Patrol boats on patrol

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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.

Patrol boats on patrol

Coast Guard 87-foot cutter Bonito, the Sandy Hook patrol boat, came up the North River on Tuesday and travelled as far as the Tappan Zee before circling back and staying overnight on the Coast Guard mooring south of the GW Bridge. Bonito left the next day and headed for Manhasset Bay on Long Island Sound, but a day after the similar patrol boat Sturgeon also came upriver from Cape May to moor overnight south of the GW and I think these were perhaps training or familiarization patrols.

Bonito is the only white-hulled cutter based in New York Harbor and only comes up the North River occasionally, while Sturgeon (not to be confused with our local icebreaker Sturgeon Bay) is based in Boston but before arriving here had been at Cape May which is the location of the Coast Guard’s enlisted personnel training center. As of Thursday morning, Sturgeon is visiting the fuel dock at Liberty Marina in Jersey City, while Bonito is still at anchor near Port Washington.