1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

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ACK! Too close, too close! *cowers*

OK, I'm fine now. What a perfect title for this picture!
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I'm with Lynne and Silkster. But again, Mr. Motts, really great shot. It's so sad, the poor thing is trying to stay up but it's just gonna fall into that nasty water.
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See, this is what I'm talking about. For some reason this picture scares the crap out of me! I mean it's a great shot and all but damn. Strange phobia I have....
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Ooops, typo, I meant Motts...SO sorry....
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OK, I'm both fascinated and freaked out about this gallery. I also have some weird phobia of abondoned boats/ships in the water. Not sure why....but I'm going to check the gallery out. Heck, if Motss took these, how bad could they be? :-)
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wow... amazing.. I love the colors
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Only 1 Subchaser was seam powered the rest all diesel powered and I think the winch on the steam powered was also en electric one. This picture shows a streamwinch.

see www.p641.com the last ww2 type subchase afloat
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Mast?
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Wonderful pics, Motts. Thanks for the unique gallery.
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It may be radar, but its radar Fred Flinstone-style. Check out those bakelite switches!
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Nice crescent moon rusted out of the upper right side...
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DANG!
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Almost looks like a scene from the passion. Very cool
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The container with the numbers and letters is a flag bag.

The flags were used for tactical and administrative purposes, and were prepared with lanyards to make them easy to hoist into the halyards.
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absolutley fascinating and awesome phtography I applaud your "photographic eye"