Tugboats (4/8)

A tugboat is a small sturdy and powerful vessel designed to push or tow other vessels and barges

Tenacious tugboat
Tenacious

You will see them in every sizable port; smart, businesslike small ships, low in the water and surging out to a large inbound ship. Tugs represent power for pushing and pulling, an engine with just enough hull for adequate buoyancy. Thick fenders for close-quarters work, pushing a big ship alongside the quay against the wind, hauling her off at the end of a towing wire.

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riveted iron hull
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat
Built:
Globe Shipbuilding, Buffalo NY USA
Specs:
( 53 ft )
Sunk:
circa 1973
GPS:
40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:
70 ft





Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Specs:
( 113 ft ) 8 crew
Sunk:
Sunday March 3, 1985
collision with one of its own barges - no casualties
Depth:
230 ft

Shipwreck King Cobra
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1887, Philadelphia PA USA, as Beverly Francis
Specs:
( 67 x 16 ft ) 52 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday January 3, 1979
unknown cause - no survivors
Depth:
45 ft


Lewis F. Boyer reef
At launching, with namesake (inset)
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1922, Oscar Daniels, Tampa FL, as Lorraine D
Name:
named ( now ) for Travis Nagiewicz, Capt. Steve's son.
Specs:
( 95 x 20 ft ) 125 gross tons
Sponsor:
Captains Steve Nagiewicz & Dan Crowell
Sunk:
Wednesday October 31, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°08.179' -73°55.824'
Depth:
75 ft

Tugboats

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