ALM Hello FBJim!, You are a wealth of information. I thought this place was "closed" and semi-abandoned? Is there some reason the boats are being removed after all this time? Seems almost

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	ALM Do we know of any persons of noteriety interred here?

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	ALM Hey Kraken, Read FBJim's comment from Feb 06. This is some kind of tanker.

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	ALM Motts I got round trip air for ya to Vallejo (see above)if you got the time. I am sure you can imagine the Navys take on this though.

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	ALM At one time this was a bridge. It just happened to be a floating one!

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	ALM Thanks FB Jim! Dutchess was probably doomed by the good condition. Worth scavaging so to speak. These folks appear to cut things up as orders come in.

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	ALM FBJim, Again you are all over it! http://www.history.nav...n/usnsh-p/pc1264.htm Even with the vantage of having seen these vessels prior to such decay, I am amazed you can provide so much for our edification. Any chance you could work your magic here? http://www.opacity.us/image2980_hull.htm The distinct "funky" nature of this style of hull (reinforcement) sparks my curiosity.

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	ALM Here's this one in better days!http://www.nafts.net/i...ics/ATR/19Sept44.jpg

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	ALM think it through. Patients may have had babies at the time of treatment.?.

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	ALM For FB Jim Any truth to the notion that the ferry best depicted here is indeed th"Beacon" of Groton CT manufacture.?

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	ALM For FB Jim, Thanks ever so much for all the information. I worked hard through online sorces to unmask some of these vessels and did not come up with a tenth of the info you have generously provided. Motts has provided quite a vehicle for us all to learn.

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	ALM Hey Mr. Motts, Have you done anything (i.e. new formats etc.) to the site? I am having some difficulty with the thumbnails and full size pics. I am getting primarily text. Considering whether these problems reside with "Firefox", Nortons or the like. Thanks

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	ALM Hello CaptainS. Granted what you say is on some level accuate, what parts are still good on a vessel like the one represented by this photo (an excellent photo by the way) "Bridge"? It does not seem to make sense to allow the good parts to settle into the mud. Once the goodies were gone why weren'tn't the shells scrapped out? Surely the yard has the means to do this.

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	ALM Twug ole buddy! Go to the next image and Mark M (comments about 2/3 down) can clue ya in on this boat. Some sort of rescue tug from "the Big One".

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	ALM Thank you Matt! I'm on it! If ever...

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	ALM Seems I do this alot. nau-sea. No doubt this is an ATR. How do you identify it as ATR-4? Your link had pictures for sure but how do you distinguish it fromanyother vessel of the time? Thanks.

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	ALM Hey tony g, Can you fill in any holes in this boats past? Must be sad to see it in such condition. I for one would like to know how you came to ride on her?

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	ALM Thank you Matt! Know anything about the rest we see here? I am willing to do the work if you could point the way. Itried to go the registry route but my search w/ both coast guard and merchant marine wasn't helpful. All I have really found out in the name of the salvage site. A phone call to those folks was not helpful.

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	ALM YO Matt! How do you know all this? It is Fantastic that you could fill in so much unknown!!! Thanks.

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	ALM Hey Jeffery, How did you Know this was the "Beacon"? You are sure this is the Becacon, right? Any idea where we might read up on this particular ferry boat?

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	ALM Strange, this ferry was decommisioned around 1964. There is talk of resurecting Ferry service along the Beacon Ferry - Newburgh line.

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	ALM Abrams S. Hewitt had a sister ship, The George B. McClellan that fared no better and was removed from service 17 sept.1953 and disposed of 1954. Wonder if one of those "ships in a row" might be the Geo.B?

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	ALM Yeah, the ick is going into the water but no/one is being blamed here. If you actually did something i.e. remove the hulks offshore you are deemed a "cause".

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	ALM Who do these hulks belong to. Why is there no urgentcy to process them?

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