Rossville Tugboat Graveyard

What do you do with a ship when you don't need it anymore? You scuttle it. Leave it to rot away to nothing at the edge of water and land, shifting into and out of view with the tides. Before we salvaged her, EV had been slated for demolition and a fate not dissimilar to that of the husks laying still in Rossville, Staten Island. Staten Island's Boat Graveyard, known to some as the 'elephant's graveyard,' contains the remains of tugboats, ferries and battleships dating back to before 1900. Unwanted vessels have been routinely left to decompose in this series of private ship yards along Staten Island's southern coast.

Join us on Tuesday to visit them. More ship graveyard history to come after a full sensory investigation.

-- PaulaZ - 21 Nov 2005
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