Swept Away

I can picture me sitting on the rim of the steering house waving.

I never heard of a boat graveyard! I heard of an airplane graveyard....

If Motts did shots of an airplane graveyard that would be awesome too! (hint)

Davis AFB in Tucson AZ has a large aircraft graveyard. They used to have tours, I took it in 97. I think that may no longer be the case after 9/11. You can get a good view with Google Maps.

Old wooden hull tug boat -- this one has to be close to 100 years old -- if not older. I don't think they made any tugs with wooden hulls after the 1930s. Too bad this antique is beyond restoration.

100 years old! Makes me wonder if this ever tugged anything glamorous in her day - the Titanic or Queen Mary for instance? To think she's probably been sitting there for a good proportion of that time too...

These tugs are a sad sight - I've seen pictures of really big ships abandoned or awaiting scrapping, which are sombre in themselves, but somehow little tugboats are 'cute' in a way that no liner or frieghter can ever be.

I'd love to see shots of an airplane graveyard. Though I can't imagine that in the post 9/11 paranoia, they're especially easy to gain access to, and I suppose if you were caught sneaking around one you'd be looking at a lot more than a telling-off from a security guard.

Here's a couple I found:

http://www.modern-ruins.com/ruins/boneyard/
http://www.surrealcoco ... herncal/mojave.htm

I love this boat! It's so quaint! *wants it in her backyard*

Ehm, rich_edwards79, the Titanic didn't really make it to NY, did it?

Thanks, Rich! Now, Motts, when you look at the aircraft boneyards, doncha wanna go take some pictures? PUHLEEEEZE! (still waiting on the Dixmont photos, too!!!!)

Hahaha Barry that is a rather good point hou make there (slaps head in frustration!)

I agree, the Plane Graveyard would be the greatest.. A fomer pilot in Nam, I would like to see the F4's Last Stand.
DB

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She was ship shape and bristol sharp, waiting for that grand Lady - The Titanic! When finally she didn't show...it just killed her.......

This is, or was, the NED MORAN, a tugboat of the Moran Towing Corp. It's come a long way from the day when it sported a paint scheme of bright red with white trim, belching steam & smoke as it bullied its way around the harbor. These old single-screw "pirate tugs" once ruled the ports, pushing giant passanger steamers, warships, cargo haulers & barges around the ports & rivers. But time marches on, and they've been replaced by a fleet of state-of-the-art techno-wonders that can run circles around these old wood-hulled tubs.

Moran Towing Corp link, if anyone is interested:

http://www.morantug.com

One more tidbit of information ... the Ned Moran was originally built as the Apollo in 1895, making that hulk 111 years old! Moran bought her in 1949 and renamed her Ned Moran.

Ned Moran, I didn't know she was built as the Apollo - I didn't know that Mescek owned the Apollo, Since the Ned was formaly the Fredrick T. Mescek, but then again the TES and Steven Lang could be wrong. No Matter what name she was she still is a Lady and yes she did help dock some of the great liners, I very sure she helped dock the Queen. Didn't mean to step on any toes.

staten island has a graveyard for boats??????

thats a pretty torn up boat I think.I wish i knew how it sank.

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it's awesome! I love it.

The Ned Moran was, incidentally, the ship of the day in the Daily Shipping Newsletter 2003 - 126. Here's what they had to say:

"The ss. Ned Moran sailed for Moran Tugs during 1954-1963, the tug with a brt of 206 tons had 1040 ipk, she was 20.48 x 8.28 x 4.27 mtr and build during 1930 at A.C.Brown & Sons in Tottenville, she sailed first under the name Federick sic) E Mesek in New York and was purchased by Moran during 1954 where she served until 1963 when she was sold to Witte's Staten Island yard

I've posted an undated photo of Ned in action on my website here:

http://home.satx.rr.co...land/Ned%20Moran.jpg

Looks like it used to be a nice boat.

Wow, think how this ship probely survived dozens of storms and now its left to finally go down in a few feet of water. Moving thought.

Your right Tim it is amazing how the boat is still standing. It looks like the boat is ready to cave in. I would still explore what is left of it if I could.

I crawled around these wrecks in the 70s and they were in bad shape then. When they cave in they go fast and without warning. Enjoy the photos and stay safe. Also after all these years there really isnt anything left to see.

I'm swept away by this gallery. Fabulous!

awe these are creepy as hell!

Interestingly and ironically, the passenger steamer Eastland suffered a fate similar to these boats. (poor top-heavy construction and being over capacity caused the rollover at the dock in Chicago)