1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

I was a Navy signalman, many moons ago. It is a flagbag, the storage locker for signal flags. There is a ring at the top of the flag and a snap {see comment above, about admiralty snaps, at the bottom.} The slots are where the rings and snaps fit when the flags were stowed (the ring fit in the top cross-slot, then the snap below it}. The flags hung down vertically. The bags on a cruiser were about 15 feet tall. There were 2 each of alphabet flags, numeral pennants, number flags (in the Navy) and other special flags. There were 76 flags in a bag (IIRC).

looks to me like it could be from the area of a signal bridge where you would see the signal flags flying from the numbers and letters represent the diffierent semifore flags to fly to form a message to other ships

Again, the triangle composition! Fantastic design elements, it really pulls the viewer in, with the perception of depth it creates.

Are their any pictures of PC 1217 available and are either boat salvageable. Thanks it brings back memories of a great life aboard ship for my dad.

This boat is PC-1264, a WW2 submarine chaser. Creepy but sad to see an old vet go out like this.

IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT NASTY CHEMICALS WERE LEFT IN THESE HULKS THAT MAY CONTINUE TO POLLUTE

Lot's of boat lovers here lol

OUSTANDING! These are the best photos of ship decay I've ever seen. Your tallent has yet to be matched. Once in Glory forever in Memory. Good job.

Tug boats seem to have a personality of their own. Those have to be pretty old. I can't see them making wood tugboats after the turn of the century.
It would be neat to have a registry of the boats that have been "checked in" over the years. It's out there somewhere.

wow, this gallery was amazing. I've seen it before, but now I really took the time to look at the pics. call me morbid, but the sad, lonely shots like these on this site are the ones I find the most amazing. I ought to go there on a foggy day myself, even if just from a distance. after all, I only live about an hour away...

its funny how something once in literal "ship shape" could end up like this.

git-r-done.....ill bring the beers someone bring the diesel and batties and lets see that old bitch come to life...hahah

You see, people? I brought the topic up over a year ago, but Night done put it FAR more eloquently than I EVER could have! Leave them boats alone, peoples; there's monsters in them thar waters! =8-o

Well i would loot this. Why? It would look amazing in a museum. Imagine the history that could be recovered from these ships before the sea reclaims them!

Sad end to a beautiful beast.