Retro Sixth Boro 68

I really enjoy putting together this monthly feature, opening the archives from a decade back to see what I did and saw.  I just happened to walk past South Street Seaport that morning and caught Lettie G. Howard returning from repairs in Maine.  See more from the set here.  She turned 130 in the Great Lakes this year.

The 1977 McAllister Sisters continues to carry that only name she’s ever had.  Two changes, though, are she’s lost the upper wheelhouse and she’s moved to Baltimore.

It’s the time of year for clamming in the sixth boro.  I’ve not seen Dutch Girl yet this year, although I believe I spotted Eastern Welder . . . the nearer boat.

The 1997 Ever Decent was scrapped in Alang in 2020;  the 2012 Evening Star has become Jordan Rose and continues to operate through the sixth boro.

This Mount Saline in Port Newark has been replenished several times, and its granules may have kept you safely on the road.

The 1963 Crow, high in the water here, would never again move on its own power and was scrapped in 2015.

These two Thornton boats–Gage Paul and Bros— are gone as well, one scrapped and one growing into undersea habitat deep in a Caribbean trench and will likely never be seen again.

The 1951 Twin Tube here squeezes in between the pier and Balder as Balder discharges more Chilean salt.  More on the surprising contents of Balder‘s belly here. She may now be laid up as Ventura in West Africa.  Check out the harbor supply boat on her mission that day here.   Twin Tube continues to operate in the boro.   

I don’t know what has become of the 1954 Ticonderoga;  she may still be behind Prall’s Island.

I don’t have any updates on this government boat, said to date from 1929.

The 1966 Patrick Sky has long left the boro.  Summit Europe is now Myra and is anchored near Istanbul.  Indeed, the sixth boro is connected to the rest of the watery parts of the planet.

If you want to breeze back through the entire month, click here.  And I do hope you enjoy these glances in the rearview as much as I do.

Happy December.