Bayonne Dry Dock

massive. what is the capacity of that crane?

Drove 2, 4, 6, 10 and 18 wheelers, what would you call that thing?;-)
jud

looks like a dragline and a barge got their Barry White on

Do they only use that boom over the stern or do they drive piles for stability? Looks tricky to use to its capability's.
jud

Chuck,
impressive dimensions when you see these things out of the water.

Did you do any surveying on this?

When I started my survey career as a trainee back in 1987 I had the pleasure(?) to assist a couple of days on this drilling platform Yatzy, my colleague was there daily for almost 2 years.

I still know the heights scared me these days ...

chr.

I heard a rumor from my trust-worthy Bayonne, NJ buddy, during WWII, the PT Boats (PT-109)were built and put into the water in Bayonne, NJ.

Good morning sir. Welcome to Jiffy Lube. Could you please turn off the engine and pop the hood for me...;-)

......and if you get too close to the edge .............

Yikes !

Thanks for the pics.

Cheers

Derek

Chris and all
My present position is underground utility mapping and locations for construction as a consultant to the Port Authority if NYNJ. My office is at Port Newark the largest port on the east coast of the US. The photos were takne at the Miltitary Ocean Termianl at Bayonne, MOTBY, and has a long military history beginning during WW2.
I would not be surprised if the PT boat story was true. In the reecords I have reviewed reference is made to the berthing of the USS Iowa and many other war ships.
Truly a dream job.
I will post some additional photos from the ports soon.
Chucck

Chuck

How far is that from the old Caven Point Army Depot?

I did some work staking boil borings and observation wells on that site back in the late 90's

Chuck

James
Caven Point is just north of MOTBY. Some years ago my old firm was trying to get a cell tower location there. You cannot excavate due to the chromium slag used as fill long ago.
Right next to the luxury condos.

What you see is the 500 ton capacity Weeks 533, the largest floating revolving heavy lift crane on the East Coast.
The Weeks 533 was originally called “The Marine Boss” and was built in 1965 for Murphy Pacific Marine for use in the construction of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in California, when they removed the lift span and replaced it with a high rise span of 135 feet.

The crane was purchased by Weeks from McDermott & Co. to be used for spare parts and sat idle from 1988 to 1997. At some point, Weeks saw potential for a re-commissioned Marine Boss in heavy cargo handling as well as occasional heavy lift tasks. By the end of 2000, Weeks crews gutted and refitted the crane house, re-engineered and replaced the electrical system, re-piped air and water lines, installed new engines and generators, overhauled hoists, cleaned out and renewed the hull, and finally sandblasted and painted the hull and crane in Weeks’ colors of red and white.

533 has three independent lifting falls. The main fall can lift 500 tons, the auxiliary 100 tons and the whip line 25 tons. The main fall uses over a mile of 1 1/2" wire rope cable.

The Weeks 533 recently assisted in moving the tanks to be used at the polypropylene plant site of Tosco Corporation’s Bayway Refinery. Among the tanks moved were three reactors weighing between 150 and 300 tons, 150 feet long and over 20 feet in diameter. They would have had to have been dismantled and reassembled, as they couldn't have been transported intact on local roads or the NJ Turnpike from one site to another. Getting them on barges and floating from one site to the other saved lots of time and $$$$.

In its most newsworthy task, 533 was used to recover the "Miracle on the Hudson" jetliner from the Hudson River in freezing cold temperatures. Weeks also uses 533 to move it’s smaller cranes around from barge to barge, barge to shore, etc.