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Came across this excellent, detailed page on the unfortunate Mexican tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday; a most impressive vessel, indeed........

https://www.discoverychepe.com.mx/en/articles/news/mexican-tall-ship-cuauhtemoc-history

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Further.........

Saw on brief report on Eyewitness News (ABC-7) last evening at 11, that the stricken Mexican naval tall ship will be towed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs.

East River traffic will be halted/diverted; this will, of course, also affect the passenger ferries...........

"NYO"

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While on the subject of "tall ships"/"sailing ships"........

Interestingly enough, the NYS&W railroad utilized tug-assisted schooners to haul coal in New York harbor, into the 1920s..............

"NYO"

["SHIP WITH SUSIE-Q"[

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If CUNARD ever operated ferries......

https://hhvferry.com/main.html

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Cruise line update......

Just learned that 'MSC CRUISE LINES" will no longer be operating the "MERAVIGLIA" (one of the world's largest ships) out of the Red Hook Terminal after this year.

Next year, the ship will be operating out of Miami on Caribbean cruises, and has no plans to relocate any of their other ships to Red Hook......

"NYO"

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See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSC_Meraviglia

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

Appreciate, as always the additional info; one can only imagine the tremendous amounts of money paid by the cruise ship companies (docking fees, tug assistance [if required], maintenance of the fleets, crew and staff salaries, etc.

IMHO, despite the HUGE amount of $$$$$$ taken in by the cruise ship companies, I think it is also important to remember just how tremendously expensive the cruise ship enterprises truly are; this should be quite obvious to everyone, just given the massive, monolithic size of these towering, impressive ships........

"NYO"

["PIER 88"]

[traildriver]

Here's an item that may be of interest...
After years of striving to have the 'world's largest' cruise ships, apparently they now see the virtue of building some relatively smaller ones, to serve more and more markets that shun the jumbo ships...

https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/royal-caribbean-group-president-recognises-opportunity-to-build-smaller-ships

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traildriver:

Clicked on the link you provided, and only got a "HTTP 429 too many requests" message.

You indeed brought up a VERY valid point; though today's cruise ships are light-years beyond monolithic in size (and most impressive!) I, myself, have long wondered if a day would come where the ships would become TOO huge.

Too, a vessel as huge as any typical, modern-day cruise ship requires MASSIVE cash outlays for fuel alone, not to mention the high cost of maintenance, etc.

It would seem, then, that, in this case BIGGER does NOT always mean BETTER.

Back in the day, recall in our much-younger days, when we marveled at the sheer massiveness of classic liners like the "QUEEN MARY" and the "UNITED STATES"?

Indeed, that was many, many light-years ago.....I guess the day would eventually arrive that cruise ships would simply become TOO LARGE...........

"NYO"

["UNITED STATES LINES"]

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Links of interest.......

https://cruisewithleo.com/biggest-cruise-ships/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cruise_ships

["CUNARD"]

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Also of interest............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Ocean_Terminal_at_Bayonne

Back in the day, from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry, when the old "MOT" was still an active maritime facility, you could often catch glimpses of cruise ships docked there, undergoing repairs.

I was VERY fortunate, long ago, to even see the "INTREPID" docked there, undergoing renovations as she was being converted to a museum.....

"NYO"

["MOT"]

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk about the ULTIMATE "mobile home"!!!

Can't do better than the views afforded from this magnificent floating "residence", that is, while it was still possible!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_The_World

['WECOME ABOARD!"]

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

Now THAT something I DID NOT know.......thanks for sharing this info!!

In my extensive maritime toy collection, I have a particularly rare piece from the late 50s/early 60s; this is a tin litho pilot boat, lettered "NEW YORK PILOT BOAT".

There is a VERY quick glimpse of one in the 1956 "I LOVE LUCY" episode, "BON VOYAGE", heading out to the "CONSTITUTON"; looked like a diminutive tug!

"NYO"

["SANDY HOOK"]