1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

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Boo!
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If youy want to see sub chasers today look at the Circle Line boats in New York Harbor, some of them are Ex Navy sub chasers. You can even ride on one if you want.
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Oh no, it looks like its saying goodbye, but. . .its still an awsome shot
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i would like to see what some of these boats and or ships look like below the water line great photos by the way
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The boat is breathing. . .
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I think theese boats are creepy. But it's way cool...
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Hello FBJim!,
You are a wealth of information. I thought this place was "closed" and semi-abandoned? Is there some reason the boats are being removed after all this time? Seems almost
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Wow this gallery is really scaring me.
Its very very well done!
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That looks like a horrible wound...
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*shudders*
Great shot...
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I swear, in a previous life, I died on a ship.
I cant look at one without literally freaking out.
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Go to Google, type in: Brooklyn Navy Yard U S tugboat 1946 and you will see a similar Navy tugboat with the curved deck at the bow, there was a fire monitor (nozzle) there. Navy tugs came in all sizes and shapes.
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As of 9/2008 both of these boats, and the fireboat HEWITT have been removed.
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As of 9/2008 HEWITT and the two NYNH&H RR transfer tugs have been removed, I guess the Hewitt has gone to the big firehouse in the sky. She survived over 100 years, she responded to the SLOCUM fire and probably most of the major marine fires during her years in service. RIP
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Sorry, JUMBO had a wooden hull, this is iron. I am not going to say anymore till I am pretty sure what boat this is.