1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

That is just astounding. Really puts life into perspective. Excellent work.

Disagree with Dirk, above. These ships do not seem to be in a scrap yard. They have been abandoned for so long that the hulls are literally rotted through. A scrapper would have yanked those anchors immediately.; a choice chunk of #1 Heavy Melting scrap is gold to a scrapper -- those anchors and much of the other visible scrap is hardly "beyond salvage". Scrappers don't wait until a sea chest carries away and the ship sinks at its mooring to cut things up. If these photos were taken in the Falklands or the Aleutians I could understand. New York???? Amazing!

Come and play, little children, upon my curved bow...

How did a boat with a Louisiana name wind up in New York ?

Would say it is (was) a subchaser, as it appears to have a mostly wood hull. PCs and the similar PCERs has a fully-welded steel hull, but many similar features. What amazes me about this whole site is that surely these vessels had some scrap value. Considering that most New Yorkers would sell their mothers for three cents a pound, I wonder why they didn't peddle these things? Agree this vessel appears restorable, but cost would be far higher than most would imagine (been there -- done that. A New Yorker stole the T-shirt) The fact that even the logs and publications were left in place is almost surreal...

Barbara expressed my feelings exactly with the Dane Cook Quote!!

Don't Start Engines can still be read on the center divider. Don't start indeed.

nice one

I love how the Sky cooperated perfectly.

Very nice.

Well, I wouldn't call it "intact". :) But it is definitely still there, albeit in tatters and shreds.

That's a cool picture.

Shipping would be expensive.....(pun intended)

Motts, any hints as to where these hulks are on Staten Island? Is it at least cool (if not legal) to go paddling through here?

How accessible are these beauties?

The piece that's breaking off looks like a nose.