General Tug Info

What is a tugboat? a towboat? Not sure, well you have come to the right page.

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Tug News Hugh Ware's Tug News Briefs - 2007
  NHRR tug Bumblebee - August 2007
 
Stories Chessie System Railroads - Ship Docking
  Chessie System Railroads - Ship Undocking
   
Information Tugboats and Towboats (Start Here)
  What You See, What You Don't See
  Tugboat Terminology (being developed)
  Docking Tugs
  Harbor Tugs (article needed)
  Canal Tugs (article needed)
  Railroad Tugs
  Coastal Tugs (history - article needed)
  Modern Coastal Towing Tugs (article needed)
  Notch Tugs and Articulated Tug-Barge ATB
  Modern Ocean Towing Tugs
  Traditional Seagoing Tugs
  Gulf Coast Tug Designs
  River Towboats (article needed)
  Other Commercial Tugboats (future project)
  U.S. Military Tugboats (future project)
  U. S. Coast Guard Tugs
  Tugboat Tour (Lehigh Valley Railroad Tug)
  Tugboat Interior Tour (Current)
  Steam Tug Machinery
  Diesel Tug Machinery
  Marine Diesel Engines - Winton 129-6
  Marine Diesel Engines - Cooper Bessemer LS
  Marine Diesel Engines - Detroit Diesel 71
  Marine Diesel Engines - FM 38D-8-1/8
  Marine Diesel Engines - Enterprise
  Marine Diesel Engines - EMD 645/710
   
Documents Nautical Gazette
   
Model Tugs Models - Part One
  Models - Part Two
   
Meetings Note: this is an archive of past meeting notices
  maintained to give you a look at our activities.
  2006 Portland, Maine
  2007 Waterford, New York
   
Books Hugh Ware's Book Reviews - Part One
  Hugh Ware's Book Reviews - Part Two
   
 
 Virginia Thorndike - On Tugboats

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