Posted on Jul 17, 2017
Tugs Save Disabled Maersk Containership Threatening to Run Aground in Alaska – gCaptain
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Homegrown grounding prevented by swift CG and first responders' response. Note: it looks like she's listing, but that's just the angle the pic was taken at.
Tugs Save Disabled Maersk Containership Threatening to Run Aground in Alaska – gCaptain
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1) A tug named Millenium Falcon! Really? Awesome. 2) Thanks for all of the merchant marine articles. You know I'm very interested in all things merchant marine, now! My boy will be going to sea, for his first stint of sea year, after football season. I think I'm more excited than he is to find out where he'll be going.
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SN Greg Wright
Best site for MM news (though not US-specific) is http://www.gcaptain.com
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I have an ongoing gripe on writing about ships. Vessels are persons, not things. Determiner "The" should not be used referring to a specific ship. For example, "The Laura Maersk arrived in Unalaska on Saturday morning...", should read, "Laura Maersk arrived in Unalaska on Saturday morning...". No one would say, "The John Smith met the Jane Doe and had dinner." Correctly one would say, "John Smith met Jane Doe and had dinner."
The US Navy Style Guide states;
For first reference always include USS, the ship's name and the hull number: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). • There is no hyphen in the hull number. On second reference, use only the ship's name or reference as “the ship”. Do not use "the" in front of a ship's name: "USS San Jose," not "the USS San Jose." Use ‘the” before the ship type: “the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). • Exceptions: Do not use "USS" for ships before 1909, or if it is not yet in commission, or has been decommissioned and you are referring to the ship in its present state.
The US Navy Style Guide states;
For first reference always include USS, the ship's name and the hull number: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). • There is no hyphen in the hull number. On second reference, use only the ship's name or reference as “the ship”. Do not use "the" in front of a ship's name: "USS San Jose," not "the USS San Jose." Use ‘the” before the ship type: “the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). • Exceptions: Do not use "USS" for ships before 1909, or if it is not yet in commission, or has been decommissioned and you are referring to the ship in its present state.
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I got to go on a couple of different tugs in Mississippi. Pretty darned cool!
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SN Greg Wright
Oh, modern tractor tugs are amazing. When they were testing the new Foss tugs for use in Alyeska (the Alaskan Pipeline), they would 'practice' on the ships going in and out, and I literally saw one of them stop a fully loaded, 200k - ton VLCC in about an 8th of a mile from 12 knots. That same ship would probably take 2 or more miles to stop itself. They don't have props, they have jet nozzles, so they can pull in any direction. That one heeled over so far, it looked to capsize. The crew wears safety harnesses in the seats when they do that. They have nearly the same horsepower (40k+) as most big ships (just not as much torque, which is measured in tons on the big boys, of course.)
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