Here are some of my last photos of Day-Peckinpaugh, auctioned off to the highest bidder on October 21, 2024 for $50 over the minimum bid.

The assumption was that she would be scrapped, and she still may be.

Here are some quotes from the November 20, 2024 Times Union article by Paul Grondahl here.

Since there is a paywall, let me excerpt some quotes.

“‘I call her the great-grandchild of Hudson’s Half Moon,’ said Craig Williams, retired State Museum senior historian and curator who spearheaded the Day Peckinpaugh restoration in decades past.”

“‘It has a beautiful architecture and ship design that was way ahead of its time,’ said Capt. Dwayne Reith, the purchaser. He owns Custom Marine, based in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, which operates a fleet of tugboats, crane barges and work boats used for major construction and salvage projects across New York City’s waterways. ‘Ideally, it could be restored and turned into a beautiful restaurant,’said Reith, who will explore creating a not-for-profit organization to restore it.’”

“’It’s a tragedy,’ said Mark Peckham, who retired as director of the state Bureau of Historic Sites and Parks in 2015. ‘It’s a tremendous opportunity lost to use the ship as [a] traveling exhibit and performance space to tell the story of the state’s remarkable canal history.’”