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Great Boats 2025

Long Island

Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company

LONG ISLAND astern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) delivered time services we can offer. We are very thankful to Eastern

LONG ISLAND (ESG Hull 228), a newly built Shipbuilding and the D’Isernia family.” The addition of 1,000 passenger, 124-vehicle ferry, to the Bridge- the LONG ISLAND ferry will enable a consistent three- port & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, a vessel schedule during peak travel periods.

E subsidiary of McAllister Towing. The vessel, designed to provide seamless transportation between Bridgeport,

LONG ISLAND MAIN PARTICULARS

CT, and Port Jefferson, NY, across Long Island Sound,

Boat Name: Long Island is the latest addition to the company’s ? eet. Long Island

Boat Type: 1000 passenger/vehicle Ferry measures measuring 302 feet in length, is engineered to

Boat Builder: Eastern Shipbuilding Group

Boat Owner: Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Co.

accommodate both vehicles and passengers with state-of-

Boat Designer: John Gilbert & Associates the-art features, including a pair of EPA Tier 4 Electro-

Delivery Date: December 17, 2024

Classi? cation: USCG 46 Subchapter “H”

Motive Diesel (EMD) 12 ME 23B main engines driving

Dimensions: 302.5 x 52 x 16.8’

Hong Shen propellers through Reintjes gears delivering a

Draft: 10’

DWT: 1600 service speed of 18 knots. Long Island is out? tted with a

Speed: 18 knots full suite of marine electronics from Furuno, and the vessel

Main Engines: (2) EMD 12ME 23B Tier IV

Bowthruster: John Deere is ? nished with coats from International Paints.

Propellers: Hong Shen “Long Island represents everything Eastern Shipbuilding

Bearings: Cooper

Gears: Reintjes WAF3445

Group stands for — American craftsmanship, engineer-

Generators: John Deere ing excellence, and a commitment to building vessels that

Engine Controls: Aventics serve communities for generations,” said Joey D’Isernia,

Radars, Depth Sounders, AIS, GPS: Furuno

Autopilot: Anscheutz Pilotstar

CEO, Eastern Shipbuilding Group. “We are honored to

Radios: Standard Horizon see the LONG ISLAND recognized, and even more proud

GMDSS: Tron Sart 20

Mooring Lines: 3” nylon of the men and women at Eastern whose skill and passion

Fire extringuishing: Novek brought this vessel to life.”

Fire detection: Autroprime

Heat exchangers: WEKA Box Coolers

This ferry joins two other Eastern-built vessels in the

Motor starters: Ingersoll Rand ? eet: P.T. Barnum (1999) and Grand Republic (2003).

Liferafts: Viking

Coatings: International

Buckley McAllister, the President of the ferry company,

Switchboard: Beier said “Eastern Shipbuilding has provided our company with

HVAC: Mitsubishi over a dozen high quality vessels and transformed the mari- 42 | MN November 2025