Tugboat Enthusiasts Society

General Tug Information

What is a tugboat? a towboat? Not sure, this is the place to find information....

Please bear with us as we build this section. Submissions of articles and photos for Tugboat Information Features are welcomed. Thanks for your support of TES.

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Please note that TES does not maintain or have access to personnel records of tug companies for historical research on their past employees. We are not aware of any group or agency that has any archive of such records at this time. We also do not maintain any records tracing vessel name changes and registrations, other than information contained in the Carl Wayne database accessible from the menu on the left of the page. For that type of information we recommend you contact the United States Coast Guard.


Articles	Tugboats and Towboats (START HERE)
About	What You See, What You Don't See
Tugboats	Definitions - Abbreviations
And	Docking Tugs
Other	Harbor Tugs (article needed)
Marine	Canal Tugs (article needed)
Topics	Railroad Tugs
	Notch Tugs and Articulated Tug-Barge ATB
	Modern Ocean Towing Tugs
	Traditional Seagoing Tugs
	U.S. Military Tugboats -US Army
	U. S. Coast Guard Tugs
	Tugboat Tour (Lehigh Valley Railroad Tug)

Articles	Steam Tug Machinery
Related	Diesel Tug Machinery
To	Marine Diesel Engines - Winton 129-6
Marine	Marine Diesel Engines - Cooper Bessemer LS
Engines	Marine Diesel Engines - Detroit Diesel 71
Steam	Marine Diesel Engines - FM 38D-8-1/8
And	Marine Diesel Engines - Enterprise
Diesel	Marine Diesel Engines - EMD 645/710
	Marine Diesel Engines - Cleveland Diesel 278A
	Marine Diesel Engines - ALCO Model 251

Technical	Future Fuels

Gallery	Several Features posted in 2010.....
	Art by Steve Cryan
	Photography by Preston Cook
	Remembering New York Central #16
	The World Trade Center and Tugboats

Stories	NHRR tug *Bumblebee* - Posted Aug, 2007

Events	Waterford Tug Roundup

Documents	Nautical Gazette

Models	Tug Models - Part One
and	Tug Models - Part Two
Cutaway	Diesel Engine Scale Models and Miniatures
Engines	Cutaway Engines and Engine Components

T.E.S.	Note: this is an archive of "Gathering" events
Gathering	maintained to give you a look at our activities.
Events	NOTE: "Gatherings" are an occasional* event.*
Past	2006 Portland, Maine
And	2007 Waterford, New York
Future	2010 Mystic, Connecticut May 2010

Hugh	Book Reviews - Part One
Ware's	Book Reviews - Part Two
Pages	Book Reviews - Part Three


	Virginia Thorndike - On Tugboats