos taken–with icy fingers–by Will Van Dorp, in the past few days.

Random Tugs 94

July 22, 2012 in Buchanan Marine, Crowley Maritime, Don Jon Marine, Kirby Corporation, Miller's Launch, New York harbor, OSG, photos, Vane Brothers | Tags: Atlantic Salvor, Buchanan 10, Crowley Maritime Courage, interesting cargoes, Lincoln Sea, OSG Vision, Siberian Sea, sixth boro, tugster | 7 comments

These fotos taken since last Wednesday show part of the range of weather we’ve had since Wednesday. And here’s a surprise: Crowley’s Courage in the Stapleton anchorage . . . as of this writing, she’s off Florida halfway between Jacksonville and Miami.

Lincoln Sea, same day, off BAT, just before that wicked storm erupted . . . derupted/descended . . . Great pics at that link.

Buchanan 10 was making her way across the Upper Bay as

the wind started to kick up some splash. Did I get wet? Yup . . . but I always carry a dry bag for stuff that dislikes water. And I was afraid of getting zapped by the electricity in the sky as I walked home from the subway. Yup . . . tugster on the subway.. Hey . . . parts of the subway lines allow me to travel beneath the sixth boro without a submarine, as depicted by Duke Riley.

Here’s Siberian Sea, also on Wednesday.

Saturday morning light was quite different, after more than two days of rain. D . . . I hope that answers your question about shooting through glass. This was the huge 12,000 hp OSG Vision pushing OSG 350 westbound on the KVK yesterday morning. Given what ATBs work the Great Lakes, I’m wondering about the claim here that Vision, a year even, was the world’s largest ATB unit. On this foto, I’m also shooting into the morning sun.

Here Wicomico passes MSC Federica. Notice the white structure atop the containers (left of the turbine) on Federica.

Here’s a close-up. Anyone else notice it? . . . identify it?

Beaufort Sea passes Zim San Francisco.

By the way, what are those blue “seaco” units on San Fran‘s deck? Also notice the sailboat up there on the load!! Doubleclick enlarges.

Rounding out this post, my till-favorite large tug in the sixth boro . . . Atlantic Salvor, just a bit over half the hp of OSG Vision, not that hp tells the whole story.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp.

Unrelated to this post but related to the major focus of this blog: I’ve adding the comment by R. A. Pena because it may please you and some of you may be prompted to research it. His note follows: with a bit of editing by me”

we owe our life to the captn and crew of tug boat CABO ROJO; they saved us from capsizing on 13 of may 1966 on rough weather crossing from cuba to florida; will never forget them; our boat was a 17 footer; l was 18 yrs old at the time. now at 66 l would like to have a photo of the ship or his crew. god bless them and god bless america. note at the time of our rescue tugboat CABO ROJO was pulling 3 barges behind it with molasses on a trip from puerto rico to new orleans. who was to tell that [our] faint far away light was seen in the distance. it was going to be our salvation. thanks a million captn god bless. tugboat CABO ROJO and his crew. r .a. pena vero beach fl. 7-22-2012. note our boat the ANITA was abandoned to the mercy of the sea due to certain circumstances; every time l remember seeing it fade away under the lights of the reflectors of tugboat CABO ROJO l can’t stop tears . thanks again for saving our life. gratefully yours r.a pena”

Mr. Pena . . . thanks for writing the wonderful note. I hope we can find a foto of CABO ROJO operating between PR and Nola in 1966.