The ferryboat on the NJ Turnpike is a Staten Island Ferryboat, Mary Murray. She was built in 1937, along with two sisters one scrapped long ago, and the other scraped less than six years ago. The vessel pictured here was an East River Ferry bilt in 1926.

I am sure this ferryboat is the Beacon, it was published in an issue of Steamboat Bill by in the 1990s, by South Street Seaport. A good source to read about the vessel is Steamboat Bill, is the Fall 2003 issue. There is a small article in there about the ferryboat. Also visit www.geocities.com/northfield1901 for other ferryboat wreck history around the new york city area

The vessel above is PC-1264, her construction was completed in April of 1944, and decomissioned in March of 1948. South street seaport published this vessel's identity ib a issue of Steamboat Bill bacl in the 1990s

The Ferryboat's name is the Beacon. She was built in 1921 in Groton, CT. She served on the old Newburgh to Beacon Ferry Line