April 21, 2013 This is PortSide NewYork's hurricane Sandy story. A personal report by Carolina Salguero, Director of PortSide, speaking as Shipkeeper of the MARY A. WHALEN. This installment covers PortSide's time in port preparing...
Nautical Nomenclature of the MARY A WHALEN
The names of things on ships are different than buildings on land. Here are some key words using PortSide New York's MARY A WHALEN as the example. Ship parts: beam: width of the boat bow: front end bulkhead : wall bunk: bed cabin:...
Eau de Nil green (Water of the Nile)
Here's a story about a color that involves our oil tanker, high fashion, interior design and Egypt. Yes, we said that. The MARY A WHALEN, originally the S.T. KIDDOO, was launched in 1938. In the many years since, her walls (bulkheads in ship...
The Signal Success of Martha Coston, 1826-1904
“So little opportunity have women had hitherto for demonstrating their capability for business, that it can only be indicated by the success of some particular woman in some unusual and exceptional pursuit; and I know of no better illustration...
Ambient Sounds from the MARY A WHALEN - AUDIO FILE
Who was the eponymous Mary A Whalen?
The short answer is Mary Agnes Whalen was Captain John Tabeling"s wife and mother to James Harold. They ran the Reliable Fuel Supply Co., the company that, from 1962 to 1971, owned the ship launched in 1938 as the S.T. KIDDOO, In 1958 that ship was...
Bell and Jingle: Questions, Answers and Remembrances on Facebook.
A cheat sheet for the bell and jingle code hangs in the fidley of the MARY A. WHALEN. It can be seen in the related entry Bells are Direction, Jingles are Speed which lays out the system. The bell and jingle code was used by the captain...
The Mary A Whalen - PortSide NewYork's Flagship
PortSide's flagship, the coastal oil tanker MARY A.WHALEN, is our ambassador to the BLUEspace, a museum of herself, a floating education and cultural center, the site of our offices, and the home of famous ship cat Chiclet . The MARY is...
Great Blue Heron, 2018
November 6, 2018, the PortSide crew spots a great blue heron in Atlantic Basin for the first time. So exciting! More about them here https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/overview Also: Guide to Harbor Herons and Other Colonial...
Captain Rich Naruszewicz, MARY WHALEN crew member: Oral History
Rich Naruszewicz was interviewed by PortSide NewYork's Jenny Kane in 2014. Scroll down to bottom of the page for audio recording Synopsis of Interview (times are approximate, text is not word-for-word but provides a gist of the audio recording) I...