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Chain boat and barges on the River Seine in France in the early 20th century. A chain boat, [1] [2] chain tug [3] or chain-ship [4] was a type of river craft, used in the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century on many European rivers, [5] that made use of a steel chain laid along the riverbed for its propulsion.
Chain-boat navigation[1] or chain-ship navigation[2] is a little-known chapter in the history of shipping on European rivers. From around the middle of the 19th century, vessels called chain boats were used to haul strings of barges upstream by using a fixed chain lying on the bed of a river.
Chain boat tow on the Main (ca. 1896) Chain boat of the Mainkette-AG in front of the "Mainkai" in Frankfurt After navigation on the Main had lost more and more of its transport capacity to the railway and the use of wheeled steam tugs had failed due to the shallow navigation channel of the Main, Heino Held, owner of the Mainz-based forwarding and coal trading company C.J.H. Held & Cie., had ...
USCGC Bollard breaking light ice. 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]
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. [58] Her gross tonnage is 12,892, net tonnage 3,867 and deadweight tonnage 4,129 tonnes. [2]
The lighter aboard ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges (lighters) aboard a bigger vessel for transport. It was developed in response to a need to transport lighters, a type of (usually but not always) unpowered barge, between inland waterways separated by open seas. Lighters are typically towed or pushed around harbors ...
Natick. (YTB-760) Harbor tugs Piqua (YTB-793), at left, and Natick assist USS Hunley (AS-31) at Holy Loch, Scotland. Natick (YTB-760) was the lead ship of United States Navy Natick -class large district harbor tugs. The second U.S. Navy ship to carry that name, she is named for Natick, Massachusetts.
Sold to Crowley Tugboat Company in December 1925. [6] A.H. Payson, built new for the Santa Fe in 1902 by Boole & Sons, Oakland CA. She remained in Santa Fe service its entire life, retired in 1948 [6] and was sold for scrap in 1950. E.P. Ripley, built new for the Santa Fe in 1907 by Kruse & Banks, North Bend OR, [6] also sold for scrap in 1950 ...