Launching of Staten Island Ferry 12-18-04

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @kevinwong6588
    @kevinwong6588 5 лет назад +2

    "Spirit Of America" was not delivered until 9/16/05 and originally intended to enter service on October 25, 2005 (the centennial of the municipal Staten Island ferry service), but delayed to April 4, 2006 due to technical and legal issues. I can't understand the long time from launch to delivery (nine months). The builder plate inside "Spirit Of America" has a 2005 build date (despite completed by 12/18/04 launch).

  • @MrTanzanite
    @MrTanzanite 12 лет назад +1

    I had the priviledge of doing outfitting work on all 3 vessels... the corp. I worked for was MSC out of Hood River... it was good work and wonderful experience for the year and a half I was employed with MSC. Keep up the good work America !!!!

  • @luneetoon
    @luneetoon 8 лет назад +3

    I worked at Marinette Marine for 42 years and was involved in more launches than I could count . There is a hole 450 feet long by 80 feet wide and 50 feet deep carved out of the river bottom that the ship launches into .The Menominee River in that area is about 20 feet deep more or less , depending on the levels of the great lakes . I did see a video of a side launch where the ship went upside down .I think it was in Italy .

  • @sunshine0290
    @sunshine0290 14 лет назад +1

    @MADSEEN2009 the company that constructed this vessel is in marinette Wisconsin, on the border between WI and Michigan... not on the Hudson.

  • @koiesbow
    @koiesbow 14 лет назад +2

    Somewhere inside the ship on a lonely, Isolated table, The captains tea just spilled.

  • @Razqa980
    @Razqa980 14 лет назад +1

    As along as stability calculation calculated properly and side launching calculation also calculated correctly the ship will be afloat safely except damage stability.

  • @fafnir242
    @fafnir242 17 лет назад +1

    Not necessarily. I'm from the Midwest, but I got out to NJ/NYC back in August. I rode the Staten Island Ferry. Greatest ride of my life!!!!!!!

  • @adelgado75
    @adelgado75 17 лет назад +1

    Question: When they strike the ship with the bottle is that what makes it go in or is that just for show? I like the old JFK ferry much better.

  • @TheJeromeFanner
    @TheJeromeFanner 4 года назад +3

    0:29 *bang*
    people laugh
    Staff: *AIIGHT TIME TO LAUCH THE BOAT*

  • @sjtom57
    @sjtom57 13 лет назад +6

    Hard to believe those ferry rides are still free.

  • @susanadleiva
    @susanadleiva 15 лет назад +1

    I red that this ferry boat were dedicated to the victims of 911 and also part of the metal of the world Trade Center was use to assembled this boat! U usually traveled in this boat every single weekend I love it

  • @mj0sefs0n
    @mj0sefs0n 13 лет назад +1

    @DFDalton1962
    We used to have great active shipbuilding facilities in NYC (e.g., Brooklyn Navy Yard), but we don't really have these things anymore--just repair facilities

  • @John_Snowbird
    @John_Snowbird 15 лет назад +1

    If a ship is badly built, it'll roll over anyway, even if you launch it perpendicularly. See "principessa jolanda" as an example.
    Side launches are perfectly safe and take much less space to do, so long as the ship is built solid.

  • @thrilli997
    @thrilli997 9 лет назад +3

    The ferry in the video that was launched (Spirit Of America) and it's sister ships, Sen. John J. Marchi and the Guy V. Molinari were all made from the scraps they saved from the Twin Towers.

  • @Stalingarde
    @Stalingarde 16 лет назад +1

    it's hard to belive that there aren't many accidents with this method of launching

    • @barrymullets7028
      @barrymullets7028 2 года назад

      If the ships can’t stand a side launch, they’ve got no business in the water.

  • @BLAKPEARL69
    @BLAKPEARL69 17 лет назад

    for a sec i thought that the boat was going to go under lol
    i'm from staten island and i do miss it from time to time. i may be visiting soon.

  • @TequilaKG
    @TequilaKG 16 лет назад +1

    That's nuts how it looks so close to tipping over.

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg 13 лет назад +1

    I can't believe that a little bottle knocks a ship into the water. That person must be like super strong.

  • @Pacerace100
    @Pacerace100 15 лет назад +1

    Actually this is the dutch method of launching ship I believe, but its is ofter done by many other people, as in the video its being done by Americans. IMO, this way is MUCH more interesting than watching is slide backwards off the drydock

  • @style2ouf
    @style2ouf 16 лет назад +1

    Holy shit that tilt was scary as hell.

  • @jbittner66
    @jbittner66 15 лет назад +1

    Very cool. Thanks!

  • @itsjustme2919
    @itsjustme2919 14 лет назад

    there weren't crew on it were there? im just wondering...seasick mucho lol

  • @indyfan22k
    @indyfan22k 13 лет назад +1

    @sjtom57 Why do they think charge so much to go over the Verrazano ?? LOL

  • @420in757
    @420in757 13 лет назад

    does anyone know if there are people on the ship when it launches? shyt would be crazy when it hit the water

  • @FoGGeRdk
    @FoGGeRdk 15 лет назад +2

    god bless this boat..

  • @mleku1
    @mleku1 16 лет назад +1

    gotta love Staten Island, eh?

  • @Thugz4Real
    @Thugz4Real 15 лет назад +1

    i didnt know throwing a ship into the water was a way to launch it lol thought it was gonna tip too

  • @xPiojitoO
    @xPiojitoO 16 лет назад +1

    wouldve been awesomely cool to be on the boat DURING the launching tho XDD LOL!
    Hope they allow cars on again soon :/ those were always fun and romantic XD

  • @wildbenny5405
    @wildbenny5405 16 лет назад

    is this a bad launching ?

  • @IrishLincoln
    @IrishLincoln 15 лет назад +1

    Wow! They dropped it like it was hot.

  • @banditter
    @banditter 13 лет назад +4

    0:46 Long cigarette :D

  • @rustyjeeps
    @rustyjeeps  17 лет назад +2

    Its so cool to watch the ships drop in the drink!!, ck out my other launchings, Russ

  • @idram12892
    @idram12892 16 лет назад +1

    side ways ship launches always scare me, i'm always afraid the thing will roll over lol

  • @ferriesoftasmania
    @ferriesoftasmania 13 лет назад

    @KeMoniito She didn't actuly mention the builders, she said "Bless the Men and Women that sail on her", and I am sure many women will sail on it. But I see where your coming from, usually it is said "Bless all who sail in/on her".
    Plus I am sure that the ship building company employes Women, so they contributed, even if indirectly.

  • @gmcbuses
    @gmcbuses 14 лет назад

    Why did they launch it that way? It could of sank.

  • @CeleronicProductions
    @CeleronicProductions 14 лет назад

    why is it orange?

  • @DWaterCooler
    @DWaterCooler 11 лет назад

    This is really neat, but I thought the ferry is really old? :O somebody please correct me on that

    • @chaosgaming5370
      @chaosgaming5370 10 лет назад

      Idk Either.I Lived In New York City For 7 Years And I Don't Even Know.My Grandpa Said It Came Out A LONG Time Ago.

    • @chaosgaming5370
      @chaosgaming5370 10 лет назад

      I Think That Version Of The Staten Island Ferry Came Out

    • @chaosgaming5370
      @chaosgaming5370 10 лет назад

      In 2004

    • @crazyjdkid
      @crazyjdkid 10 лет назад

      The Spirit of America I'd a brand new ship but it was designed to keep to the traditional look of the previous ferries. It runs along side with 7 other ships that look much like it. The other ships were made any where from the 1960s to the 2000

    • @chocolatcats
      @chocolatcats 9 лет назад

      +DLSea's Watercooler SURE BUT......its free for us.......and not even me..I live at the beach in Calif but would love to be a New Yorker and enjoy this........I am very jealous.

  • @MrBear1967
    @MrBear1967 15 лет назад +1

    wow....well cool...looks like its gonna tip....excellent...

  • @sackcheck
    @sackcheck 13 лет назад

    I thought they break the bottle of Champagne on the front of boats not the rear

  • @MetaView7
    @MetaView7 15 лет назад +1

    it happened in Italy !

  • @brotmann86
    @brotmann86 14 лет назад +1

    wow that was pretty cool :-))

  • @espectaculardavidrcq
    @espectaculardavidrcq 12 лет назад +1

    Hermoso!

  • @to88he
    @to88he 14 лет назад

    Is this new??? looks like a ferry from the 60's

    • @kevinwong6588
      @kevinwong6588 5 лет назад

      Modeled after the 1965 Kennedy Class to some degree.

  • @ENZO234258
    @ENZO234258 15 лет назад +1

    didnt know they launched ships like that and too thought it was gonna tip! XD

  • @rafsanAhmed93
    @rafsanAhmed93 7 лет назад +1

    spirit of America is best boat in Staten island ferry fleet right now. but its just me.

    • @kevinwong6588
      @kevinwong6588 6 лет назад +1

      The Kennedy is the most reliable and safest (and preferred by crews) in a published article (and is a passenger favorite with the outdoor deck).

  • @sockerarsle
    @sockerarsle 15 лет назад +1

    i'd looove to be at the stern when it hits the water hahaha

  • @creeperguy-nr5bj
    @creeperguy-nr5bj 7 лет назад

    I thought that the ferry was going to be sunk

  • @CreoleCW
    @CreoleCW 15 лет назад

    Don't know why they chose that color; all I can tell you is I grew up in NYC and Staten Island Ferryboats have been orange since I was a kid.

  • @DJShire_ATL
    @DJShire_ATL 13 лет назад

    SI chicks are like the SI Ferry because everyone gets a ride.

  • @chacuuun
    @chacuuun 15 лет назад

    Actually there are a few differente ways of launching a ship. This is just one of them, also done in britain.

  • @BootTrackStories
    @BootTrackStories 13 лет назад

    Angelina from Jersey Shore

  • @rustyjeeps
    @rustyjeeps  17 лет назад

    Its just the ceremonial symbol to "let her go!!!"

  • @bunkhouse
    @bunkhouse 15 лет назад

    Blue and orange are NYC colors.

    • @christophersheehan2659
      @christophersheehan2659 3 года назад

      Blue white and orange, from the flag of the first Dutch republic (we were New Amsterdam)

  • @LadyZ0009
    @LadyZ0009 15 лет назад

    ok its orange and ya point?

  • @redgaridose
    @redgaridose 15 лет назад

    ok.. but one thing that was crazy just slideing it into the water

  • @awaseniu
    @awaseniu 15 лет назад

    It looked like the boat was going to tip over

  • @DauntlessEagle1
    @DauntlessEagle1 16 лет назад

    god i for it was going to tip ! nice video

  • @XdarkstanleyxX
    @XdarkstanleyxX 13 лет назад

    Now its Big Apple Two

  • @n1ck1216
    @n1ck1216 15 лет назад

    I thought it was going to fall LMAO

  • @Vulgar1
    @Vulgar1 15 лет назад

    me too

  • @jessewru6425
    @jessewru6425 11 лет назад

    look how long that dudes smoke is at 0:47!

  • @KartKing4ever
    @KartKing4ever 15 лет назад

    u mean fivehundred million

  • @aceresidentace
    @aceresidentace 15 лет назад

    i thought it would tip over

  • @redgaridose
    @redgaridose 15 лет назад

    id love to be in side the comand center inside that ship when it wwent in the water!

  • @AJice1980
    @AJice1980 14 лет назад

    @joshua1954 U SURE DID BUDDY

  • @mrtthepwnage331
    @mrtthepwnage331 13 лет назад +1

    0:28 *BING* YOUVE GOT FAIL

  • @pandajam09
    @pandajam09 15 лет назад

    hahaa, same here!
    i watched one today, (only on youtube) and i was like, wtf?

  • @AMartinez93
    @AMartinez93 15 лет назад

    that would have been mad funy if it rolled over

  • @Victor86MC
    @Victor86MC 14 лет назад

    @UKPatriotsFan I'm not lying, i was hoping that :)

  • @htbuidoi
    @htbuidoi 14 лет назад

    Khiếp !!!

  • @jainamshah007
    @jainamshah007 13 лет назад

    @sackcheck it is broken on name

  • @chucknorris118
    @chucknorris118 12 лет назад

    just go to 0:35

  • @Jagcycle
    @Jagcycle 14 лет назад

    @fladave99 If someone smashed a bottle of champagne over my head, I'd get out of bed like that too.

  • @monzky14
    @monzky14 13 лет назад

    oli shh!t i tought it will gonna fail lol

  • @theryan96
    @theryan96 13 лет назад

    ohhhh i get it he tried to break the bottle but failed on his first attempt, ahhh.

    • @Jartny
      @Jartny 7 лет назад

      That's actually a bad omen for ship launches.

  • @theoriginalmodz
    @theoriginalmodz 17 лет назад

    shit almost flipped

  • @tombo4444
    @tombo4444 15 лет назад

    relax not everyone is a structural engineer of some sort

  • @abturk
    @abturk 16 лет назад

    I Left that shit-hole 4 years ago and moved to Jersey.

  • @ChrisTheHobbyGuy
    @ChrisTheHobbyGuy 14 лет назад

    Wow great Staten Island video...check out mine

  • @DavidOrtiz246
    @DavidOrtiz246 13 лет назад

    that's a failboat.. look it up on Wikipedia

  • @keebordcowboy
    @keebordcowboy 13 лет назад

    daam it floats !!! hehehe

  • @skidoofr3ak144
    @skidoofr3ak144 13 лет назад

    imagine if as soon as it released it fell the other way :P jk thats terrible and wouldnt happen

  • @csmaster65
    @csmaster65 16 лет назад

    Lucky Strike

  • @munchbit
    @munchbit 14 лет назад

    i wish it sank

  • @MasterBattle2000
    @MasterBattle2000 14 лет назад

    that ship looks ugly

  • @enrimacho
    @enrimacho 16 лет назад

    che botta!