OK, now that's where I really belong. I could be happy for the rest of my life working on a ship like that.

 

www.csum.edu good luck

 

Wow I was getting sea sick just looking at those big suckers.
Great pics.

 

Dude it's such a blast! If you're near the water in Louisiana, there's ALOT of tug jobs to be had...

 

Nice pics! Last year when I lived in East Boston, my window overlooked Boston Harbor. I took a few shots of some of the large ones, which are probably not quite as large as that one. They barely fit through the drawbridge. The tugs did a great job escorting them through those tight spots! I still haven't developed the pictures...

 

105' tugboat seems like a huge boat to a land lubber like me. looks like a cool job with the scenery changing all the time.

 

What buttery goodness?!? That thing is huge!

 

I moved up from a 60 foot tugboat with around 800 hp to this thing. The first time I worked it, it felt huge, like riding on the back of an elephant. Then you bump up against 300,000 tons of cold slippery steel and you feel really tiny. If anyone has other pics like this, I'd love to trade. I try to build up my personal collection :-)

 

Ford truckin,

I will check and see what pics i have to send to you.
check out www.boatnerd.com for lots of tug pics.
Most of the tugs i work on are named after states.

off topic what size & type Main engine(s) power your boats?
Most of the boats i work on are - GM278A, EMD 498, EMD 567, EMD 645.
most pre or built during WWII.

 

I, for one, thank you all for sharing the pics!! (I bet down in Texas, they have bass boats bigger than the tanker, though...LOL!) Seriously, I did enjoy seeing the pics of the supertanker and of the tugs as well.

rangersvt04, in your pics of the tugs, why is the stern of the tugs so low to the water? I would really like to know the rationale behind that, if you please.

JR, I also would like to add that I, for one, do appreciate and respect you for working with the Coast Guard. I don't know of anybody who does SAR better than the USCG.
I know you all have worked harder than even usual guarding the seaboards after 9/11.
I just wanted you to really know I truly appreciate what you and the others in the Armed Services are doing to keep us free and safe from cowards!

fordtruckin', I did not know some tugboats were named after states. Do you all operate, or, do you know a tug company that does, a tug Tennessee? We had a battleship in WW II and an Ohio-class boomer named for us. The old BB43 was scrapped in 1959-60. Insofar as I know, the Tennessee boomer is still in service.

At any rate, I sure did enjoy this thread and your posts! Thank you all!

 

Those EMD's are pretty nice, they turn nice and slow. I've wondered, do they last longer between maintinence and oil changes that faster turning engines? And are they quieter, easier to work with? On these particular boats, we've got two CAT 3516 B mains (2200 hp apiece) and then two CAT 3304 generators. Then two Ulstein Z-drives. If you guys aren't familiar with Z-drives, you might like them. Pretty cool machinery. Anyway rangersvt, I've worked on boats with Detroits, Cats, Cummins but never EMD's. I've always been curious what they're like.

And Loan Ranger, that was probably an Army YTB that was named after your state.

 

Thats kinda like my truck towing all them useless chevies out of the mud pits...

 

I loved that one!! Still, wouldn't it be towing Chevys while you push Dodges???
LOL

 

lol i like that, thats what my Ford is gonna do once i get my solid axle 4x4 up front


but wow that thing is huge, the biggest boat ive ever seen in person was one on the mississipi river at my grandpappys place. im a landlubber what can i say?

that thing looks like the super star des******!

 

why the heck cant i say destroy-er ????? whats up with that? MODERATOR!!!!?????