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I don't think so Eddy. The Stockholm appears to have just backed out of a slip with the tug on the ship's stem. The ship has sternway and the tug is just starting to push the ship's bow to starboard. I've conducted this maneuver many times in San Francisco and the tug is very effective working the stem of the ship as the pivot point on the ship is way aft due to the ship's sternway giving the tug great leverage to work with. I don't see the tug's line making her fast to the ship, but I assume she's "stuck" and has released her line. She'd be conducting this maneuver under the direction of the docking master who would normally be the tug's captain.
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I believe we had two tugs like the Moira Moran in San Francisco. They were ex US Navy YTB diesel electric boats of 1000 HP, the Sea Horse and the Sea Viking. Correct me if I'm wrong on that Tugboatpainter. They were beautiful maneuvering tugs with amazingly fast bells. The winch on the bow was very weak, but the capstan on the fantail was very powerful. To lash up the boat, we'd toe the bow in and make the headlines fast and then use the capstan on the stern to pull the stern in and make the boat really tight.
Yes Stephen, I can assure you the tug skipper would have had the canvas on the bow pudding. Otherwise he'd have been looking for a new job!
Yes Stephen, I can assure you the tug skipper would have had the canvas on the bow pudding. Otherwise he'd have been looking for a new job!
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The collision with the Andrea Doria was late in the evening on 25 July 1956 off the coast of Nantucket. Five of her crew were killed. She had many changes of owners and names subsequently and a substantial rebuild in 1989 resulting in a substantially altered profile. Her names since have included Azores, Athena and Astoria and she is still afloat.
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