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C-Tractor is a class of fourteen tractor tugs built by North American Shipbuilding Company between 1989 and 1993 for Alpha Marine Services, a subsidiary of Edison Chouest Offshore. [1] The lead ship of the class was William M , also known as C-Tractor 1 [2] [3] C-Tractors measure 189 GT. [2]
The Tugboat Roundup is a gathering of tugboats and other vessels in celebration of maritime industry. The Waterford Tugboat Roundup is held in the late summer at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers in Waterford, New York. The tugs featured are river tugs and other tugs re-purposed to serve on the New York State Canal System. [15]
Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her husband Andrew Foss. The company is now the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast of the United States .
The sunken vessel was found intact, still attached by a steel cable to the floating barge that she had been towing. The cable showed traces of metal from the hull of another vessel, suggesting that a submarine snagged the tow cable, pulling the tug under, in an incident similar to that of USS Houston sinking the tugboat Barcona in 1989. [1] [2]
Her sister tugs were built with steam and later dieselized. Her VIN number was 248085. [18] On September 30, 1969 with barge traffic declining as piggy-back truck usage increased, the Santa Fe sold [11] [incomplete short citation] the Engel to John K. Seaborn, a collector of old tugs and ferries. The sale was not recorded until June 25, 1971.
Alligator tugs were a type of amphibious vehicle used in the forestry industry throughout Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces of Canada and the northern United States from the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. These tugs were so named because of their ability to travel between lakes by pulling themselves with a winch ...
French salvage tug Abeille Bourbon which also serves as an emergency tow vessel (ETV) USNS Grapple Example of modern naval rescue and salvage ship. A salvage tug, also known historically as a wrecking tug, is a specialized type of tugboat that is used to rescue ships that are in distress or in danger of sinking, or to salvage ships that have already sunk or run aground.
In 1976, this vessel, now known as Samuel de Champlain, was built as Musketeer Fury by Mangone Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas for Bernhard Hansen and Company of Norway. Samuel de Champlain pushing Innovation on the Maumee River. Two years later in 1978, the tug was sold and renamed Tender Panther. The tug was sold again in 1979 and renamed ...