1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

It looks like the boat has been there for a long time. It does not look like it used to be a navy tug. It looks like it used to be an ordinary tug boat. It looks like the deck is completly roted away. It doesn't look like there is any deck left.

The picture is really cool and It looks like the wall under the window is completly rusted away. The window is not damaged that bad.

It is amazing that the center post is still in good condition because the rest of the boat is roting away. The floor near the center post looks safe enough to walk on.

Wow, think how this ship probely survived dozens of storms and now its left to finally go down in a few feet of water. Moving thought.

Does anyone know whether either PC 1217 / PC 1264 would be for sale thru Witte Marina. I would spend the money just to preserve one of these ships. Any information would be greatly appreciated 1-508-376-1196.

Cassie, The light ship in Red Hook is GONE. Weeks is removing it as we speak. The siloh behind it was a sugar processing plant. Sugar came in by ship and was unloaded and processed bagged and shipped. They are building a Ikea (I think) there where the old ship yard was. The history of Brooklyn is rapidly falling to parking lots and discount stores. It is great that people, like here are recording our history. Keep up the good work. Jim

Go to Google "barge explosion at Port Mobil" it occured on 2-21-03 with a loss of 2 lives on the barge.

My guess is it burned at Port Mobil, Staten Island with a loss of life of 2 I think. Tied up to the pier.

I also support the fire theory. Also, the lower hull is generally painted with a barnacle and corrosion-retarding paint which extends its longevity compared to the exposed portions of the hull. The panit on those parts though, probably was burnt away from what I see here.

Whether she burnt at sea or in the harbor is a mystery...

I would like to explore the ship. I wounder what the rooms inside the ship looks like.
It would be cool to explore the ship.

The floor in the bridge must have been in good condition to go in the bridge to take the picture. The picture is really cool.

I wounder what the lower decks look like. I bet the lower decks are badley rusted. The main deck looks badley rotted.

The boat still looks safe enough to explore. If I could explore the boat I would because I wounder what the inside of the boat looks like.
I bet that there are still some rooms inside the boat that are not flooded. I also bet the bridge is safe enough to explore. I wounder what the inside of the bridge looks like.

Looks like the boat rusted so bad that it sank where it is siting.

This is one of my favorite pictures because the picture is a really good picture and the ship is still in one piece and does not look like it is falling appart. It just has alot of rust on it.