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  1. Ron J

    P T Boat Veteran / Memorial Stone..

    Driving along a secondary road in the Tewksbury, Massachusetts, I drove by a cemetery, with this magnificent gravestone engraved with a P T Boat on the face. PT 191. The Veterans name is Peter Walent. To me every gravestone has some kind of history, or if you look hard enough...
  2. Ron J

    Cemetery snooping..... The Hay Memorial...

    While visiting a cemetery in Lynn, I came across this marvelous stone of a sailing vessel. It really is amazing, the detail is suburb. No doubt at one time, there were masts on deck, and a bow sprite, all appeared vandalized long ago. The vessel is named after the HAY children, Robert &...
  3. Ron J

    Along the Waterfront... "Double trouble"

    When going to the Docks in East Boston to board the Nantucket, I get to see many great sites, and a lot of different vessels. This particular vessel, named Capt's Quarters isn't going to see water, anytime soon.... The port and starboard props, shafts and struts have some...
  4. Ron J

    NIAGRA FALLS 1907 !!

    Quite a few years ago, I helped a friend clean his Aunts house out, locally in Danvers Mass. She was a retired School Teacher and saved everything! Check out the Envelope! Can you imagine, Niagra almost frozen?? Rj :usaflag:
  5. Ron J

    Schooner Ernestina

    The "Ernestina" was built in Essex Ma., a community well know for building hundreds of Schooners a nd other vessels since the 1800's. This vessel is New Englands oldest fishing vessel. Here you are seeing Her, returning from across the Achusnet River / New Bedford Harbor, from Fairhaven. She...
  6. Ron J

    The 36500 Surf Boat

    The 36500 is known for the heroic feat of saving the crew of the Pendleton, off Chatham Mass., during a furious storm. Coxswain Bernie Webber, and three other brave Coast Guardsman set out to try find one of two Freighters that had split in half in 1952. The crew of four, managed to find the...
  7. Ron J

    Model Boat Show!

    The first photo of a model of the Nantucket, is a plastic kit. The rest of the models you see, are scratch built, viewing plans to scale. I do not own them nor did I build them. I wish I did!
  8. Ron J

    Nantucket Lightship docked next to U.S.S. Constitution

    Last October, The USLM, (United States Lightship Museum Nantucket/ LV112 ) had been invited by the National Trust For Historic Preservation, to dock at the Boston Naval Yard, home of The U.S.S. Constitution, for a week or so. A fund raising event had been organized, and a reception set...
  9. Ron J

    Rebuilding a Church steeple, Beverly, Mass.

    Brave or crazy???
  10. Ron J

    Misc. New England....

    1. Winter Island Lighthouse, a lone Soldier, giving a guiding light... there are 4 more lighthouses within a 20 mile range. Salem Ma. 2. Burnhams Boat Yard, about Fifth Generation of building fine ships right in their own backyard, Essex Ma. 3. Boston , with the Customs House in...
  11. Ron J

    Helicopter landed at Chatham Lighthouse

    Last March, I was fortunate to attend a Coast Guard Event, at Chatham Light on Cape Cod. The CG had one of their Rescue Choppers actually land on the grounds between the Lighthouse and a nearby surrounding chain link fence. Those Pilots are good! Real Good. Their equipment is superior, and...
  12. Ron J

    Old Boston Surfboat..

    This is an old Coast Guard Surfboat, from the early Thirties. The old Gal is owned and operated by Bang Inc., East Boston. Pete Bang Proprietor, a dying breed of old boatyards.
  13. Ron J

    " PHYLLIS A"

    This is the "PHYLLIS A" out of Gloucester Mass., the oldest fishing vessel in Gloucester, now retired about 20 years. Richard Arnold standing on deck, is one of the family who owned and fisher her. His family had the vessel built in 1925. Richard grew up as a fisherman along with his Father...
  14. Ron J

    Trying to stop the boredom here... Guess What

    this is?? Hint, It is a tool, about 2 ft in height, and used sparingly on a larger vessel......
  15. Ron J

    Old Boat boneyard...

    This is Bang Inc. a real old boat yard located along Chelsea Creek, on the East Boston side. Peter Bang still runs a boating service out of here. He stores boats, and performs some repairs. Peter's father started this family business many years ago... He still uses an old Coast Guard Surfboat...
  16. Ron J

    Civil War Memorial

    When visiting various old New England Cemeteries, I always go hunting for their Civil War Memorial... It is amazing how many different poses are cast of these brave souls. As usual there are always Cannon near the castings. Usually the cannon are quite large, and made of Cast Iron. In this...
  17. Ron J

    Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem Mass.

    Here is a Gothic style building built in 1893, located in Salem Massachusetts. It doesn't appear to be used anymore. I think it may have been a Chapel. The workmanship and detail are impeccable! Built when Workers had PRIDE in their work ethics... Anything they built, was built to last...
  18. Ron J

    4th of July, Boston Harbor

    Here is the U.S. Coast Guard training Ship, EAGLE, The U.S.S. CONSTITUTION, an old Tug, and The BLUE ANGELS, doing a fly-by! Rj:usaflag:
  19. Ron J

    Boston Harbor / Cranes

    Took these photo's a couple of months ago. The first is showing the Boston side of Boston, while standing on deck of the Nantucket Lightship, berthed at East Boston. The peaked building in the center is The Customs House, Boston's first skyscraper. The Tower was completed in 1915, whereas the...
  20. Ron J

    Nantucket Lightship in Dry dock

    [attachment 249644 112on railway109.JPG] Dec. of last year, We raised enough funds from private donors to dry dock the Nantucket LV112. For the first time in twenty years, She was raised from the water, where her hull had 6 tons of marine growth removed. A team of 6 men used shovels to...
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