We've got a family of foxes in our neighborhood & I'm happy with it bc they keep the vole, rabbit & mice population in check. I have a harden & those rodents are pests.
Thank you for the closeups of the GTugs. I get a better idea of how they're built. I love the way they're lined up according to age, oldest to youngest. I did discover a quick way to tell the tugs apart. The windows on the pilot houses. Missouri has the narrowest windows, then the Kentucky's are slightly wider and the widest is on the North Carolina. Your video cemented what I finally figured out.
@@kellycampy8272 I loved it when Indiana Harbor had engine problems and was shown being towed out of the port by the Missouri at the bow and the North Carolina at the stern. The little old ladies were showing how to handle a much larger boat. Unfortunately I live too far away to visit them, so I watch for them in videos.
I wonder if you can fix it and then convert it into your floating home if I physically could do that I would but due to my medical condition unable to do it. I just hope that it will get fixed and back to work or someone will turn it into a floating home. Sincerely! R.S.V.
(before any of you read this further I'd like for you to understand that this is simply my speculation.) You might want to ask the shipyard if you could go aboard and document the entire ship just in case they decide to get rid of her because that may be what they're doing. I say this because there have been plenty of old Lakers that have sailed to the scrap yard under their own power and that might be what they're doing (getting her up and running enough to sail to the scrap yard.)
Putting the breaks on! I remember going in there on the Burns, and that stern wire was a pain in the ass to pull to the inner end of the slip. I think they used it to do their one and only shift
I remember vividly, while I was out on the Burns Harbor in the fall of 1990, when Bethlehem offered the sale of the Lewis Wilson Foy to Oglebay Norton. The crew all said they were gonna name it the Columbia Star 2.😅😅
When I grow up I want to be a tug boat. How very useful and practical they are. Small , but mighty. Just like I use to be before my accident. Do you think there are rules to what colour the tug has to be. ? I'd paint it canary yellow. Then they can call me, "Mellow Yellow."
So cool! In the summer of 1988, my dad and I visited Captain Philip Fitch on that very ship and dock. Back when it was DMIR and Lewis Wilson Foy. Brings back some warm memories. Thanks for sharing this
One of the best videos of her on youtube. It's top bad she isn't getting out there and work paused. Hopefully the need for these smaller ships goes up soon!
@banterwebb I don't know alot about her fate. Have heard rumors. I also don't know a thing about how she runs, all I can say is she is in very bad shape on the inside. No maintenance being done or has been done since she laid up. Looks like they just all up and walked away!
