The hospital towards the end ran direct current generators for the power for the elevators, the exhaust steam from the engines went into the heating system of the hospital so I guess you could say they either ran the elvators for free or heated the hospital for free.

See next photo of DISPATCH to get a little history of this senior citizen!

OK< here is my best shot. This is the DISPATCH, formerly the NEPCO DISPATCH< formerly RICHMOND< formerly TEXACO 147. A single screw tanker, 147 feet long 30 feet wide. Built by Texas S.S. Co, Bath Maine in 1919, had a 400 horsepower McIntosh and Seymour engine in it. I finally found this in the 1950 edition of the, "RECORD" of the American Bureau of Shipping . That is my best guess, size, age, riveted hull all fit and the NE before Dispatch would work as well.

She was all there, in the 70s there was still the engine order telegraph in the wheelhouse. It was a small tanker but I cant find out any definate data on it, sorry

I am quite sure this is one one of the WWII submarine chasers that was in the yard.

In the 70s there were still some of the tattered signal flags there, they had one piece bronze hooks, call admiralty snaps thet hooked the flags together to send a message, you had to turn them 90 degrees to each other the hook them together, I think a Navy skivvy waver would know what I mean.

Hi Geekspeek, I use to roam the yard back in the 70s when the boats were easy to identify and there were a lot more of them. You could walk from the land to the far end of the yard just going boat to boat. The silt there is about 10 feet deep, if you ever fell in you would be a goner. I once pushed a plank into the mud and it went in about 10 feet before it hit any resistance. It was a very dangerous, but interesting place!

Hey Ed, if you want more info on the North Bend boat let me know.

These are Pennsylvania RR tugs, I think the CHESTER and OLEAN, inboard of these were the WILMINGTON an HARRISBURG.

This is the Pennsylvania RR lighter BUCYRUS< I think it was built as the PRR 115. They carried cargo on the front and had a stick boom that would lift the cargo to the deck of a ship. barge or whatever. Often they handled bags of coffee, the RRs had tons of "coffee" barges that handlesa cargo of various types. coal being a very popular item in the day.

These are the NYNH&H RR tugs Transfer 16 and transfer 21 built in 1904 and 1908.;

OK, I'm back. They are Transfer #16 and #21 built in 1904 and 1908.

Taken from HILA ex USS ATR 89 this is either PRR CHESTER or WILMINGTON or possibly OLEAN

The numbers took up six inches, if they were on a curved space they were longer but still took up six inches of draft, then there was six inches of space, 6 plus 6 equals one foot of draft.

This is "HILA" the former USS ATR 89, A Rescue tug. Built North Bend OR. 10-1944. The pictures and site are great. There were two other ATRs at other end of yard, they were Meseck tugs after Navy service. That is the straight Skinny!

DISPATCH was some sort of small tanker, I will get the correct info and get back with it.

The twins are New York, New Haven and HartfordRailroad tugs, they were Both TRANSFER # ? and TRANSFER # ? Abram S. Hewitt, is next in line, it is a FDNY Fireboat, big wheel was where the hose was rolled on. Hewitt was built in 1903. Reciprocating pumps,

The red boat is the Pennsylvania tug "BLOXSOM" It hauled coal from Cape Charles Va. Was formerly a U.S. Army tug. The ferry near the Turnpike is the Staten Island Ferry Mary Murray built 1938. Astoria was a NYC ferry that ran from one of the islands up north, Rikers Is.?

This boat is " HILA" ex USS ATR 89 Built North Bend Or. 10-1944 Wood Hull, steam powered. The scrapyard had two others that were Meseck boats after Navy.