Great video! Thank you! I do a great deal of genealogical research on my family and it's nice to see where my progenitor lived in the early 1700s. Also, my polish side of the family lived here after leaving Austria and Russia in the very early 1900s. ❤️
Wayne! The navy has been required to self contain all cleaning projects on curtis creek! It is fairly clean now! Ive been spending some time on it and its loaded with very healthy fish!
Good stuff Wayne! I've been on a number of these old wrecks. We used to night dive on old WW1 liberty ships that were grounded and sunk on purpose to stop beach erosion and allow patrols. They were a haven for eels, lobster, blackfish and fluke(flounder) who made their home there and fed in the currents that swept through, between and around them. I had many artifacts from those old boats. In my younger days.
I see the enormous wooden ships at least 2 times out of my work week I'm always amazed when going across the draw bridge in a trash truck rolloff driver and I dump my loaded can on chemical rd at a transfer station
Concrete hull boats were made during WW2. Seaford, DE. is one place they were built. I inquired about the purchasing one. I wanted to preserve the history. I was told I couldn't dock it at the marina where it was stored. 😮
Curtis Bay Maryland is where the USCG 44' motorlifeboats were built. I have driven the oldest and newest of the old tanks and they were bulletproof! 44379 and 44409 screaming Jimmy powered
A lot of the Emergency Fleet ships (which I'm sure at least a couple of these are from) were unfinished and sold off to private owners for use as barges, which may be how they ended up here. In some places they were intentionally sunk to use as breakwaters-there are several of them further down near the mouth of Curtis Creek, lined up neatly along the southern shore.
Good Stuff! There is a big wooden boat festival in Port Townsend round about the 10th and 11th of Sept.Should be good to see. Not far from me here on Van.Isle.but I will have to be content to see some of it on RUclips! CHEERS
Those Roman numerals are plimsoll marks that show how many feet there are from the waterline to the keel (how deep the rear of the ship is floating in the water); they're carved into the tiller post on the rudder. You can see the mortises where there was once a great iron hinge connecting the rudder to the transom post.
Alot of the natives of in the are living there actually dismantled some of the ships for its wood also so you need to take that in account that wood is big money if you didn't know
Nice old yp boats addition Saturday's market shoppers there is a bunch of nice yps from the us naval academy and i really do like them and i am a volunteer firefighter and i have bunch of very good deals on them turn them into marine fire rescue boats
Hard to speculated. Some of these may not have ever seen any use. As far as jet skis and wave runners go - I haven’t ridden any in a few years but they can be great fun and quite useful.
I don't think this area is super cool 15:25. It is an example of the government abusing its authority to use the environment as a scrap yard and then saying it is a green habitat. If this were private citizens or industry they would be forced to clean it up. The area looks like it could be used as a nice marina if all that scrap was not there.
I only thought it was super cool to get to see the rudder of an old wooden ship up close. One account that I read was that a “ship breaker” had placed many (or all of) these ships here. It isn’t an official green habitat but nature seems to be taking over and wildlife is moving into an area that was a dumping ground.
Would love to see a flyover with a drone…
At the end of this video there’s a link to a playlist of other videos from this area - many of them are drone videos!
@@WayneTheBoatGuy awesome thank you
Great video! Thank you!
I do a great deal of genealogical research on my family and it's nice to see where my progenitor lived in the early 1700s. Also, my polish side of the family lived here after leaving Austria and Russia in the very early 1900s. ❤️
The pace and the music selection of this video is excellent. I really enjoyed this one. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That timber is likely to be Teak. It would be good to get a length of it and dress it to see how well it comes up.
This was a *boatload* of fun! ⚓️
Thanks for your help with this video!!
Great idea, Wayne.
Wayne! The navy has been required to self contain all cleaning projects on curtis creek! It is fairly clean now! Ive been spending some time on it and its loaded with very healthy fish!
Btw keep up the vids! Im a MD new boat owner(2 years into ownership) love your informative vids!
That’s so good to hear!
This would be a cool spot for some HB promo pics! Sweet video 🤙🏼
Maybe with some green screen!
@@WayneTheBoatGuy for sure! I’m sure Andrew could make it look cool 😎
Good stuff Wayne! I've been on a number of these old wrecks. We used to night dive on old WW1 liberty ships that were grounded and sunk on purpose to stop beach erosion and allow patrols.
They were a haven for eels, lobster, blackfish and fluke(flounder) who made their home there and fed in the currents that swept through, between and around them. I had many artifacts from those old boats. In my younger days.
I've never seen a lobster in Curtis Creek. Fished there many times.
Now I know where I can dump my old boat!
"This is not a safe area to kayak... here's our kayaks." 🤣 Love the video Wayne!
Basically… yes!
Great job!
Thank you! Cheers!
I see the enormous wooden ships at least 2 times out of my work week I'm always amazed when going across the draw bridge in a trash truck rolloff driver and I dump my loaded can on chemical rd at a transfer station
Concrete hull boats were made during WW2. Seaford, DE. is one place they were built. I inquired about the purchasing one. I wanted to preserve the history. I was told I couldn't dock it at the marina where it was stored. 😮
Curtis Bay Maryland is where the USCG 44' motorlifeboats were built. I have driven the oldest and newest of the old tanks and they were bulletproof! 44379 and 44409 screaming Jimmy powered
Very cool
That's nice 👍 stinky water down there
It can be a little icky
A lot of the Emergency Fleet ships (which I'm sure at least a couple of these are from) were unfinished and sold off to private owners for use as barges, which may be how they ended up here. In some places they were intentionally sunk to use as breakwaters-there are several of them further down near the mouth of Curtis Creek, lined up neatly along the southern shore.
Good Stuff! There is a big wooden boat festival in Port Townsend round about the 10th and 11th of Sept.Should be good to see. Not far from me here on Van.Isle.but I will have to be content to see some of it on RUclips! CHEERS
Those Roman numerals are plimsoll marks that show how many feet there are from the waterline to the keel (how deep the rear of the ship is floating in the water); they're carved into the tiller post on the rudder. You can see the mortises where there was once a great iron hinge connecting the rudder to the transom post.
It’s wild isn’t it?
The 78 foot patrol boats and the point class cutters for the Vietnam War where built there as well
Did Jaws charge you to launch there? There's a really nice free launch (new) on Marley right around the corner. Short paddle up to the ships.
One off pittman? Beautiful ramp there! I work at the plant on pittman!
Alot of the natives of in the are living there actually dismantled some of the ships for its wood also so you need to take that in account that wood is big money if you didn't know
Is that Harbor Hospital that I see in the distance at about 4:45?
Nice old yp boats addition Saturday's market shoppers there is a bunch of nice yps from the us naval academy and i really do like them and i am a volunteer firefighter and i have bunch of very good deals on them turn them into marine fire rescue boats
How is the fishing in that area? Thanks for sharing Wayne!
Another commenter said it’s pretty good. For many years these waters had a reputation for pollution and many still avoid this area.
That hemp rope looks tattered but not decomposed at all after a hundred years.
Crazy right?
I see a few good project boats for you 😜
I wonder how many men perished on those ships? And what are your thoughts and opinion on jet ski's, wave runners I'm getting one next year
Hard to speculated. Some of these may not have ever seen any use. As far as jet skis and wave runners go - I haven’t ridden any in a few years but they can be great fun and quite useful.
There is a lot of " Shiplap " wood 🥺
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Why didn't you take the v hull Jon boat to be safer?
Great point - but my trailer isn't legal.
@@WayneTheBoatGuy I understand, perhaps it's time to fix that I just had to fix mine lol needed lights tires and a new coupler
Looks like ruter
I don't think this area is super cool 15:25. It is an example of the government abusing its authority to use the environment as a scrap yard and then saying it is a green habitat. If this were private citizens or industry they would be forced to clean it up. The area looks like it could be used as a nice marina if all that scrap was not there.
I only thought it was super cool to get to see the rudder of an old wooden ship up close. One account that I read was that a “ship breaker” had placed many (or all of) these ships here. It isn’t an official green habitat but nature seems to be taking over and wildlife is moving into an area that was a dumping ground.
lol if you knew the area, I don't think it would make a "nice" marina.
There's already a marina right next to it
dont think any othe ships there are the parker it had a fairly large bowsprit on it and would be visible
Only if it is still intact or above water
@@WayneTheBoatGuy I looked it up by 1960ish the boat just looked like a jumble of junk and was pretty much completely underwater