Moran’s fine sea going tug SHEILA MORAN down bound on the Mississippi River Tuesday afternoon with the lite dry bulk barge CAROLINA.
Approaching 40 years as the workhorses of Moran’s offshore fleet. McDermott built some very nice tugs in the 70’s.
[QUOTE=capnfab;140810]Hope you’re in fine fettle out there Chief.[/QUOTE]
Not too shabby, just a bit grouchy but what’s a little grumps once in a while.
A Head Hunter phoned me back in April, said he has a Chief’s job for me on a steam ship. I mentioned my License expired, he said “well unexpire it.”
I found this site today, as I sailed “back then,” and on quite a lot of the ships mentioned, I enjoyed what I found. Some gCaptain members might find it enjoyable also.
I was a young 3rd A/E but I was trusted back in 1963. I may have been on the throttles when this photo was taken, Here’s a photo of the SS “Flying Hawk” about to make the Suez Canal transit. I was aboard her when the photo was taken. She was on a 4 month round-the-world voyage. I made two such voyages aboard her.
Yeah, I have been a bit remiss, but most of my work lately has been shoreside (I even picked up a job while down there for some land based equipment). I think that I have exhausted all of my old photos, or at least the ones I have scanned. I just wish more would post. There will be a few others going up in the coming days.
Made a trip out to the Houston Ship Channel a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few. The MAERSK CAROLINA leading the MERMAID EXPRESS down toward the Bolivar Ancorage.