Did some checking on that "Philly Joe" boat with the drum sticks. 15:06 There's a black drummer named Philly Joe Jones. Can't find a connection with him and boats....
I worked as an engine crew member on that ship in 1981 as a 16 yr old sea cadet we ran it up and down the Delaware river for the coast guard auxiliary. It was an awesome experience and I was probably one of the last people to ever see it running
More trivia; Did some checking on that "Philly Joe" boat with the drum sticks. 15:06 There's a black drummer named Philly Joe Jones. Can't find a connection with him and boats....
Years ago I would take photos of abandoned homes and cars, I would write a story like the car or house was talking about its life from when it was brand new up until the time I found it abandoned, I actually did quite well selling them , when you mentioned about the boats being in a showroom at one time it brought those memories back and I wanted to share 🤗
Was in the Navy in 75. Years later I was taking a train to Mexico to try and get some PAIN meds. Got a kick in the gut when I saw a whale boat from the "USS Sacramento" in what looked like some scrap yard or something.
I was there 10 years ago when we were traveling through that area. WOW..things got really really bad since I was there. I expected it to get worse....but that looks like 30 yrs of decay not 10. Truly amazing.
When I was a kid I built the Barnegat from an Aurora model kit. I'm talking back in the 60's, ancient history to you youngsters. 😄Cool tour, thanks for sharing.
To someone born and raised here on the west coast and now living in the SF bay area, it just boggles my mind to see so much decay. Everywhere here there is a premium paid for any kind of property -- especially on a waterfront. Of course, we have our bad areas too -- Oakland is our Camden or Detroit but even so, houses still average $500K+. So when I see videos like this with abandoned boats, buildings, docks, landscapes I have a hard time wrapping my head around the waste of it all. In a perverse sense, it almost feels like a kind of luxury that all of that can simply be abandoned for untold years at a stretch. As for the lightship, 75-80 years from now, assuming this video still survives (doubtful), people will look back and think, "Why couldn't they have saved that???" because by then that ship will be some 200 years old. Think on that for a moment. Americans. We don't value our history. Not really. We're too preoccupied with chasing whatever is the perpetual new thing -- even if it is now made in China.
@@chrispotempa2900 Hey Hey "Detroit" Here ! Stop badmouthing our town ! It's a lot better now ! Don't make us send someone over there to "Cap Yo Ass" !!!
Good catch. Just posted this before I saw your comment; Did some checking on that "Philly Joe" boat with the drum sticks. 15:06 There's a black drummer named Philly Joe Jones. Can't find a connection with him and boats....
@larrysingleton2864 The back of the boat is a pair of drun sticks next to the name. Safe to say based on the age of the boat and region that it was likely his. Keep digging!
@@JohnDoesItAll I just remembered something. Saw Muhammad Ali come out of a magic shop on Hollywood Blvd and get into a big convertable many moons ago. My memory is bad but I remember talking to either THE owner of that shop or owner of A magic shop.... Anyway; He had some kind of a heavy accent and told me that Ali was real big on magic. How about that. Made a note of this in my "Memories" file; Saw Ali come out of a magic shop on Hollywood Blvd and get into a convertible. Can't remember what color it was. I think it was dark, maybe black. You couldn't mistake Ali though. He was BIG. I checked out the magic shops online called a couple and one of the owners of a magic shop remembers Ali and his love for magic. I think that particular magic shop was closed when I decided to do some research.
@@JohnDoesItAll Here's another one. I'm writing this stuff down hoping to pass on to my two boys. My dad was one of those 50s dads who didn't do a lot of talking. Learned more about dad from my uncle in five minutes that I visited than I did my dad my whole life. This is my “Death Valley-Furnace Creek Ranch” story. I'm looking at the scene in a video where the Lone Ranger first rides Silver. When I was a kid me and a friend hitch-hiked to Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley. For a job as a waiter and then later a fry cook. We walked the last 25 miles in the heat of summer. There was a little pond across the street we used to swim and bath in. It was so hot you'd get out of the pond and be bone dry before you walked 10 feet. “Dry” The heat was dry. You never saw or felt or experienced anything like it. I have a few stories from this time but the one about the horses is my favorite. Horses like to have fun and they have a sense of humor. I was walking on the golf course, which they close in the summer, and saw a bunch of horses which were let loose to graze. There were probably about six or eight of them. I walked up and started stroking their noses and patting them. Then got a wild hair to jump on one of them. Well this sucker took off. He was galloping like a horse out of a western......and then stopped dead in his tracks. I went flying. The grass was like a wrestling mat so I didn't get hurt. The horses started gathering around me, (the other horses had galloped alongside us), and I went ahead and jumped on another one. Same thing; the horse took off like a bat out of hell for about a hundred yards and stopped on a dime......and I went flying. I did this with all the horses for about an hour till I got tired and started walking back to my cabin. There were two maids standing there who had seen the whole thing and one of them said, “What are you trying to do? Kill those poor horses?” But the other lady spoke up and said “Mabel, those horses were having just as much fun as he was.” True story.
It was the Pyne Poynt Marina owned by Rod Sadler. In 1994 he offered to give the Barnegat a berth and try to raise funds for its preservation when a Philly Waterfront Group disbanded and no other groups wanted it. He was an active citizen in Camden City planning and economic development and wanted to restore it for the City's waterfront. Flash forward 20+ yrs of no interests from any groups or funding, he passed away in 2019. The good news is Camden County has purchased the property from his wife in 2023 and is developing a park that includes plans to restore the ship.... fingers crossed they are successful in doing so!
Thats so funny to see this pop up, I just made a video at the US Lightship Barnegat a month ago. I kayaked around the area and explored the entire ship / property. We even picked up the same exercise 8 track. Lol. 😊
I'm amazed at the amount of sunken boats there! Here in Washington's Puget Sound area if ONE boat sinks at it's mooring, it's a huge deal, and the Coast Guard response is immediate! Within days the vessel will be salvaged under the Derelict Vessel Program. I honestly like seeing sunken boats from time to time, but holy cow, that's alot there! I like how you don't destroy or damage stuff while exploring. Sad to see such a historic vessel in that condition. Here on the west coast, we have a preserved USCG Lightship in Astoria, Oregon. Great video!
I’m afraid that she’s too far gone to be saved. The hull is rusted through and water seems to be flowing through the lower decks. The USCG needs to repossess her and put her out of her misery.
Was in the Navy in 75. Years later I was taking a train to Mexico to try and get some PAIN meds. Got a kick in the gut when I saw a whale boat from the "USS Sacramento" in what looked like some scrap yard or something.
i really like your videos because you tell the stories we don’t usually hear and humanises them and i REALLY appreciate you telling the story as it is without any scary spooky background noise or adding details to make it scarier !
I subscribed, hope that helps. My Dad was the honorary captain of the Moshulu, when it was directly on the Delaware nearer the Ben Franklin Bridge, and just south of it was the Barnegat. I remember that ship in much better condition. It was old then, of course, but the paint was maintained, and I think it even had tours. The Moshulu ex 'Kurt' is only 1 year older, built in 1903. It's sad to see such important history fading away. I think it's gotten harder to preserve ships like this unless they have an active income from tours. People can look up any ship now without leaving home, learn about them and often watch footage whereas in years past, there was the very hit or miss public library or just getting in the car and visiting. So yeah, the times we're in isn't just killing malls, it's letting tangible nostalgia rot because it's represented digitally. The only reason the Moshulu is still being maintained is because it's a restaurant.
The sail boat in the front left of the thumbnail is a finnsailer 35. Built in Finland on a hull design from a lifeboat with a canoe stern. My family had one and I spent my childhood travelling up and down the southwest coast of Ireland on it in all weathers. Fantastic memories.
I made a ham radio contact to a station set up on that boat years ago it was a special event station ! I still have the certificate somewhere !! Lol thanks. !
The vessel seems unsalvageable at this point. At the very least, it would be financially ruinous to do so. But what someone should do is preserve part of it. Like say, take one of the deckhouses, and one of the light masts, and make a memorial. Get the light working again so the memorial is lit up at night. It would be super cool. Clearly efforts were made by various organizations to preserve the vessel in the distant past. It didn't work. But I think parts of it could still be preserved for posterity. I think lightships are probably my favorite type of vessel. Everyone likes lighthouses, and boats, and merging the two creates a very novel thing. I wish there were small die cast desktop display models of all the worlds lightships. They're not just pleasing in concept they're pleasing to look at as well. There's something about lightships that fill me with a sense of adventure.
Awesome video Chris and I know you and Jay enjoyed the explore. Those looked like old iconic boats. That area is one of many whaling areas as well as crab and lobster communities as well as tuna and sword fishing communities. I always enjoy your videos.
While being in the Camden area, did you consider visiting the Battleship New Jersey Museum and explore it via an unguided tour? I follow their channel here on TH-cam and always wondered what you could do with the place in a video - its not abandoned or decaying, but its got 1100 compartments (of which only a minority can be visited...) but so much history through service spanning almost 5 decades as the highest decorated battleship in US history. 😊
I remember a similar vessel docked in Southport, NC that had been anchored on the Frying Pan Shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. It was decommissioned around 1965. It is now anchored in the Hudson River. One of 13 lightships that are still afloat.
Chris Thank-you for all the awesome videos you shared in 2024!! You're a amazing person ❤️ looking forward to follow you through 2025🎉🎉 Happy new year's to you!! And safe travels 😀😄
Dude, I seriously thought that looks like the SS Minnow right as you said “three hour tour” 😂😂 you nailed it on that one. Anyways love your channel man, long time subscriber but I don’t think I’ve ever commented. I literally laughed out loud when you said that
If I remember correctly the Light Ship BARNEGAT was at the Pier behind the Restaurant Capt. STARNS in ATLANTIS CITY and then moved to a Phila PIER ... But that was many Years ago...
I don't know if "mental fortitude" was the phrase you were looking for but, I completely understand where you were coming from. I don't necessarily get seasick that easy, I just don't think I could be all alone for so long. Not to mention I have crippling thalasaphobia. 😂
Being alone isnt the first thing on your mind when you are in the most dangerous place on this planet: The open sea. Even your thalasaphobia is going to take a backseat once you realize that the environment above the surface wants to kill you as much as the water you are sailing on. 😅
Grandfather was USCG Captain. 1st graduating class of the academy 1927. I would place a standing bet he had set foot on that vessel. He retained a Fresnel lens from one of these light ships that had been damaged, I have it to this day. No record of what ship it came from but I know the names of three others. Hen and Chickens and Relief. The last one was a sign on the bathroom door so I might be wrong on that one.
For some reason i recall this Name and its so familiar to me. Just the name is a feeling i was there back in my childhood. My family is still living on Chesapeake Bay and i vacationed up and down beach and marina's my father and uncles were all boat owners, they worked on old fishing boats that sold the catch right on the dock that they docked in Rock Hall Md. Long Beach Island was our Summer Beach location of family Reunion
I was in the Sea Cadets in Philadelphila back when i was like 16 (62 now). That ship was at Penn's Landing for a few. It was in great shape back then. Sad days ahead.
I wonder if that damage is from when Hurricane Sandy hit. Wind and flooding could have knocked those boats around like that. Easier for the owners to forget about them if they were dealing with the effects of the storm.
Wow, very cool, Chris! And you know what? I looked on Google Earth and those same boats by the dock @14:00 are somewhat above water level. Pretty wild yet sad with all the detritus just decaying there. And not just there, there are a lot of places like this where boats are just sitting, rotting for many years. Saw one such near NYC as well.
Had me at Barneget.. spent my childhood summers on the Barneget bay.. back when Seaside heights was a different place.. I had the same feelings as a kid when I would see scuddled boats.. careful my brother drowned in the Toms River
I have a video showing the U.S. Bannegat on one of my hard drives. I was flying a drone up the Delaware river from Penn's Treaty Park in Philly when I saw the boat and yard, I decided it looked interesting so I filmed it.
The ship was at Penns Landing for a number of years until the owners disbanded, it was sold to the marina it currently sits at. The owner did intend to refurbish it, unfortunately he died before he realized that dream. The marina (and by extention the lightship) are now owned by the County. They plan to create a new park at the site but no word had been said about the Barnaget thst I have heard.
Great vid , so much waste ! Someone could clean up and sell the scrap and cool stuff . And those old Gilligan island boats could be sold to someone with an old car or truck . Even the docks sold off but maybe no family left or property of the city now left to rot .
At 20:20 you show a light filled with water I found the same light unused at a garage sale never used & just recently wired it up. I never did know what type of fixture it was until your video As an retired electrician. I say thank you mate ⚡️⚡️⚡️
I would give that place a early 80s time frame, to stand still. I paid for machine sodas with 50 cents when I was a kid..The steel boats, they pain me.. I weld frames on 500 dollar vehicles for smiles. Taking on an old steel ship would be an amazing daydream. I saw the big boat not long ago on two feet outdoors you tube channel.
Im surprised that the CBMM in St. Michael's didn't take more intetest in it. They tend to cater to the areas typical type boat like log canoes and crabbing skiffs
Wow!! how do you guys find this stuff!! It really is cool to see! The tide rushing in is wild! I love the ship exploration epic exploration had a video on the sunken point pleasant boat!! Looks the same absolutely amazing!!! I wouldn’t go in there my hats off to ya!!
An uncle of mine was USCG stationed in NJ back when she was operable. Sad to see her so far gone. Where she's at is no secret, so: she shows on Google Earth: 39°57'26"N 75°06'44"W
Wow, what an interesting ship! I'd be very interested in what dates were on some of the paperwork in the offices. And that radio amplifier I'd love to repurpose as a guitar amp. Really interesting history.
It’d be nice to fund raise and get her (The Barnegat Light ship) back up and floating. The John J. Harvey, a retired FDNY Hero Boat has been restored and functions now as a nonprofit that provides trips all around NYC and NJ Hudson River waterway. This could be a ship perhaps that is restored then docked for tours and events.
My grandfather was the ship's Master in 1937-39, I have Christmas Photos taken during that time to share if anyone is interested, I tried to share a link but TH-cam is deleting that.
These boats are a perfect example of why you never waste money on a boat in the first place. Become close friends with someone who owns a boat, never own a boat yourself. Believe me, I have, three of them, and later in life I regret the money I spent on them because I would have instead $1 million earning 5% in annual dividends and I would be retired today had I not wasted money on boats.
If this is indeed the one that was in St. Michaels,Md. ,i spent a week aboard her in the early 70s . Iwas in sea scouts for 2 years. Cooked on that stove which ran on diesel fuel. Sorry to see it let go.
Check out Jay's channel. th-cam.com/video/qrIJ4IW4DIo/w-d-xo.html
Did some checking on that "Philly Joe" boat with the drum sticks. 15:06 There's a black drummer named Philly Joe Jones. Can't find a connection with him and boats....
I worked as an engine crew member on that ship in 1981 as a 16 yr old sea cadet we ran it up and down the Delaware river for the coast guard auxiliary. It was an awesome experience and I was probably one of the last people to ever see it running
that is really cool makes me want to join the coast guard you should be a recruiter
More trivia; Did some checking on that "Philly Joe" boat with the drum sticks. 15:06 There's a black drummer named Philly Joe Jones. Can't find a connection with him and boats....
I remember seeing this as a kid in Wilmington and in Philly at a very young age. Probably never would of crossed my mind if I hadn't seen this video.
Sorry to see her in such shape nowadays. Seems she wad a fine vessel
I thought I spotted Ben Gardner boat out in the yard
A coast guard lightship! There aren’t too many of those left around. A sad end to an old guardian Angel of the seas.
It sure deserves better.
Years ago I would take photos of abandoned homes and cars, I would write a story like the car or house was talking about its life from when it was brand new up until the time I found it abandoned, I actually did quite well selling them , when you mentioned about the boats being in a showroom at one time it brought those memories back and I wanted to share 🤗
Was in the Navy in 75. Years later I was taking a train to Mexico to try and get some PAIN meds. Got a kick in the gut when I saw a whale boat from the "USS Sacramento" in what looked like some scrap yard or something.
@@larrysingleton2864 it is quite amazing and also very sad what can be found out there 😥
That's a great share, thanks!
I was there 10 years ago when we were traveling through that area. WOW..things got really really bad since I was there. I expected it to get worse....but that looks like 30 yrs of decay not 10. Truly amazing.
When I was a kid I built the Barnegat from an Aurora model kit. I'm talking back in the 60's, ancient history to you youngsters. 😄Cool tour, thanks for sharing.
Cool! Wooden or plastic, I found a bunch of steamboat kits from that era on Ebay.
@@fightingwolf18 Plastic. That's what we did on rainy days back then. That or board games.
To someone born and raised here on the west coast and now living in the SF bay area, it just boggles my mind to see so much decay. Everywhere here there is a premium paid for any kind of property -- especially on a waterfront. Of course, we have our bad areas too -- Oakland is our Camden or Detroit but even so, houses still average $500K+. So when I see videos like this with abandoned boats, buildings, docks, landscapes I have a hard time wrapping my head around the waste of it all. In a perverse sense, it almost feels like a kind of luxury that all of that can simply be abandoned for untold years at a stretch.
As for the lightship, 75-80 years from now, assuming this video still survives (doubtful), people will look back and think, "Why couldn't they have saved that???" because by then that ship will be some 200 years old. Think on that for a moment.
Americans. We don't value our history. Not really. We're too preoccupied with chasing whatever is the perpetual new thing -- even if it is now made in China.
@@chrispotempa2900 Hey Hey "Detroit" Here ! Stop badmouthing our town ! It's a lot better now ! Don't make us send someone over there to "Cap Yo Ass" !!!
Philly Joe Jones was a local musician. Born in 1923 and died in 1985.
Good catch. Just posted this before I saw your comment;
Did some checking on that "Philly Joe" boat with the drum sticks. 15:06 There's a black drummer named Philly Joe Jones. Can't find a connection with him and boats....
@larrysingleton2864 The back of the boat is a pair of drun sticks next to the name. Safe to say based on the age of the boat and region that it was likely his. Keep digging!
@@JohnDoesItAll I just remembered something. Saw Muhammad Ali come out of a magic shop on Hollywood Blvd and get into a big convertable many moons ago. My memory is bad but I remember talking to either THE owner of that shop or owner of A magic shop.... Anyway; He had some kind of a heavy accent and told me that Ali was real big on magic.
How about that. Made a note of this in my "Memories" file;
Saw Ali come out of a magic shop on Hollywood Blvd and get into a convertible. Can't remember what color it was. I think it was dark, maybe black. You couldn't mistake Ali though. He was BIG. I checked out the magic shops online called a couple and one of the owners of a magic shop remembers Ali and his love for magic. I think that particular magic shop was closed when I decided to do some research.
@@larrysingleton2864 Wow! What a cool story! My dad loved Muhammad Ali.
@@JohnDoesItAll Here's another one. I'm writing this stuff down hoping to pass on to my two boys. My dad was one of those 50s dads who didn't do a lot of talking. Learned more about dad from my uncle in five minutes that I visited than I did my dad my whole life.
This is my “Death Valley-Furnace Creek Ranch” story.
I'm looking at the scene in a video where the Lone Ranger first rides Silver. When I was a kid me and a friend hitch-hiked to Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley. For a job as a waiter and then later a fry cook. We walked the last 25 miles in the heat of summer. There was a little pond across the street we used to swim and bath in. It was so hot you'd get out of the pond and be bone dry before you walked 10 feet.
“Dry” The heat was dry. You never saw or felt or experienced anything like it.
I have a few stories from this time but the one about the horses is my favorite. Horses like to have fun and they have a sense of humor.
I was walking on the golf course, which they close in the summer, and saw a bunch of horses which were let loose to graze. There were probably about six or eight of them. I walked up and started stroking their noses and patting them. Then got a wild hair to jump on one of them. Well this sucker took off. He was galloping like a horse out of a western......and then stopped dead in his tracks. I went flying. The grass was like a wrestling mat so I didn't get hurt. The horses started gathering around me, (the other horses had galloped alongside us), and I went ahead and jumped on another one. Same thing; the horse took off like a bat out of hell for about a hundred yards and stopped on a dime......and I went flying. I did this with all the horses for about an hour till I got tired and started walking back to my cabin. There were two maids standing there who had seen the whole thing and one of them said, “What are you trying to do? Kill those poor horses?” But the other lady spoke up and said “Mabel, those horses were having just as much fun as he was.” True story.
It was the Pyne Poynt Marina owned by Rod Sadler. In 1994 he offered to give the Barnegat a berth and try to raise funds for its preservation when a Philly Waterfront Group disbanded and no other groups wanted it. He was an active citizen in Camden City planning and economic development and wanted to restore it for the City's waterfront. Flash forward 20+ yrs of no interests from any groups or funding, he passed away in 2019. The good news is Camden County has purchased the property from his wife in 2023 and is developing a park that includes plans to restore the ship.... fingers crossed they are successful in doing so!
Thats so funny to see this pop up, I just made a video at the US Lightship Barnegat a month ago. I kayaked around the area and explored the entire ship / property. We even picked up the same exercise 8 track. Lol. 😊
I'm amazed at the amount of sunken boats there! Here in Washington's Puget Sound area if ONE boat sinks at it's mooring, it's a huge deal, and the Coast Guard response is immediate! Within days the vessel will be salvaged under the Derelict Vessel Program. I honestly like seeing sunken boats from time to time, but holy cow, that's alot there! I like how you don't destroy or damage stuff while exploring. Sad to see such a historic vessel in that condition. Here on the west coast, we have a preserved USCG Lightship in Astoria, Oregon. Great video!
That ship is on the national register of historic places. It need to be saved quick!!!
I’m afraid that she’s too far gone to be saved. The hull is rusted through and water seems to be flowing through the lower decks. The USCG needs to repossess her and put her out of her misery.
Was in the Navy in 75. Years later I was taking a train to Mexico to try and get some PAIN meds. Got a kick in the gut when I saw a whale boat from the "USS Sacramento" in what looked like some scrap yard or something.
Unfortunately I think this boat is too far gone.
There’s nothing left to save.
Everything of value has been stripped, the rest is rotted.
Philly Joe Jones is a legendary jazz drummer. Omg.
i really like your videos because you tell the stories we don’t usually hear and humanises them and i REALLY appreciate you telling the story as it is without any scary spooky background noise or adding details to make it scarier !
Best times for a boat owner, when you first get it and when you get rid of it.
You got that right. Want a money pit just buy a boat is the way to go.
So true!
All the best for 2025 Chris looking forward for even more great videos from you
Thanks! All the best to you too
I subscribed, hope that helps. My Dad was the honorary captain of the Moshulu, when it was directly on the Delaware nearer the Ben Franklin Bridge, and just south of it was the Barnegat. I remember that ship in much better condition. It was old then, of course, but the paint was maintained, and I think it even had tours. The Moshulu ex 'Kurt' is only 1 year older, built in 1903.
It's sad to see such important history fading away. I think it's gotten harder to preserve ships like this unless they have an active income from tours. People can look up any ship now without leaving home, learn about them and often watch footage whereas in years past, there was the very hit or miss public library or just getting in the car and visiting.
So yeah, the times we're in isn't just killing malls, it's letting tangible nostalgia rot because it's represented digitally.
The only reason the Moshulu is still being maintained is because it's a restaurant.
Moshulu, theres a great book about her called the last grain race. anyone who knows the name should read that book.
Lots of cool stuff to salvage.
HOLY SMOKE! The Barnegat light ship❤❤❤
I couldn’t decide what video to watch so my cat decided to walk over my phone and chose this video for me! Lol. Fantastic video, Chris!
The sail boat in the front left of the thumbnail is a finnsailer 35. Built in Finland on a hull design from a lifeboat with a canoe stern. My family had one and I spent my childhood travelling up and down the southwest coast of Ireland on it in all weathers. Fantastic memories.
That sounds amazing !
Just found your channel and have been binge watching, absolutely brilliant
I made a ham radio contact to a station set up on that boat years ago it was a special event station ! I still have the certificate somewhere !! Lol thanks. !
The vessel seems unsalvageable at this point. At the very least, it would be financially ruinous to do so. But what someone should do is preserve part of it. Like say, take one of the deckhouses, and one of the light masts, and make a memorial. Get the light working again so the memorial is lit up at night. It would be super cool. Clearly efforts were made by various organizations to preserve the vessel in the distant past. It didn't work. But I think parts of it could still be preserved for posterity. I think lightships are probably my favorite type of vessel. Everyone likes lighthouses, and boats, and merging the two creates a very novel thing. I wish there were small die cast desktop display models of all the worlds lightships. They're not just pleasing in concept they're pleasing to look at as well. There's something about lightships that fill me with a sense of adventure.
I toured the Nantucket Lightship LV-112 when I was a kid. They were sailing around Bar Harbor, ME in 1988. Its a National Landmark now in Boston, MA.
I think it’s in New Bedford ma. Now there’s two of them there
The Nantucket Light Ship was tied up for a while at the Fall River State pier next to Battleship Cove
The Nantucket was tied up in The Narrows in wareham for years
Awesome video Chris and I know you and Jay enjoyed the explore. Those looked like old iconic boats. That area is one of many whaling areas as well as crab and lobster communities as well as tuna and sword fishing communities. I always enjoy your videos.
Fascinating history really cool.
Thank you for taking us along
Great Mission Chris. Crazy boat/ship graveyard. Happy New Year buddy. Looking forward to the new missions this coming year. 👊😎👍
While being in the Camden area, did you consider visiting the Battleship New Jersey Museum and explore it via an unguided tour?
I follow their channel here on TH-cam and always wondered what you could do with the place in a video - its not abandoned or decaying, but its got 1100 compartments (of which only a minority can be visited...) but so much history through service spanning almost 5 decades as the highest decorated battleship in US history. 😊
That light ship has been there at least 20 years probably more I remember me an dad taking our boat up against and touching the hull of that ship.
I remember a similar vessel docked in Southport, NC that had been anchored on the Frying Pan Shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. It was decommissioned around 1965. It is now anchored in the Hudson River. One of 13 lightships that are still afloat.
Happy New Year Sir. You've had so many terrific vids, but for me? This is the best.
Thanks! Happy New Year
Chris Thank-you for all the awesome videos you shared in 2024!! You're a amazing person ❤️ looking forward to follow you through 2025🎉🎉 Happy new year's to you!! And safe travels 😀😄
Spooky and fascinating! I love these video's ❤
Dude, I seriously thought that looks like the SS Minnow right as you said “three hour tour” 😂😂 you nailed it on that one. Anyways love your channel man, long time subscriber but I don’t think I’ve ever commented. I literally laughed out loud when you said that
That boat doesn't look anything like the SS Minnow.
I don't understand WHY, you are not a top reporter for a major news channel.. you are a awesome story teller! I enjoy your videos!
Because he speaks the truth. That isn't allowed on news cast today.
Mainstream media’s dead. He’s doing it the proper way right here.
Thanks for the tour.
The lightship Ambrose was another prime example of what the Barnaget was
Ambrose can be seen at liberty state park, Jersey City. It’s being used as the offices for the marina there.
If I remember correctly the Light Ship BARNEGAT was at the Pier
behind the Restaurant Capt. STARNS in ATLANTIS CITY and then
moved to a Phila PIER ... But that was many Years ago...
I remember Capt Starns! I remember the Rum Point Bar where Golden Nugget is now
Awesome video
I don't know if "mental fortitude" was the phrase you were looking for but, I completely understand where you were coming from. I don't necessarily get seasick that easy, I just don't think I could be all alone for so long. Not to mention I have crippling thalasaphobia. 😂
Being alone isnt the first thing on your mind when you are in the most dangerous place on this planet: The open sea.
Even your thalasaphobia is going to take a backseat once you realize that the environment above the surface wants to kill you as much as the water you are sailing on. 😅
0:28 looks like the Minnow! I expected the cast of Gilligan's Island to appear. 🙂
1:26 _There we go!_ 😂
My parents live there haha- should check that out next time I’m down
Grandfather was USCG Captain. 1st graduating class of the academy 1927. I would place a standing bet he had set foot on that vessel. He retained a Fresnel lens from one of these light ships that had been damaged, I have it to this day. No record of what ship it came from but I know the names of three others. Hen and Chickens and Relief. The last one was a sign on the bathroom door so I might be wrong on that one.
They had a similar ship off sandy hook. The ambrose light ship. It currently sits at south street seaport in NYC. It's beautiful!!
For some reason i recall this Name and its so familiar to me. Just the name is a feeling i was there back in my childhood. My family is still living on Chesapeake Bay and i vacationed up and down beach and marina's my father and uncles were all boat owners, they worked on old fishing boats that sold the catch right on the dock that they docked in Rock Hall Md. Long Beach Island was our Summer Beach location of family Reunion
Two best days in owning a boat,
The day you buy it and,
The day you sell it......
In the meantime, it’s a hole in the ocean that swallows all your money!
I was in the Sea Cadets in Philadelphila back when i was like 16 (62 now). That ship was at Penn's Landing for a few. It was in great shape back then. Sad days ahead.
I wonder if that damage is from when Hurricane Sandy hit. Wind and flooding could have knocked those boats around like that. Easier for the owners to forget about them if they were dealing with the effects of the storm.
It just screams,, Lead Paint!!! 😮
I don't think any kids are going to chew on the paint there.
Try not to eat too much, then.
Wow, very cool, Chris! And you know what? I looked on Google Earth and those same boats by the dock @14:00 are somewhat above water level. Pretty wild yet sad with all the detritus just decaying there. And not just there, there are a lot of places like this where boats are just sitting, rotting for many years. Saw one such near NYC as well.
Wow, you can sure hear the water coming in!! 😮 Scary!
Had me at Barneget..
spent my childhood summers on the Barneget bay.. back when
Seaside heights was a different place.. I had the same feelings as a kid when I would see scuddled boats.. careful my brother drowned in the Toms River
Spent two summers at Barnegat light with my grandparents in the early 80’s , fun times
Yea , me too . I had a little row boat probably put a 110k miles on it fishing crabbing and exploring
@ good times..!!
@@mikekosar6135 yea it was. Now I got a big boat that draws too deep for most of the bay and miss my rowboat !
@ lol.. loved my flat bottom with the live well and 20hp
Merc..!! Many hours clamming crabbing
This is an awesome video! Very Cool!😎👍
I have a video showing the U.S. Bannegat on one of my hard drives. I was flying a drone up the Delaware river from Penn's Treaty Park in Philly when I saw the boat and yard, I decided it looked interesting so I filmed it.
Happy New Year 🎉 may it be the best
thank you for the video!
It's nice to see this second version of this location from Two Feet Outdoors view.
I always enjoy your vids! 😊
You did a great job of filming this
I was on that ship when it was docked at penns landing, that was used in the veitnam war.
if you want an idea what she looked like in her heyday you should check out USCG lightship Columbia tied up as a museum in Astoria Oregon.
I grew up in Camden and Burlington counties and had no idea this was there. Played in pyne point park even until 1998 at least.
The ship was at Penns Landing for a number of years until the owners disbanded, it was sold to the marina it currently sits at. The owner did intend to refurbish it, unfortunately he died before he realized that dream.
The marina (and by extention the lightship) are now owned by the County.
They plan to create a new park at the site but no word had been said about the Barnaget thst I have heard.
Great vid , so much waste ! Someone could clean up and sell the scrap and cool stuff . And those old Gilligan island boats could be sold to someone with an old car or truck . Even the docks sold off but maybe no family left or property of the city now left to rot .
At 20:20 you show a light filled with water I found the same light unused at a garage sale never used & just recently wired it up. I never did know what type of fixture it was until your video
As an retired electrician. I say thank you mate
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love your videos!
This was interesting stuff. I really appreciate this video. Thanks chris. Best wishes in 2025 to you and your loved ones
Those are like 50$ Milwaukee cases. Crazy the amount of stuff that gets abandoned.
Very cool. Thanks
I saw a 12 pack of Schafer Beer. That takes me back to early 90’s! I haven’t seen it in years!
I would give that place a early 80s time frame, to stand still. I paid for machine sodas with 50 cents when I was a kid..The steel boats, they pain me.. I weld frames on 500 dollar vehicles for smiles. Taking on an old steel ship would be an amazing daydream. I saw the big boat not long ago on two feet outdoors you tube channel.
was just sitting here wishing chris would drop a video!
Haha good timing!
Im surprised that the CBMM in St. Michael's didn't take more intetest in it. They tend to cater to the areas typical type boat like log canoes and crabbing skiffs
That is a great museum hope to get back there some day
Journey with Jay not willing to journey onto the dodgey dock 😁
Hahaha I'm clumsy I saw myself falling in the water
Very cool video!
Pine poynt. That place is wild. Was there like 10 years ago, it’s in way worse shape now. Used to be a guy working out of there.
Wow!! how do you guys find this stuff!! It really is cool to see! The tide rushing in is wild! I love the ship exploration epic exploration had a video on the sunken point pleasant boat!! Looks the same absolutely amazing!!! I wouldn’t go in there my hats off to ya!!
Go get lost on Google Maps Satellite view. You'll find all kinds of stuff.
The two happiest days in a man's life, the day he buys the boat and the day he sells it .
The east coast has a lot of cool abandoned but visitable boat and vessel relics to peek into compared to the west coast. Happy travels in 2025!
An uncle of mine was USCG stationed in NJ back when she was operable. Sad to see her so far gone. Where she's at is no secret, so: she shows on Google Earth: 39°57'26"N 75°06'44"W
Um, the Minnow was like 5 times the size of that pond paddler.
The minnow was a 58 wheeler 36 I believe
Small White Corner Sink Sitting On The Floor There In The Barnacle Woulda Been A Nice Snag
Phillyjoe with the drumsticks got my attention.. looked up the name, and he was a popular musician .. Mush have belonged to him
Wow, what an interesting ship! I'd be very interested in what dates were on some of the paperwork in the offices. And that radio amplifier I'd love to repurpose as a guitar amp. Really interesting history.
so cool
It was displayed at Penns Landing in Phila for years in the 1980s
It’d be nice to fund raise and get her (The Barnegat Light ship) back up and floating. The John J. Harvey, a retired FDNY Hero Boat has been restored and functions now as a nonprofit that provides trips all around NYC and NJ Hudson River waterway. This could be a ship perhaps that is restored then docked for tours and events.
My grandfather was the ship's Master in 1937-39, I have Christmas Photos taken during that time to share if anyone is interested, I tried to share a link but TH-cam is deleting that.
These boats are a perfect example of why you never waste money on a boat in the first place. Become close friends with someone who owns a boat, never own a boat yourself. Believe me, I have, three of them, and later in life I regret the money I spent on them because I would have instead $1 million earning 5% in annual dividends and I would be retired today had I not wasted money on boats.
I've always heard that the best kind of boat is your friends boat.
@ precisely!
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The 2 best days in a man's life: the day he gets his boat and the day he sells it.
If everybody follows that advice, nobody has a boat 😅
7:25 if a person puts some padding in there they could make a nice bed
all that metal should be cleaned up
If this is indeed the one that was in St. Michaels,Md. ,i spent a week aboard her in the early 70s . Iwas in sea scouts for 2 years. Cooked on that stove which ran on diesel fuel. Sorry to see it let go.
Looks like it was docked here sometime between April 1992 and March 1995.
Yes, each one of those derelict boats was once someone's dream. So sad to see them at the end.
There is a Lightship sitting in middle of Lewes Delaware not far from the ferry
The 2 best days in a boat owners life - the day you buy the boat, and the day you sell the boat!
Someone must've slammed the door on that old ice machine. Like....big time!!
You should do a video with the Philly captain
Too bad the seaport museum in philly couldnt find a home for it. I was on the light ship in baltimore years ago was a nice museum ship.
Very Cool! Wonder what is on the reals of tape...?