1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

WONDERFUL gallery!!!

Strange, this ferry was decommisioned around 1964. There is talk of resurecting Ferry service along the Beacon Ferry - Newburgh line.

I don't see why anyone would bitch or complain about Motts photography.Almost every photo on this site evokes some sort of strong emotion in people and that is what art should do.

Abrams S. Hewitt had a sister ship, The George B. McClellan that fared no better and was removed from service 17 sept.1953 and disposed of 1954. Wonder if one of those "ships in a row" might be the Geo.B?

Yeah, the ick is going into the water but no/one is being blamed here. If you actually did something i.e. remove the hulks offshore you are deemed a "cause".

awrsome pictures I stumbeled across it quite by random surfing and am very glad I did

This photo and your comments almost put tears in my eyes - poor ships....

Love your web-design. Good taste and well done

i use this one on msn as my picture and i love it

The boats look eager to get back to work but lacking human will to make it happen...

rich edwards, yes the SS United States is in Philly,she can be seen from the street but there are private guards to keep you from getting too close.

Nature always finds a way.

The Ferryboat's name is the Beacon. She was built in 1921 in Groton, CT. She served on the old Newburgh to Beacon Ferry Line

for those of you not familiar with Staten Island. The "boneyard" as we know it lies just south of the now closed Fresh Kills landfill, which at one time was the larges landfill in the world. The ships were here before the landfill....I just think it is an interesting coincidence that they lie so close to each other...and you can't see most of the ships because there is a huge junkyard with steel fencing blocking the view. On a happier note..over the past few years Ospreys have been using the ships in the boneyard as nesting sites.

Wow, scott, thanks for that!