Wisconsin produces yet another fine ship.

[Leon m]

The 225-foot Juniper “B” Class Sea-Going Buoy Tender USCG Cutter ALDER (WLB 216) will be “splashed” in a dramatic side launch into the Menominee River at Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., 10 AM, Saturday, February 7, 2004
This will be an historic event for the Duluth-Superior maritime community, because the ALDER will be stationed in Duluth in the fall of 2004 to replace the then-decommissioned 180-foot SUNDEW. [/URL] [URL=http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/]web page (http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/)
http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/images2004/alder-420fscotbest.jpg http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/images2004/alderlaunch240207-2-101.jpg

[ 02-08-2004, 07:04 PM: Message edited by: Leon m ]

[Leon m]

And for all you New Yorkers we have a brand
spankin new Staten Island ferry for ya. http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/slideshows/alder/images/240207-2-005.jpg

[Donn]

Note the intrepid cheesehead standing by with a lariat, in case the craft founders, and needs to be lassoed and tied down. :D

http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/images2004/alderlaunch240207-2-101.jpg

[alteran]

Yep Donn, it only takes one of us in Wisconsin to handle a job like that. smile.gif

Thanks for the pictures, Leon. Much appreciated.
Sending them on to some friends.

Al.

[Tom Galyen]

Very impressive pictures and craft. Not exactly wooden boat but I'll bet that it has wood on it somewhere. I didn't see the usual crowds there for the launching but it looks pretty cold even for Wisconsiners.

From the look of the bow she is going to do some light icebreaking work to. The vessel she is replaceing did this also.

Tom G.

[On Vacation]

The bouy tender Elm, home port, Fort Macon, North Carolina, is up around Albany, New York, now, busting ice. Also there is one from the gulf region in the upeer Chesepeake Bay.

[BrianW]

Nice pictures!

I drive by one her sister ships, the USCG Cutter Maple, everyday (well sometimes the ship is gone smile.gif )

Much smaller crew than the 180ft ships they replaced, and more electronics. :(

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Originally posted by Leon m:
And for all you New Yorkers we have a brand
spankin new Staten Island ferry for ya. Thanks we needed one can ya send us a better captain with this one please

[Leon m]

Originally posted by Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson ):
[QBThanks we needed one can ya send us a better captain with this one please[/QB][/QUOTE]

:D

[Leon m]

Originally posted by Tom Galyen:
Not exactly wooden boat but I'll bet that it has wood on it somewhere.Tom G.We still make them out of wood from time to time.
The Schooner Sullivin,recently built in Milwaukee
http://voyage.pierwisconsin.org/images/galleries/left_side_galleries.jpg

[ 02-09-2004, 12:19 AM: Message edited by: Leon m ]

[Oyvind Snibsoer]

Did you notice the guy at the stern of the tug (in the video)? Bet he felt lucky :D

[Paul Pless]

Yup, that seals it for me. My next boat, even if its a dink, will be side launched!

Damn, that was good shiite.

Paul

[WFK]

Growing up on shores of Grand Traverse Bay "SUNDEW" was an annual visitor tending the navigation bouys. Thanks for the clip Leon http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/pictures580/sundew-220723-277.jpg

[Leon m]

I'll miss the Sundew .I always knew when she
started cracking ice in the early spring that
another sailing season was close at hand,kinda
like seeing your first Robin of the year.

[Paul Scheuer]

Interesting duty too. We once crossed paths with a bouy tender, might have been Sundew, at Rock Island in Door County, during a bike hike (before my seat outgrew the bike seat). All sort of toys on board, inflatables, four-wheel ATVs, and If I recall, dirt bikes and probably some rock climbing gear. All the stuff for working on the shore and rock mounted markers.