1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

I hope everything inside was removed from these ships.

LOVELY AND SO MOVING!

Doesn't this look like an old covered bridge?

Really eerie picture. Reminds me of the Lewes Ferry in Delaware that I took quite alot.

Really, really great pictures!

These ferry pictures really freak me out. I can just imagine the activity there by looking at the pictures.

Motts, Was there anyone around while you were taking these pictures?

Lovely crystal clear picture!

I guess this is kind of the same as a junk-yard for cars. I'm sure anything usable was probably salvaged from them; at least that's what I would think.

There is something about ship-wrecks and sunken vessels that really fascinate me; so much history here.

Why would these boats be protected by the US gov.; tell me that?

Armanda, Fantastic pictures! Thank you.

Reminds me of the movie Ghost Ship.

Dave,
I'm a few months late, but the old ferry seen from the NJ turnpike is the Mary Murray, an old Staten Island ferry. Go here for more: http://www.siferry.com/Mary%20Murray.htm

Considering her service years, this might have been one of the fireboats that responded to the fire aboard the Normandie. The fireboats, under control of a different branch of the firefighting service, refused to quit pouring water into the Normandie, until it ultimately capsized in its berth. If this was one of those fireboats, I'd say justice was served by its ultimate fate.