1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

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Really nice pictures. I have a question. Why don't you people send these ships to scrappers, so they can be recycled? They are polluting the sea. Also you are loosing all steel by corrosion.
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FBJim, Again you are all over it!

http://www.history.nav...n/usnsh-p/pc1264.htm

Even with the vantage of having seen these vessels prior to such decay, I am amazed you can provide so much for our edification.
Any chance you could work your magic here? http://www.opacity.us/image2980_hull.htm The distinct "funky" nature of this style of hull (reinforcement) sparks my curiosity.
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here is what you need http://www.buyaduck.com/dukws.html
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The historical side is brilliant. The techical commentarys wonderful..the ohotographs ,fantastic...and the criticism.unwarranted as these are a mans personal views..not finacially driven expose
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I have to disagree its far more credible that these old vessels should spend their retirement in each others company rather baeen reduced to razor blades. While the ships and boats still lie here the memories are still quiet vivid...When they are gone..they die...and we tend to forget. I equate ships with living things..they are born the live ..they trans form they grow old..they retire and die. Some of these ain't ready to die yet.
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Go on open it..you know you want to!

You won't be happy till you know whats inside......
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Hass the appearance of some type of warship..given the bullring on the bow...the formal standing jack staff..and the Fairleads further along the focs'le.
Magnificent photo. Its really can be any ship we want it to be.
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Have a look and see how they break ships in India and the far east. People power like an army of ants crawling ,cutting,hacking,and all the time the great beast is dying...
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Amazing when one remembers the coplexities involved in ship building and now time and tide have rendered it all but useless. Something really sad about decaying and dying ships.
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Oh Jebus, I'm dyin' here, Motts! 8`-)
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I think that might be the barge that blew up and burned at Port Mobile on Staten Island a few years back.
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Not unless your car can float...
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This site is awsome, is it easy to get to by car?
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Great pictoral as always, absolutely. It seems all the crap in the water around Staten Island has attracted attention and some other sites have some very good pictorals also. A tour around the island with Google Earth revealed ALOT of crap dumped in the water. It sure looks like a trash heap in alot of places, wotta mess! The EPA must be getting some good payoffs to turn their head! :oD
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My guess is it is the HILA a former US Navy rescue tug, there were three in the yard, two were bought from the Navy by Meseck towing and Hila who I dont know off hand who operated it. My guess is these boats were steam boats and required more people to operate that diesels, also boilers are constant ly in need of inspections, repairs, cleanings ect. I guess as diesel boats cam available the steamers were layed up. Junk yards like these bought operable tugs for one dollar each. Owners wanted to get rid of them and there was not much of a market for these old steam boats.