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The disintegrating hull and steam boiler and tubing are what is left of this old wooden ship (one of several abandoned vessels In the Musquash Estuary. Located about 15 kms west of Saint John). Over the past 20 months I've checked various online sites as well as more than 1/2 dozen contacts in the Saint John and surrounding area, in an attempt at identifying this vessel (and the others in the Estuary). Those contacts include residents of Musquash, various historians, libraries, New Brunswick Museum, archives, etc. There doesn't seem to be any recorded history as to the origin of these wooden ships (Schooners...?) or when/how they ended up in the Estuary. It is my understanding they were purchased in the 1950's (?) by local businesman C.N. Wilson (Saint John Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Ltd.), and converted for use as a lumber and coal carrier(s), trading in the Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy and eventually abandoned at their present location.
I am currently waiting for information from yet another of my contacts in anticipation of identifying this ship (and the others)..........
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Many thanks follow up comments subject photo. Fascinating information regarding the wooden hulls. Your research (with links) have solved the mystery. Re Ocean Hawk......At the time of posting (2021) I was informed the tug was moved further up the Estuary (at high tide) and deliberately burned at the location where it sits to this day (Not far out of sight from where a 4 lane highway runs past the Estuary). The 3 photos I took of the remaining hulls, (lying in a different section of the Estuary) must be the Ocean Rockswift/Osprey and Weka. Given their poor condition it would be impossible to positively identify which is which. I will however change title of the two uploaded to date. For sake of providing identification, I will include a tug name and a footnote in the description with the data you've provided.
Thank you again for correcting the identity of these wooden hulls. Much appreciated.
Kind regards.....
andre
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Many thanks for your comments to my Mystery Ship upload. It is my understanding the steam boiler does not belong to either of the 4 LSM's abandoned in the Estuary. (LSM's were powered by steam turbine or diesel,,,?) While visiting the Musquash Estuary in April of 2021, I took photos of what appears to be 3 wooden hulled ships (One being subject photo). In the photo above you will notice the steam boiler (with tubes) sitting in the middle of what appears to be the rotting hull of wooden ship (Schooner?). Since 2021, I've reached out to numerous contacts (see description) and came up empty handed. Separately, I will upload the remaining photos (2) I took of those wooden hull ships (what's left of them), in hopes there may be, someone out there who can offer clues as to their identity.
Kind regards....
andre
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The wooden hulls are not schooners, they are old Navy tugboats.
OCEAN HAWK
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3289509
OCEAN ROCKSWIFT - IMO 5260526
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2807706
Ocean Osprey
https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/ocean-osprey.462304/
OCEAN WEKA
https://russelbrothers.com/navytugsglen.html
These 4 tugs along with the 4 LSM's were almost the entire fleet of Saint John Tug Boat Co. Ltd. the owner was C.N. Wilson.
In 1967 he lost 2 lawsuits and had to pay for the sale of the boats to a scrapyard and they were to be scrapped in the Musquash Estuary, but apparently it was never done.
Later it was said that the ships were donated to the government of Canada.
Saludos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy8HedHh7FI
1. USS LSM-46
2. USS LSM-56
3. USS LSM-78
4. USS LSM-89
DRONE WITH MUSIC VERY GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76aLDNUrgsc
If not, we will talk and look for saludos
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