Tag: UN Week
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Cutters on the North River
Coast Guard ice breaker Penobscot Bay, a 140-foot Bay class cutter, came up the North River last week, passing West New York, the first time I have seen her since ice season. Cutter 107 traveled as far north as Irvington before heading back to her Bayonne base. This may have been a shakedown cruise ahead…
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Local Patrol
Numerous Coast Guard and NYPD vessels were enforcing a full closure of the East River as world leaders gathered Tuesday at the UN, including local response boats, some of Bayonne’s black-hulled cutters, and the 154-foot fast response cutter William Chadwick down from Boston. Things were quieter on the North River, but the Sandy Hook patrol…
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A helping hand from security forces
Security gets tight in New York City ahead of UN Week in September. While most of the action is on the East Side and on the East River, the North River also gets its share of attention. On Friday afternoon, a pair of Coast Guard grey hulled RHIB type boats and 33-foot grey Coast Guard…
