Name/Title
B+W aerial photo of 2 tankers & 1 ore ship in drydocks at Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, n.d., ca. 1968-1970.Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0061Description
Black-and-white aerial photo of two tankers and an ore carrier in dry docks at Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, no date, circa 1968-1970.
8" x 10" high print with integral caption at bottom. Issued by Bethlehem Steel Corp.; photographer not indicated. Reverse is blank.
View is east with New York City in the background; Empire State Building right, below it to left, the large office building that is 2 Penn Plaza, built 1968 (see notes.) Shipyard piers were between 12th and 13th Streets. A winter photo with river ice seen on the Manhattan side as well snow on buildings. Crane.
Note that the caption states three "tankers," but the vessel at the right, S.S. Elisabeth Entz, was an ore carrier. (See notes for more about the ships.)
Text of caption:
Tankers and Towers. New York City's skyline is the backdrop for this wintry view of three tankers dry docked at Bethlehem Steel's Hoboken, N. J., ship repair yard. In dock, left to right, are: S.S. ESSO HAMBURG, deadweight 26,620 tons; S.S. HARRY C. WEBB, deadweight 21,900 tons; and S.S. ELISABETH ENTZ, deadweight 36,261 tons. Repairs to these tankers ranged from miscellaneous work to taiI shaft drawing and bottom damage. (Bethlehem Steel Photo No. 49798A-3)Acquisition
Accession
2012.007Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.Made/Created
Date made
1968 - 1970Notes
Date: 1968-1970General Notes
Note
Notes: Helping to date the image is that an very large building is not seen: 1 Penn Plaza. A 750 foot high black office building on 34th St., between 7th & 8th Avenues that was "built" (or more properly, opened) in 1972. While it may have been under construction, it is not visible.
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Vessels seen in photo:
S.S. Elisabeth Entz: built 1961.Ore Carrier, A Bulk Carrier With A Side Tank & Central Cargo Hold Arrangement To Carry Ore. May Feature Longitudinal Bulkheads.
IMO Number: 5101469, Gross Registered Tonnage:
S.S. Harry C. Webb: built 1965.
From 1965 Yearbook of the Bureau of Mines, published 1966, pg. 904: Pan American Sulphur Co.; built to transport liquid sulphur from Mexico to England, "planned to place ... in operation in May"
S.S. Esso Hamburg: built 1955.
Esso Hamburg Esso Tankschiff Rederi G.M.b.H. Tanker 129,013 1955. Yard No: 679 Gross: 17419 Net: 10094 26650 Deutsche Werft AG. Hamburg
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: West, D.
Status Date: 2012-03-23