1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

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With the rust that way it looks like the ship started to sink upside down!
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Wow! looks like something from titanic.....
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I've sailed by yards like this when I was sailing on tugs and barges.... I always wonder where they'd been and what they had seen. Beautiful boats, sometimes I think they'd make great yachts or private cruisers
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FB Jim, you are absolutely amazing. Thanks immensely for the wealth of info you provide.
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This photo is fine just the way it is. This is the view you see as you walk up the ladder, you don't walk up with your head in your left hand sticking way out to the side. It captures the moment perfectly.
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Fascinating history and commentary. This has turned out to be a very educational page!
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One more tidbit of information ... the Ned Moran was originally built as the Apollo in 1895, making that hulk 111 years old! Moran bought her in 1949 and renamed her Ned Moran.
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Moran Towing Corp link, if anyone is interested:

http://www.morantug.com
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This is, or was, the NED MORAN, a tugboat of the Moran Towing Corp. It's come a long way from the day when it sported a paint scheme of bright red with white trim, belching steam & smoke as it bullied its way around the harbor. These old single-screw "pirate tugs" once ruled the ports, pushing giant passanger steamers, warships, cargo haulers & barges around the ports & rivers. But time marches on, and they've been replaced by a fleet of state-of-the-art techno-wonders that can run circles around these old wood-hulled tubs.
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(muffled) *tap*tap*tap* Could somebody open the door and let us out? Please? Somebody? Anybody? We can't open the door, and the boat is sinking...

Oohhhh, gives me a shivery case of the booboo-jeebies every time I look at it!
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It seems so inviting, like you can barely hear a voice whispering, "Come on in and have a look around. We don't bite..."
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Thanks for the info, FB Jim. Such data breathes life into these old hunks of rusted steel.
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That large rounded shape under the bridge is the steam engine boiler, it's so huge compared to the rest of this little tugboat.
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Fascinating ~ I learn something new every time I visit this site!
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Anyone interested in seeing boats like these in action, need to go to the Prelinger archives and get this copyright-free film. No cost to you.

http://www.archive.org/details/Boats1938

Enjoy!