Coast Guard Friday

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Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

Coast Guard Friday

The Coast Guard was visiting the North River on Friday, with the 154-foot cutter Rollin Fritch, one of two based in Cape May, docked at the end of Pier 86 by the Intrepid for the weekend. Capturing the mast, the 25mm deck gun and the bow in one shot required my iPhone’s wide-angle lens.

Meanwhile, up above, with the timning presumably coincidental, one of the Falmouth-based Jayhawk helicopters also visited, making a loop around the statue and a lap and a half around Manhattan before heading home with a refueling stop at Republic in Islip on the way.

Lastly, also probably unrelated to the visit of the other two assets, a Staten Island-based 45-foot response boat made a trip upriver towards the bridge and back in the afternoon.