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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]
USS Bazely (also designated Tug No. 2 and Beta) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy in a tugboat / patrol boat role in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
The Paul P. Hastings tugboat (ex U.S. Army LT-814) in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. At this time she was the last of the Santa Fe Railroad tugs still in service. Only the first eight World War II-era LT numbered tugs built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay New York, were given names during construction. [156]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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