Shooting at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Me on the Truck with the Anchor
This anchor was trucked up to the Brooklyn Navy Yard from a ship scrapping yard in Brownsville, Texas. Originally manufactured in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1963, it belonged to the USS Austin, an amphibious transport ship.
The ship mostly participated in training exercises in the Caribbean, including “Operation Exotic Dancer II” and “Operation Race Run,” and assisted with recovery of Apollos XII and XV. Fun fact for the day: An Apollo XII astronauts pasted Playboy pictures in his colleague’s lunar checklist. The USS Austin also toured the Mediterranean, hanging close to Beirut in the ’80s.
Shipyard
The anchor will be installed in the lobby of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum, currently in development.
11 tons is 22,000 pounds. Other things that equal 22,000 pounds:
Cranberry Sauce sold at Union Sq Whole Foods during Thanksgiving week,
Chocolate sent to troops in Afghanistan by American volunteers last year,
$33,862.92
Paul the Photographer
Im currently editing footage to be included in the permanent exhibit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Stay tuned!
Tags: Anchor, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Crane, Museum, Ships, Shooting
February 23, 2010 at 1:03 am |
Paul The Photographer? What, you have hired staff now? That’s great, is he any good? … I would like to see an anchor made out of chocolate … the scale of the thing is amazing, especially with My Baby Girl kneeling next to it. Looks positively ceremonial, fittingly, I think. Where will friend anchor live until the BNY Museum is ready for it? Must learn more about the BNY… P.S. Would love to see anchor suspended from monster crane, sort of swinging in the breeze (with everyone running for cover), and more photos of anchor as it is very like “sculture” isn’t it. Can you crawl under it? Climb it? Is it rough or smooth? Any barnacles?