I forget which tug this is, but by the looks of the bulwarks, it is one of the Robin tugs that Crowley purchased in 1984. This is the cook. I forget his name, but I sailed with him quite a few times. He told a story of being captured in Manila at the start of the war and spending the duration as a guest of the Japanese occupation forces. I had no reason to doubt him.
[QUOTE=cmakin;82885]I forget which tug this is, but by the looks of the bulwarks, it is one of the Robin tugs that Crowley purchased in 1984. This is the cook. I forget his name, but I sailed with him quite a few times. He told a story of being captured in Manila at the start of the war and spending the duration as a guest of the Japanese occupation forces. I had no reason to doubt him.
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Iāve heard similar stories. I believe them.
[QUOTE=cmakin;82883]One last steamship for the day. The CHEMICAL PIONEER coming into Texas City back in 2006. Quite an interesting history for this one.
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and sheās sill alive
My āthanksā button has gone away - plus - gCaptain seems to have problems, for 2 days the forum was missing in action on my computer. Was it something I posted?
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Hereās a character I had the privilige to work with and relieve for many years. RIP Joeā¦
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My āthanksā button has split and gone bye bye so Iāll reply - Thank you, injunear.
cmakin also sailed with Joe early in his career. Anyone who ever sailed with him will never forget this character.
My ex destroyed all of my old photos from '70 to '83. I had some great shots from a salvage job in Cabinda City, the Burma Agate fire and Ixtoc I blowout.
[QUOTE=injunear;82909]cmakin also sailed with Joe early in his career. Anyone who ever sailed with him will never forget this character.
My ex destroyed all of my old photos from '70 to '83. I had some great shots from a salvage job in Cabinda City, the Burma Agate fire and Ixtoc I blowout.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Crazy Joe Kadak. They donāt make 'em much better than him. I made a couple of trips as his trainee engineer. I think all it did was teach him my bad habits. Man, we had some fun in SanJuan.
Here are a couple of shots back on the Invader class tugs for Crowley, towing the triple deck trailer barges.
Towing 83 by cmakin, on Flickr
Towing2 83 by cmakin, on Flickr
We towed in some nice weather, too.
The CAPE SABLE, at work in Mexico in the Cantarell Field. I was down there in 07 doing some platform surveys. . .
Car Carriers in Tarragona, Spain. Another random shot taken while out on a job.
Photo number two looks like some bad ass weather. How many folks are on the barges?
The anchorage in the Sea of Marama, off of Kartal, Istanbul. Shot from the hotel room.
In dry dock in Kartal, Istanbul. Quite a bit of shipyard work going in in Tuzla Bay. . .
[QUOTE=Sweat-n-Grease;83155]Photo number two looks like some bad ass weather. How many folks are on the barges?
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The barges are unmanned. At one time (and maybe still), the barges were the worldās largest. Triple deck RO/RO. No internal or external ramps. The ramps are located at the loading/discharge terminals. For ports without them, we would just work the bottom deck.
The real fun part is when the towing pins (on the transom) have a hose failure. I donāt think that I ever had one in calm weather. You have to go back and remove the plates below the pins, find and replace the broken hose. You canāt stand up because that tow wire is humming just above your head, and the seas are crashing through the freeing ports, making the steel cover plate into a surf board. Yeah, tugboatinā.
Remember this one? Former PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and many other names, former Mail Lines ship. Seen at the ColĆ³n anchorage back in '04. I was working a claim on another ship in the anchorage back then.
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The DSV: CABALLO DEL MAR anchored in the roads at Ciudad del Carmen in '04.
Another picture of taking bunkers in San Juan. This time it was the GAUNTLET and we were doing so at the San Juan Yacht Club dock. Yeah, that is a tank truck. Had a rotation of about 4 of them as I recall. Took most of the day. Tug Boatinā.
San Juan Fuel by cmakin, on Flickr
[QUOTE=cmakin;83228]Remember this one? Former PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and many other names, former Mail Lines ship. Seen at the ColĆ³n anchorage back in '04. I was working a claim on another ship in the anchorage back then.
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I have seen this Grand Lady many times. Thanks for posting.
[QUOTE=Sweat-n-Grease;83235]I have seen this Grand Lady many times. Thanks for posting.[/QUOTE]
Both the CLEVELAND and her sister, the WILSON have been sent to the subcontinent for their disposal. The WILSON at Chittagong in 08 and the CLEVELAND at Alang in 09. Itās kind of hard not to wax a little nostalgic about seeing these grand ships end their careers.
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