Random Ships 31

Saturday morning . . . sunrise . . . Gran Couva.

Same time . . . MTM Hamburg.

An hour later, Stolt Bobcat heads for sea.  Can you make out her original name in raised metal letters?

Golden Legend.   That’s Firefighter II overtaking to port and a boom boat to starboard.

MTM Hamburg inbound the Kills leased by Gramma Lee T Moran.

Voge Paul  in Gravesend Bay with Twin Tube and

Gran Couva Trinidad bound and

not a half hour later Afrodite in the offing bound

for Albany, where as of this writing, she’s not yet arrived.

All photos yesterday morning by Will Van Dorp.

 

Government Boats 31

Today’s post relates directly to the very first one in this series.  NYPD’s newest vessel is a Gladding-Hearn gem.  Any guesses on her speed?

As I watched this morning, she was doing a consistent 40.1 knots . . . heading here in the direction of Jamaica Bay!  For the specifics on her 3200 hp propulsion system, click here.   In the distance, that’s Twin Tube delivering supplies to Voge Paul, a Philippines-built bulker bound for Albany.

I’m not willing to enumerate all the Gladding-Hearn boats that have appeared on this blog over the years, but many tugs, pilot boats, fast ferries, and government boats are among the +400 vessels turned out by the shipyard in over a half century, but if you wish, scroll through here and see which ones you recognize.    Recently, six of their pilot boats were delivered to the Colombian Navy.

The new NYPD vessel is called 628 Dillon Stewart.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.