Exploration of a Decommissioned WWII Era Tugboat

Рет қаралды 67,955

11 ай бұрын

Hey Skipper, join me on this adventure as we explore the unknown depths of a long defunct tugboat hidden on the fringe of our great city.

Пікірлер: 64

@robertmoffett3486 11 ай бұрын

Nice footage, though I wish we had a better look at things like the bridge, engine, and machine shop. Anyway, thanks for your work, this was a rare opportunity.

@alexplore92 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, its rare to find a lady this intact. I found one of her sisters but she was gutted to the bone.

@fhwolthuis 11 ай бұрын

What a beautiful old lady, may she rest in peace 🍀😀 Another excellent video, Alex! I hope you will continue this streak. You deserve a lot of subscribers.

@alexplore92 11 ай бұрын

Thanks again, I will.

@suspiciousminds1750 11 ай бұрын

Surprised she is still dry below decks.

@alexplore92 11 ай бұрын

She keeps afloat, for sure!

@lauramildon-clews7850 10 ай бұрын

What a lovely old lady. What a pity that it hasn't been restored. I would love something like that but New Zealand is just a bit too far away

@alexkitner5356 11 ай бұрын

I'm showing B&R Enterprise LLC in 2011 and renamed to Nicky Ray then sold again in 2014 and renamed Buckles by the Upper Missouri River Corp.

@Lynchfan88 10 ай бұрын

Galley..when you're on a boat it's a galley, not a kitchen. The room with the shelving is where they'd store spare parts of every size & shape. I see dirty areas that with removal of the trash, proper cleaning & disinfecting she'd be in nice shape. It's the hull under water you want to know more about. Engine room is a neglected, nasty mess and I want to go in there and just power wash all of it, lol, but that's not the way you clean that area. Nice vid.

@stanleykwiecinski 10 ай бұрын

Dan Jedlicka was on the back page of the puzzle. car nut. forgot about him till this episode. died in 2017. wrote for the Sun Times. memories. cool tug. wish her well.

@wayneheigl5549 10 ай бұрын

what a beautiful tug boat. if i hit the lottery i would have her dry docked and totally restored .

@GordonSturrock 10 ай бұрын

would be a hellalotta work!

@base7022 10 ай бұрын

Great video, very interesting. The ship died from what many old ships die from! Probably machine damage. You could briefly see that the cylinder heads had been removed. I'm glad that my father's professional ship has gone into a museum (from 1936)! Thank you! Greetings Klaus from Düsseldorf

@jacquespollet7999 10 ай бұрын

Triste fin pour ce vénérable remorqueur et quel dommage qu'il n'ait pas pu être restauré car ce bateau est chargé d'histoire à raconter ...( un ship lover from France )

@danstubbs5032 10 ай бұрын

I want that machine shop 😮

@cgodfrey19 10 ай бұрын

Just thinking about those fridge doors accidentally clicking shut behind me is enough to make me jittery

@UQRXD 10 ай бұрын

I crewed a WW2 ocean going tug, one of 3 prototypes.

@MrMattrix2 10 ай бұрын

I wish I could buy this and live in it and it has a machine shop on it I’m sold

@deidreborriello2328 10 ай бұрын

Cool explore

@ukaszwalczak1154 7 ай бұрын

Not many tugs like this survive today. They are afterall WWII era tugs. There was one that was used as a radio station, until it got scrapped, and one in New York's Arthur Kill Scrapyard-

@chriswilson8757 10 ай бұрын

What a restoration project ,built well and in better condition than you might think ! All that "Stuff " is yours and many other's History and best preserved for generations to come ?

@UQRXD 10 ай бұрын

6:33 The gauges still show pressure?

@markorcutt7544 10 ай бұрын

For sale ???? Free to good home ?

@309lincoln 10 ай бұрын

Spend less time on empty drawers and more time on places like the wheel house and engineering locations. There are plenty of abandoned houses for empty cabinets. Thanks for documenting this piece of U.S. history!

@309lincoln 10 ай бұрын

Also looks like she had been on fire with smoke damage. The head section of the engine is missing.

@Buck1954 10 ай бұрын

She's not resting, she's dying. Engine room looks like they quit caring for it long before they quit using it.

@mrbiglarge8820 10 ай бұрын

damn, we gadda save this thugboat asap!!!

@Drew_379 10 ай бұрын

My old man sailed on that boat. He worked for a Hannah marine over 20 years. Where is she at now?

@jerrymccrae7202 10 ай бұрын

Saw your reply, was this an ex- USN salvage ship that was civilian rebuilt!

@jerrymccrae7202 10 ай бұрын

Also what was her name?

@UQRXD 10 ай бұрын

Show more of engine......

@misscrabstick 10 ай бұрын

I see someone has had the cylinder heads off the engine.

@ramiruohomaki4600 10 ай бұрын

nice

@stevehuffman7453 10 ай бұрын

What was her crew complement? >/< 10? What is the main propultion unit? a Gardner Diesel? How many? Single or double screw? How many gen sets? Any idea how many KV minimum and total? Are any of the electronics (radar/sodar) still aboard? What about the short/longwave radio, and if applicable, the auto antenna trimmer? Was (or is) she equipped with a reverse osmosis water maker? Any idea how many gallon per day it made? Also be interesting to know the tankages: fuel capacity and freshwater, graywater, and blackwater capacities. What is her length and draft? She MIGHT be a candidate for conversion to a private yacht. Over-all Condition does not look too bad. I saw a 105 foot converted Army tug in California Yacht Finder, back in 1997~1999. It had a single Gardner V-12 diesel, 24,000 galon fuel capacity. It could make 3 trans world voyages on one fill-up, according to a now late Navy Sea Bee I knew at the time. 64KW electric (2x 31 KW gen sets plus a couple smaller usits) The seller only wanted 1.5 million for it. (fuel tamks were full, fuel treated so it would not go bad.)

@bertiewooster3326 10 ай бұрын

Man oh man so many questions !! Find out yourself man !

@bobburich4914 10 ай бұрын

Nordberg FS-138A (2) 8 Cylinder , 5000 Shaft Horsepower. Has both engines coupled to a Reduction gear with a Single Screw Drive, The Propeller is controllable pitch (Kamawa System) and each engine has a maximum speed of 515 RPM. It Had Caterpillar duel end drive Generator/Tow winch It was a Model D333.and two 8V71 ship service generators.(440 VAC). It for a While was the fastest Tug boat on the great lakes. I was the Port Engineer For Hannah Marine Cop. 1994-1998.

@alexplore92 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information

@andrewmunczenski3632 10 ай бұрын

I think it would take some serious $$$ to put her back in service.

@alcom3101 11 ай бұрын

Beau Travail🔬🍀🚣🎬

@alexplore92 11 ай бұрын

I must see that one some day.

@jamesswidergal7875 10 ай бұрын

Is it for sale?

@robertetchell7804 10 ай бұрын

Were is this tug located that was amazing to see but very risky to do on your own

@davejensen7039 10 ай бұрын

Foss Launch & Tug was in Tacoma, WA, not Seattle.

@alexplore92 10 ай бұрын

Thats correct, thank you.

@flea8332 17 күн бұрын

hmm interesting my grandfather ran a tug. his name was Charles lee

@jerrymccrae7202 10 ай бұрын

She looks suspiciously like the heavy sea salvage ships built by the USN during WW2. These ships were built to repair and save damaged ships in the combat zone. Would love to know this ships name?

@Klappadler7844 7 ай бұрын

Kristin Lee Hannah

@SBrown-ov9lz 10 ай бұрын

Looks like same class Navy tug seen visting at Block Island New Harbor at anchor back in 2010. It was privately ownd and operational.

@mikebenjamin7535 10 ай бұрын

Nice too bad left to rot, at this point it’ll take a lot money save her and turn in in tugboat yacht. Big enough to be yacht. Idk about owner he hasn’t done anything to it. Unless that’s that point it’s retired let her be rot away 😳

@dansouthern4139 11 ай бұрын

They do indeed call vessels she!

@geoffroberts1126 10 ай бұрын

Except for Russians. In most Slavic languages, ships are masculine, so he.

@johndeere772002 10 ай бұрын

Should’ve turned the key to see if it’d start…

@SlipFitGarage 10 ай бұрын

The calendar is stuck on September 2001...

@WayneTheBoatGuy 10 ай бұрын

That thing is a mess!

@hydrashieldbasementservice8453 10 ай бұрын

one could get a disease poking around that ship.

@Redbeard6969 10 ай бұрын

Galley*

@Godofthemoon1 10 ай бұрын

If I was a billionaire this would be my choice I’d turn her into a beautiful yacht

@MOSSFEEN 10 ай бұрын

The Calendar says September 2001 A day in that month that changed the world forever 9/11

@TuffBurnOutTeam 9 ай бұрын

They would be better to just give it to somebody to have to fix up than just letting it rot there then it would turn into a bigger problem to clean the mess up if she sinks What a Drama then it would create