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 Translation for 'towboat' from English to Russian
NOUN   a towboat | towboats
SYNO towboat | tower | tug | ...
морс.
буксир {м} [судно]
towboat
морс.
буксирное судно {с}
towboat
unverified
морс.
буксир-толкач {noun}
push towboat
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Translation for 'towboat' from English to Russian

towboat
буксир {м} [судно]морс.

буксирное судно {с}морс.

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push towboat
unverified буксир-толкач {noun}морс.
Usage Examples English
  • 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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