1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

Sorry, I've been renovating the site. I fixed the URL, and thanks for the link!

I give up! Google "USS ATR 89" and look for the Wikimapia entry. There are also many images of the vessel.

There is a picture of the ATR-89 as it appeared as a naval vessel here: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=40.556082&l...Ex-USS-ATR-89

It appears that it had the steel bow sheathing at that time.



This site also IDs two PCs in the boneyard, plus three LCI(L)s.

The three lamps arranged vertically on the mast below the crossed yard are for signalling in conditions of darkness the vessel's size if it is towing, and the size of the barge or other vessel that it is towing. So it is definitely a tug. http://www.bosunsmate....eamanship/lights.php

This is the flag locker. Flags for each letter and number were kept in their proper locker to be hoisted at a moments notice.

This could have been a storage area for the flags (alphabet and numbers) used in the martiome trade for sending messages and/or identifying one4's self.

Hey cool, I photographed North Brother Island a few years back, didn't know they were connected in history - thanks!

Read up on the rescue of the General Slocum survivors, cool bit in there regarding the Hewitt

Went by there today. One next to the shore line has slide off the barge.

Sorry, I do not.

I would imagine the manuals and papers would be very historic?

What a lovely and unique bow. Thanks for spotting it.

Great shot, with the water, and different colours.

This is a great shot. I feel sorry for the ship.

I remember vessels like this from when I was little (back in the 30's and 40's). Do you have any more photos of the Abraham Hewitt?