Ref # 1
US Coast Guard Atlantic Beach Station.
Mooring and repair of Coast Guard vessels.
Ref # 2
Breezy Point Cooperative
Landing for passenger ferries operating to Sheepshead Bay.
Ref # 3
Breezy Point Cooperative
Landing for passenger ferries operating to Sheepshead Bay.
Ref # 4
US Coast Guard Rockaway Station.
Mooring of Coast Guard and government vessels.
Ref # 5
Rockaway park Water Pollution Control Plant
Disposal of sludge by vessel.
Ref # 6
Tepco Storage Terminal.
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 7
Quadrozzi Concrete Corp.
Receipt of sand gravel and stone by barge.
Ref # 8
Rivara Contracting Co.
Mooring floating equipment.
Ref # 9
Yancarib Enterprises
Mooring and repair of small vessels.
Ref # 10
Long Island Lighting Company
Coal unloading facility, not operated as of 1977. Coal unloading
tower had a 48-foot outboard reach and a capacity of 300 tons per hour.
Ref # 11
Long Island Lighting Company
Receipt of fuel oil for plant consumption
Ref # 12
Wechter Petroleum Corp.
Receipt of and occasional shipment of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 13
Shell Oil Co.
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 14
Somerville Industries Corp.
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 15
Amoco Oil Co.
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 16
Mobil Oil Co.
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 17
Nassau Docks Pier
Not operated
Ref # 18
Nassau Docks Wharf
Receipt of sand gravel and stone by barge. Asphalt batch plant
operated at rear of the site.
Ref # 19
Carbo Industries
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 20
Texaco, Long Island sales Terminal
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 21
John F. Kennedy International Airport Tank Farm Pier 3. (Port Authority
of NY & NJ)
Not operated
Ref # 22
John F. Kennedy International Airport Tank Farm Pier 2. (Port Authority
of NY & NJ)
Not operated
Ref # 23
John F. Kennedy International Airport Tank Farm Pier 1. (Port Authority
of NY & NJ)
Receipt of aviation fuel by barge.
Ref # 24
John F. Kennedy International Airport Tank Farm Pier A. (Port Authority
of NY & NJ)
Receipt of aviation fuel by barge.
Ref # 25
John F. Kennedy International Airport Tank Farm Pier B. (Port Authority
of NY & NJ)
Receipt of aviation fuel by barge.
Ref # 26
Jamaica Bay Bergen Basin Oil Terminal (Port Authority of NY & NJ)
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 27
Jamaica Water Pollution Control Plant
Occasional disposal of sludge by vessel.
Ref # 28
26th Ward Water Pollution Control Plant
Disposal of sludge by vessel.
Ref # 29
Ajax Block Company
Receipt of shell.
Ref # 30
Mobil Oil Co.
Receipt of petroleum products by barge and self-propelled vessels
Ref # 31
Muller Boat Works
Mooring small vessels for repair
Two 300-ton marine railways and one 100-ton marine railway
One lathe capable of turing propellor shafts up to 22-feet long.
Ref # 32
Landy's Boat Yard
Mooring small vessels for repair
Two marine railways, 100 - ton and 40 - ton
Ref # 33
Coppola Brothers Excavating Company
Not operated
Ref # 34
Coppola Brothers Excavating Company
Not operated
Ref # 35
Metropolitan Petroleum Co, Mill Basin Wharf
Not Operated
Ref # 36
Circle Line
Mooring excursion vessels for repair
Ref # 37
A. R. Fuels
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 38
Metropolitan Petroleum Co, Madison Terminal Wharf
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 39
Sunmark Industries, Brooklyn Terminal
Receipt of petroleum products by barge.
Ref # 40
Hunter Fish Packing
Receipt of fish, mooring for fishing boat
Ref # 41
Nicholas Rosa, Lobster Wharf
Receipt of lobsters, mooring for lobster boat
Ref # 42
NOAA Ocean Survey, Floyd Bennett Field Wharf
Mooring oceanographic vessels.
Ref # 43
Sciabarra Brothers Fish Company
Receipt of fish
A 115 - by 35 - foot covered barge moored at wharf for receipt of
fish. One 14 - by 12- foot doorway
Ref # 44
Coney Island Water Pollution Control Plant Chlorine Dock
Not operated
Water pollution control plant not in operation in 1977
Ref # 45
A.M.C. Fish Packing Co.
Receipt of fish
A 100 - by 35 - foot covered barge moored at wharf for receipt of
fish. Two 8 - by 8- foot receiving doorways
Ref # 46
Stella Maris Fishing station
Mooring and fueling fishing boats, sale of bait and tackle.
Ref # 47
City of New York, Municipal Piers 1 to 9.
Mooring charter fishing boats
Ref # 48
City of New York, Municipal Pier 10
Landing for passenger ferries operating to Rockaway Point.
Ref # 49
Department of Sanitation, Southwest Brooklyn Marine Loading Station.
Shipment of ashes and incinerator residue by barge.
Ref # 50
Department of Sanitation, Southwest Brooklyn Marine Loading Station.
Shipment of refuse by barge.
Ref # 51
Paragon Fuel Oil, Bensonhurst Plant
Receipt of petroleum products by barge for local distribution.
Ref # 52
Metropolitan Petroleum Co., Bay Oil Terminal
Receipt of petroleum products by barge for local distribution
Diesel Powered self-propelled bunkering boats operating in the Port of
New York in 1977
Exxon:
Exxon Connecticut, 276-feet long, 55-foot beam, 16.5-foot draft under
load, 1,700 horsepower, 30,755 barrel capacity
Poling Transportation Co:
Captian Sam, 289-feet long, 40-foot beam, 13.5-foot draft under load,
2,160 horsepower, 19,750 barrel capacity
John B. Caddell, 184.6-feet long, 36.1-foot beam, 11.9-foot draft under
load, 600 horsepower, 7,400 barrel capacity
Poling Brothers No. 7, 260-feet long, 40-foot beam, 11.6-foot draft
under load, 700 horsepower, 9,800 barrel capacity
Poling Brothers No. 8, 260-feet long, 40-foot beam, 11.6-foot draft
under load, 1,800 horsepower, 14,600 barrel capacity
Poling Brothers No. 9, 260-feet long, 40-foot beam, 11.6-foot draft
under load, 1,600 horsepower, 14,600 barrel capacity
Poling Brothers No. 17, 146.4-feet long, 27-foot beam, 10.2-foot draft
under load, 380 horsepower, 4,450 barrel capacity
Note: In 1977 the "Janet C." was a 320-foot by 66-foot, 48,000 barrel
towed barge with a 20-foot draft when loaded
Eklof Marine Corp:
Great Lakes, 330-feet long, 50-foot beam, 17-foot draft under load,
3,600 horsepower, 38,916 barrel capacity
Motor Barge 31, 134-feet long, 24-foot beam, 12-foot draft under load,
400 horsepower, 4,053 barrel capacity
Chem Trader, 145-feet long, 26-foot beam, 10-foot draft under load, 400
horsepower, 5,023 barrel capacity
Jet Trader, 156-feet long, 30-foot beam, 13-foot draft under load, 400
horsepower, 6,142 barrel capacity
Special T, 185-feet long, 33-foot beam, 8-foot draft under load, 500
horsepower, 6,554 barrel capacity
Mary A. Whalen, 166-feet long, 32-foot beam, 12-foot draft under load,
400 horsepower, 8,019 barrel capacity
John J. Tabling, 181-feet long, 30-foot beam, 13-foot draft under load,
400 horsepower, 8,328 barrel capacity
Hudson, 253-feet long, 40-foot beam, 13-foot draft under load, 1,000
horsepower, 16,734 barrel capacity
THIS INFORMATION APPLIES TO THE 1977 US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS PORT SERIES MAPS FOR JAMAICA BAY, SHEEPSHEAD BAY, AND
GRAVESEND BAY, BROOKLYN, NY.
This information Posted by:
Kevin Olsen
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Montclair State University
