
Early photographs of Empire State VI vary: a light funnel with dark circle on the 1989 delivery voyage, yellow with white circle in 1995, and apparently black with white circle in 2003. The M marking appears by July 2006. Port- and starboard-side photographs document it, with blue confirmed in July 2012. Contributor mcole identifies M with the college’s athletics and Privateers branding, though it was absent from the main college website.