The Newtown Creek coastal tanker NYC cover photo - 245010626

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The Newtown Creek is a lovely coastal tanker that traversed New York harborâ€™s waters for close to a half century. With relatively fine lines, a sharp bow, and a grey hull with rub rails that made the ship seem longer and sleeker than she was, it was perhaps even more pleasing that her appearance didnâ€™t give away her job, which was carrying sewage sludge from various points around the harbor. Many of us, however, did not call her a sewage tanker or even a sludge tanker, but preferred the more delicate term â€œhoney tanker.â€ The name is adapted from the US Army trucks that used to empty latrines. The trucks were called sarcastically, â€œhoney wagons.â€ So, calling the Newtown Creek a â€œhoney tankerâ€ seemed to fit, both for her cargo and because, at least to some eyes, she was a sweet little ship.

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