Sixth Boro Close Ups 5

Genesis Vision with push gear lines to 

GM 6508,

 

JRT Moran slacking off the line to W Kyrenia, ex-P&O Nedlloyd Shackleton with a deckhand for scale, 

red light night vision area in hangar bay aboard USS Marinette (LCS 25) and USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759) alongside, 

Ospreys on the far side of the VZ Bridge, 

Marilyn George, 

pilot ladder reeled in, 

tugster fenced out, 

and good to see Joker contrasted with rusty 

Cap’n Sam.

All photos, any errors, WVD.

 

Fleet I Did Meet 2024 B

In order of appearance here, the large fleet ships include USS Marinette (LCS 25), USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759), FGS Baden-Württemberg (F-222), FGS Frankfurt am Main (A-1412), and USS Bataan (LHD 5).   

In other words, a littoral combat ship,

a national security cutter, 

a German frigate, 

 

a German replenishment ship, 

and an amphibious assault ship.

Tugboats here are (l to r) Timothy, Justine, Bruce A., and Grace McAllister.

For a video tour of the amphibious assault ship, click here.

 

Grace was showing off her stuff.

I put this on Instagram with the caption “pulled over,” but that made little sense since IG chopped off the NYPD vehicle;  I hope this makes more sense with the caption “pulled over.”

All photos, any errors, WVD.

Government Boats 62

Many thanks to Pat English of FB’s St Lawrence Seaway Shipwatchers Network for these first two photos.  Pat caught a previous LCS here back in 2020.

That’s Picton Terminal’s Amy Lynn D assisting USS Marinette (LCS-25) as it heads out to sea through the Iroquois lock.  All the Freedom-class littoral combat ships built in Marinette WI have required an escort through the Seaway.  In fact, back in 2018 USS Little Rock got stuck downstream of the Seaway because of incompatibility with cold and ice.

Mamilossa, here just downstream of the Beauharnois Canal, is one of five hovercraft operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. 

A Cockerell hovercraft first crossed the English Channel back in 1959.

Pierre Radisson, 323′ x 64′ and in service since 1977,  is one of four CCG medium icebreakers.  

HMCS Margaret Brooke  AOPV-431 is the second Arctic Offshore patrol vessel recently built for the operations in the northern waters of Canada.

Docked near the shipyard in Halifax are AOPVs 433 and 432, Hall and Bernays, the two most recently delivered vessels in this class. 

HMCS Moncton MM-708 visited the sixth boro back in 2016, here.

Many thanks to Pat for sharing the images of USS Marinette transiting the Iroquois lock the other day.  All others, any errors, WVD.

More on LCSs here.