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A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, such as in crowded harbors or narrow canals , [ 1 ] or cannot move at all, such as barges , disabled ships ...
Since Aiviq is an anchor handling tug and supply vessel, she is fitted with a large towing winch located amidships as well as chain lockers and storage tanks for both liquid and dry bulk cargo under the main deck. [61] Her gross tonnage is 12,892, net tonnage 3,867 and deadweight tonnage 4,129 tonnes. [1]
The USCG 65' small harbor tug is a class of fifteen tugs used by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, aids-to-navigation work and light icebreaking. The tugs are capable of breaking 18 in (0.46 m) of ice with propulsion ahead and 21 in (0.53 m) of ice backing and ramming. [ 2 ]
Fred Alex Ottman (born August 10, 1956) is an American retired professional wrestler.He worked for the World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon.
U.S. Army ST-488 is an 86 ft (26 m) harbor tugboat, design 327-A, of the numerical series 885-490 built by J.K. Welding & Co shipyards in Brooklyn, New York in 1944.The Army's ST small tugs ranged generally from about 55 ft (17 m) to 92 ft (28 m) in length as opposed to the larger seagoing LT tugs. [4]
Edward J. Moran is a tugboat built in 2006 by Washburn and Doughty Associates, in the port of East Boothbay, Maine. [1] Built for the Moran Towing Corporation of New Canaan, Connecticut, [1] [2] the tug was profiled in Popular Mechanics as "the world's most powerful tugboat."
Connecting Sea Victory and ex-Missouri was the tug's 3,600-foot long, 2 1/2-inch diameter tow wire, 180 feet of 3 3/8-inch chain, and a 400-foot tow pennant. [24] The weight of the link between tug and tow was estimated at 81,258 pounds. [21]
John King was built for C.J. King and Sons Limited [2].She was the second diesel engined tug built for them after the Volunteer, completed in 1934 [3].She was launched on 21st October 1935 [4] and handed over on 15th November.