1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

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I worked in Staten Island at old bethleham steelyard on tug boat Beaver, Capt Connie V Esmark òf Cove Towing was my captain, I was a kid in 67 when worknig for Connie.
Connie went to hospital sick and I stayed with the Beaver tug. while no
work dock company gave me job taking old ferrys apart and burning remains in old boilers from feery.
I unloaded life jackets off one and sold them to John Kennel of kens landing in point pleasant nj for 25 cents each big money then for me.
if that old Bethleham ship yard could only talk you would all be blown away what went on behind those walls.
Memorys my god!!!
my email is wcm112233@gmail.com
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It is not possible to upload directly to this site, but you can upload them on
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I have photos of when this was in service and my great grandfather aboard along with other firefighters. Is it possible to add here
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I posted looking for the Tug Boat Beaver out of Staten Island ny capt Connie V Esmark Anyone out there know anything of the beaver or Connie? I worked for him when I was 16 out of Mariners Harbor old Betlehem steel yard 1967 Ha d afellow email back years ago that knew of Capt Esmark Cove Towing co. staten island. Also I was told he had a dregeing co out of Texas my new email is wcm112233@gmail.com
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The two comments about it being an early radar are truly believable. Pity this isn't being saved; it might be the only one left

Generally speaking, I wonder whether any steam engines are being saved.
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I was in the Pacific Fleet (USN) from 1955 to '58, and was impressed by how quickly a hoist (?) could be raised. Flags were square, and designed to look as different from each other as possible.
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It's amazing to me as I go through this gallery..how many people are "freaked out" by these photos. Personally I find them very melancholy, and they make me wonder "what was"..as in what was the story of these ships? I would love to sit on the shore at night and just take it all in. I find wrecked ships very beautiful in their own way.
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"I'm King of the World!!" Ha just had to do it! Still love the movie Titanic!
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Just beautiful. I've been wondering as I look through this gallery..was it quiet when you were exploring? I imagine that you could hear the water softly lapping at the ruins of these once beautiful ships..maybe a few seagulls flying overhead. That's how I picture it!
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Love this photo. I feel as though I'm on the ferry, after it's been hit by something and is sinking. Great job, Motts! Only you could capture this photo!
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I've seen numerous photos of the USS Despatch PY-8 and before it was the Despatch it was the USS Vixen SP-68 (commissioned on 10 Aug. 1917). It was only the Vixen for 11 days before the name change.
My grandfather served aboard the Despatch during WW1 in the Pacific before he went to the USS Rhode Island BB (Battleship) operating in the Atlantic. So much for all that... I've studied my photos, and it's my opinion this is not the USS Despatch. Note the difference in spelling...... The actual WW1 ship is the Despatch not the Dispatch. Thanks...
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looks like a radar reciever.
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Also the last coal fired boat.
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This was the last steam fireboat in the F.D.N.Y
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This was a mine sweeper, thus the wooden hull. A steel hull would attract magnetic mines.