1,613 Comments for Staten Island Boat Graveyard

It's not a hatch; it's a door. Hatches go between decks.

Very true Mr. Durck, but sometimes the cost of cleaning them, and elimitating oil, chemical and fuel residues cost waay to much, not to mention towing them to a location thats away from a a waterway or a a fishing area.

Correction Justin: The airplane graveyards are in the American Southwest - Arizona, New Mexico areas. Main reason is that there is little to no rain, no humidity to accelerate the degredation and far enough away from anyone to allow for any influx of new equipment.

As for the ships here, I feel more sad than anything else at these images. It almost seems like the same feeling of seeing a loved one that was vibrant and was very active now confined to a bed or wheelchair, awaiting the Hand of Death to take them on to the next realm. Personally, I'd prefer these ships to be taken out into the ocean and sunk so as to be used as artifical reefs so that at least with those actions, they can still serve some purpose in death as they did in life.

My favorite so far

I ride the Staten Island Ferry every time I'm in New York. Sad to see how the end up.

I would like to see a 360 degree of all the wrecks.

i would have so looted these ships of all the cool old stuff.

Wow! What a gorgeous shot! Isn't it amazing how decay can be beautiful?

Can you imagine what this stuff would bring on eBay?!?!

The two notches are where the ring & snap of the signal flag clear. The picture is of the "flag bag".

And with the high price of steel these days, why aren't these ships sold for scrap? Some of them look like they have been there for decades.

Looks like you got close. They're right though, it'd be fun to go. I wonder, this is obviously dangerous. Did you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get to roam this graveyard? I mean, disclaimers, insurance, bribes?

Great photo set.
This link is to a photo set of the SS. Amercan Star, which lays rotting on a beach in the Canary Islands.
http://www.hyperfinch.de/gallery/ssas/

You gotta think of how proud someone once was of these ships. Someone captained them, someone's idea of building a great vessel came true, and now, lord knows how long it's been, they sit to rot and sink in the bottom of some harbor. At least they're not alone.

This jumped out at me even in thumbnail. The crumbling skeleton of a master ship turned into a monster ship.