Tugs in BC Canada
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The Jimmy Smith and the Invader, Two large tug boats beached to be cutup for scrap metal in Port Mellon, British Columbia.
The tug CFV Glendyne meets up with the New Zealand Navy warship HMNZS TeMana prior to escorting her into Esquimalt Harbour.
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Note. Everyone with the surname 'Wilson' is automatically called 'Tug' at sea. I'm not sure what the original Wilson did this to deserve this, but it is widespread in the British service. I expect it applies in the wider English-speaking world. Smile.
In meinen Augen die echten Helden und Könner in allen Häfen dieser Welt !
In my eyes, the real heroes and experts in all ports of the world!
One of several Tugs taking part in the Flotilla of Ships Sailing from Hull to the Humber Bridge and Back ..This event was to Commemorate The Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations .
Powerhouse tugboat stirring up the Burrard Inlet
Vancouver, British Columbia
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These two bolts only have one nut between them, thus causing this tussle and fight! They are desperately trying to gain ownership it! A rubber washer is acting as referee in the tug.
Tug boat making its way up the Detroit River. #Detroitriver #tugboat #boat #Nikon #D7200 #water #blackandwhite #mono #monochrome #Amherstburg
A close up of the steam tug that you can see in yesterday's picture. This is what Wikipedia has to say about her:
Lyttelton, built in 1907 as Canterbury is a historic steam tug in Lyttelton, New Zealand. She was ordered by the Lyttelton Harbour Board in 1906 as a replacement for the earlier iron paddle tug Lyttelton, built in 1878.
Built by the Ferguson Brothers firm in Port Glasgow, Scotland, she was able to reach a maximum speed of 12.414 knots (22.991 km/h; 14.286 mph) during her sea trials. She left Port Glasgow on 2 July 1907 with a crew of 15 for a 69-day voyage through the Suez Canal to reach New Zealand, arriving on 10 September. After a brief period of painting and preparation for service, on 18 September she was handed over to the harbour board, serving not just as the harbor's tug but also as its pilot boat and as a fireboat. She was berthed at No.2 wharf, where she has been based most of her life. In August 1911, with the soon to be arrival of the suction dredge Canterbury, the Lyttelton Harbour Board approved for the change of the vessel's name to her current Lyttelton, with the change being formalized in October 1911.
In 1913, she drew crowds bringing in the battlecruiser HMS New Zealand into harbour; and in 1920 assisting the battlecruiser HMS Renown, carrying Edward, Prince of Wales, into the harbour.
In 1939, the tug was relegated to secondary roles following the arrival of the larger tug Lyttelton II. On 29 December 1940 the ferry Rangatira ran aground at in dense fog. Shortly after her grounding, Lyttelton and the Union Company cargo vessel Waimarino, neither of which had radar, located Rangatira aground in Pigeon Bay. After Waimarino unloaded the 750 passengers of Rangatira, Lyttelton along with the assistance of another Union Company vessel, Karitane, helped the ferry float free at high tide.
Following the beginning of World War II, in 1942 the tug was requisitioned for service by the Royal New Zealand Navy, being armed with Bren guns and depth charges, and given the prefix HMNZS Lyttelton of a commissioned warship. By 1944, she returned to port service as Lyttelton.
In 1971, following the introduction of the new tug Canterbury, it was decided to retire Lyttelton. Following this, she was leased for the sum of $2 a year to the "Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society", being preserved as a museum ship. In 1989 the tug was gifted to the society by the Lyttelton Harbour Board. She is still in operation, being maintained and operated by the society.
Lyttelton is one of three operating steam-powered ships in New Zealand, alongside the tug William C Daldy in Auckland and TSS Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu.
As a Tug boat makes its way across the horizon, it is momentarily struck by a ray of light. At that instant, a wash reaches the water front and leaves its mark as well.
Like blood to our arteries, these "vessels" are in many ways the life blood to the area. They bring various goods, and transport other cargos by way of barge. This one is lit and on its way toward its next port of call.
The Tug Ludington (formerly Major Wilbur Fr. Browder) is a World War II era tugboat built in 1943 at Jacobson Shipyard in Oyster Bay, New York. The U.S. Army designated the tug LT-4. The tug's armament consisted of two 50 caliber machine guns and participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, towing ammunition barges across the English Channel.
After World War II, it joined the U.S. Army Transportation Corps until 1947 when the Corps of Engineers transferred the tug to Kewaunee, Wisconsin and then renamed it the Tug Ludington. It was used in the construction and maintenance of many harbors on the Great Lakes and now rests in Harbor Park in Downtown, Kewaunee and is open to visitors for tours. As the Major Wilbur Fr. Browder, the tug is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Although the U.S. Navy had more large ships than the U.S. Army in World War II, the Army had a larger number of total ships, almost twice as many as the Navy, including several thousand harbor craft. Classified as a large tug (LT), the Browder was able to sail to England under its own power. Several hundred LTs were built during World War II but only a few unmodified vessels exist today. A sister tug, the LT-5 Major Elisha K. Enson, now the Nash, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with a similar history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_Ludington
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