*The first tug boat, the Charlotte Dundas, was built by William Symington in 1801.She had a steam engine and paddle wheels and was used on rivers in Scotland. Paddle tugs proliferated thereafter and were a common sight for a century. See Eppleton Hall In the 1870s schooner hulls were converted to screw tugs. Compound steam engines and scotch boilers provided 300 Indicated Horse Power.
*Jun 26, 2008 I worked with this boat for about six years, towing barges down the Delaware River, into the Atlantic Ocean, and some other places (most times I found my way back). One thing you’ll notice is the bow fender on the front of the boat. Tugboats push as much as they pull. The fender protects both the tug and whatever it happens to be pushing against.
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Tugboats have inspired many hardworking cartoon and storybook characters throughout the years. Real-life tugboats are as tenacious and full of character as their cartoon counterparts, and tugboat crews are often the salty sailors of legend. These stout little boats range from the 50 foot harbor or yard tug to the 250 foot long off-shore anchor harboring tugs. Tugboats generally perform one of three tasks. The first is known to those in the industry as a 'ship assist,' as in assisting larger ships in and out of harbors and ports. Tugboats also tow ships and barges which are not under their own power, and aid in construction work taking place on or near a body of water.
Today's ships are vastly larger than they have ever been throughout history. These huge ships can move forward and backward easily, but are usually unable to maneuver sideways. Some ships, have transverse bow thrusters which can assist the ship to move sideways, but even these advanced designs only allow limited side to side mobility, and many ships still require what is known as a 'tug assist.'
In a tug assist, one or two tugboats meet the larger ship while it is still outside the port. A common scenario has one tugboat behind the ship, attached to it by a line. This tugboat acts as a brake to slow down and stop the large ship. Another tugboat can be near the bow of the ship, at the port or starboard side, depending on which side the captain of the assisted ship wants to moor. This second tugboat is attached to the side of the ship by a line, allowing the tug to push or pull the boat in the desired direction.
Tugboats are also used for towing. They can move a floating object with no power of its own, such as a barge, or a 'dead ship,' a ship that is not under its own power and is moved from one location to another. A typical towing situation would involve one tugboat with a towing cable attached from the stern of the tug to the barge or dead ship. A tandem tow is when one tugboat is towing two barges in a line. Barges can be used to move almost anything that a ship can, and the tugboats move them from one place to another.
A tugboat's role in a construction project is more varied and complex. Typically, a tug assists in construction by moving small barges carrying the construction equipment from place to place on a construction site. The tugboat can also act as a crew boat so that the construction crew can get around at crew change time.
Whatever their tasks, tugboats are essential to the marine industry. These workhorses of the sea can move vessels hundreds, even thousands, of times their own size. These tenacious little boats offer a perfect example of why it is always best not to judge a book by its cover, or in this case, a boat by its size.Museum of the Game®International Arcade Museum® - Killer List of Videogames®Sign InRegister
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Tug BoatName: Tug BoatManufacturer: Moppet VideoYear: 1982Type: Videogame
Class: Wide ReleaseGenre: PlatformMonitor:
*Orientation: Vertical
*Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
*CRT: ColorConversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1Maximum number of Players: 2Gameplay: AlternatingControl Panel Layout: Single PlayerControls:
*Buttons: 1 [Horn]
*Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles:
*Upright/Standard
*Upright/Standard
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Tug Boat was produced by Moppet Video in 1982.
Moppet Video released 5 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1982.
Other machines made by Moppet Video during the time period Tug Boat was produced include Desert Race, Leprechaun, Pirate Treasure, and Noah's Ark.A kids' game where the player controls a tugboat which the player must navigate up the river.Tug Boat - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.30 (1 vote)Personal Impressions Score: 2.60 Overall 'Like': 2.00 Fun (Social): 2.00 Fun (Solo): 2.00 Collector Desire: 5.00 Technical Impressions Score: 2.00 Gameplay: 2.00 Graphics: 3.00 Originality: 1.00 Sound/Music: 2.00Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, 'Like' carries a little more weight than the other factors.Log in to rate this game!Cabinet InformationThe game is housed in a real mini cabinet, which houses a 13-inch monitor. The control panel is only 24 inches above the ground and the total cabinet height is 48 inches.Cabinet Style Weights and MeasuresTypeUpright/StandardUpright/StandardGame IntroductionA kids' game where the player controls a tugboat which the player must navigate up the river while avoiding logs and touching lighthouses for points. There is no penalty for hitting the riverbank. The Horn button just sounds. First four levels just get faster, then the river channel narrows, and the boat's speed repeats.Game PlayEach level contains exactly 28 buoys. Logs are placed at random and will be re-arranged upon losing a ship on the same level. Of the eight stages, the first four are with a nice, wide river channel. Each of these four stages increases in speed and the number of logs on it. Stages five to eight have a much narrower river and increase in speed on each stage. /Level eight is believed to be unbeatable given the complex arrangement of densely clustered logs on a narrow river. The best strategy is to pass each of the 7 stages first without losing any ships and collecting as many buoys as possible. Then, on stage 8, collect as many buoys as possible until you crash. Once you crash, the stage will re-start and rearrange the logs (giving the player a chance to re-negotiate the tight river). / /Bonus scoring is cumulative.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tug Boat CensusThere are 11,166 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,923 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 149,522 machines (6,453 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 7 known instances of this machine owned by Tug Boat collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and one is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Tug Boat machine for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Tug Boat.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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*The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Tug Boat Flyer #2494
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