End of the line for USCGC Calypso and USCGC Perseus

After over a half-century carrying literally millions of tourists around Manhattan, Circle Line XI is no more. On November 2, 2008, the former US Coast Guard Cutter Calypso made her last trip and was subsequently scrapped. Despite my efforts to preserve this unique and irreplaceable running example of 1930s diesel technology, the corporate beancounters decided that new vessels with reduced manning requirements that take advantage of regulatory loopholes was more desirable. Her sister ship Perseus soon followed.

The flagship of the Circle Line sightseeing fleet, Circle Line XI was originally the United States Coast Guard Cutter Calypso (WPC-104).