1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

On restoring it... have you ever tried to maintain even a small wood boat of say 10 tons at 35 feet. The reason it is dead is it rotted out and there was nothing to restore without a complete rebuild costing millions. And who is going to pay that for just another old military ship when there are dozens already restored that struggle to find funds to be kept up properly.

I wonder how much you could get out of it for the iron in scrap. If a guy could get it on a flatbed semi truck it might put some $s in the old pocket!

this guy is an excellent photo taker should make a living out of it! :)

thank you for your art and your talent. and thank you for sharing. Make a calendar out of these and I'll buy them .

that big one freaks me out a bit

awe these are creepy as hell!

I don't want to seem like I have no idea what im talking about, but at what point is it too late to save a ship?

this sends chills up my spine

Could be a Fairbanks-Moorse or a mid production Mcintosh & Seymour which built Ship engions before they were baught out by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in the late 30's.

She was 98" in length and 170 GT. Hull No. 56. Correction on my e-mail, It is ka8ram@jahoo.com. No de in front.

i love this one!

it is just the way the tide is moveing in but it does look cool.

it is amazing that you know that information about some of the boats in the graveyard. you make it sound like you were on some of them. it looks like the boat used to be a nice boat. you know your history. i am impressed. I do not know anything about the boats. i just think the boats look cool. what business did the boats belong to? and how many years have the boats been siting there like that? I would like to explore some of the boats someday but I do not think that will ever happen but i hope that someday i can explore some of the boats that are safe to explore.

these photos are really cool to me because i like seeing abandoned places. I have seen more disturbing photos then these. It does make me wounder what is living in those boats. I think the boat graveyard used to be a business of some sort that went bankrupt and then got abandoned. that might be one reason whay they all ended up like they are in the same area but it is kinda weird and creepy. it is like something you would see in a horror movie where something kills everyone in one location and i have seen plenty of horror movies to know that. It is kinda cool though.

For what she done, what she proved along with her crew how be it this is her fate. She should have been remembered in granduer like some of the other thought famous. From from her , U.S.S. Mason, and there crews made way for me and my brother a family of Fire Control Technicians to be. I feel no joy in seeing this after doing my internet research failing to find almost nothing about the crew of U.S.S. Mason, or U.S.S. PC-1264 for a Black History Program but anyone who reads this I will tell of these ships acomplishments if just a small group of people will see but there is little information nor write up if you have send to me . Don't let the memeory of something good die. atlsailor@yahoo.com