NOUN | a towboat | towboats | |
SYNO | towboat | tower | tug | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- At the time of her landmark designation, she was the only rear-wheel diesel towboat in active service.
- Fleet tug- Or Harbor Boat- small towboat used for fleeting.
- On 19 January 2008, a barge towboat struck "Pélican II" again.
- In November 1917 the Portland Port Commission was considering acquiring a stern-wheel towboat.
- The captain and pilot steer the towboat, which pushes one or more barges held together with rigging, collectively called 'the tow'.
- "Twilight" was a sternwheeler towboat, built in 1864 at Middletown, Pennsylvania, as the "Traveler".
- As of December 9, 1922, "Pomona" was owned by the Cowlitz Towing Company, which on that date purchased the towboat "Wilavis" from Captain Mattson of Portland.
- "Hayward" and "Escort No. 2" arrived in Astoria in September. Upon return to the Columbia, "Hayward" was placed into service as a towboat.
- That year an Enzo was the official towboat of the World Wake Surfing Championship.
- The vessel remained adrift after the crew were evacuated. A towboat from Clayton, New York salvaged the vessel and towed her to Clayton.
- "Goliah" was subsequently shortened, and ran for many years as a towboat in San Francisco harbor, finally passing into the hands of the Wrights, a family of ship and riverboat captains.
- Among the museum's collection is the "W.P. Snyder, Jr.", the last steam powered towboat on the river.
- The American Waterways Operators, is the national trade association for the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry.
- M/V "Mississippi" is a United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) towboat operating on the Mississippi River. It is the largest diesel towboat on the river.
- A stern-wheel towboat named "Iowa" operated in the Mississippi 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named "Iowa" also existed 1932–1956.
- It is a [...] -long "steel hulled sternwheel river towboat constructed with scow bow and steam engine rig." It is [...] wide with draft of just 4 feet 7 inches.
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