Lined Up

very sad

Death Row


row,row, row, y our boat, babe.

Reminds me to Thomas the tug boat and his
friends.

Thomas the Tugboat.......After the armageddon....

For some reason, the tug boats strike me as the most sad looking pictures. Seeing the other boats rotting doesn't affect me as much as the tugs.

I have no idea why.

so sad all lined up and noplace to go but down

Motts, is that the Abrahm Hewitt on the far left? What strikes me is the big wheel...

kwasje verf er over en klaar

The boats look eager to get back to work but lacking human will to make it happen...

This picture is my absolute favorit in this galleri. Its sad to this former Pround ships who ones sailed the sea, and now has been dumped, to die alone.

Vackra bilder, i svart-vitt blir det mer konst! I love it! It's really art!

they are all lined up, sleeping, waiting for their working day to begin. It also reminds me of a makeshift morgue, like after terrorist bombings.......such a sad photo

the cheery sky just magnifies their plight
www.spaces.msn.com/members/sensualidad for art deco art

Nice collection. When I see these pictures I wonder about the history of the different vessels, their crews, all those people whose lives were once entwined with these ships, the skill and months of labour that went into building them, the endless maintenance that kept them alive.

i am sorry for this vassels!nicecollection .10x for this foto.

Kind of diffrent to see boats I think.

@~Me: Ook bij deze foto plemp je weer een on-leuke comment.

breathtaking and scarry

very nice photos of the wreaks yes very sad

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,

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

those are railroad tugs the tall wheelhouse was used to look over carfloats as they travel I'm glad you made this I'm a big boat person

so so so sad

man if these boats could talk...the stories they could tell

Tug boats seem to have a personality of their own. Those have to be pretty old. I can't see them making wood tugboats after the turn of the century.
It would be neat to have a registry of the boats that have been "checked in" over the years. It's out there somewhere.

lloyds of london would probably have a decent record of lost ships.

My uncle was pilot aboard "Firefighter" in FDNY in the 1930s. Does anyone know of its size? Thanks

Having lived my life on Staten Island,and only seeing these ships from the shoreline,it is
very interesteing to view them in this perspective. I find thinking of the men, who
worked these ships,and the stories they could tell. Very nice job, something for all to enjoy Thank You.

FIRE FIGHTER, is 138 feet long ans still in service, built on Staten Island in 1938. Pumped 20,000 Gallons per minute and powered by two Winton/Cleveland 16-248 diesels each putting out 1500 horse power and driving three generators that provided electric power for the electric propulsion motors and electric motors for the fire pumps. The "Fighter" though a senior citizen, always seemed to know when it was needed, she pumped for something like 11 days and nights at the World Trade Center. Most of the water used there for firefighting was supplied by the fire boats as the city water mains were destroyed when the buildings came down. Most large waterfront fires over the past 69 years would find the "Fighter" there slugging it out with the fire enemy! What a well designed and dependable vessel.

By the way, the third boat in this photo, on the left, is the fire boat ABRAM S. HEWITT built in 1903. She was a coal burner with reciprocating fire pumps. She operated most of her life out of the fire boat house near Fulton Street, Brooklyn

i'm surprised they just let them sit there to rot.

I am suprised that the FDNY historical society does nothing to recover and restore the Hewitt

They're still trying to hold their heads (steering houses) high...........Great shot.....

great pic but very sad

The eternal sentinels of the graveyard.

maby they were sister ships's .GOOGLEMOOTH.