Tugboats

LC control no.	sh 85138492
LC classification	HE566.T8 Transportation VM464 Naval architecture
Topical heading	Tugboats *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Tugs
See also	Work boats *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Scope note	Here are entered works on powerboats for pushing and towing in ocean waters, including harbors and coastal waters. Works on powerboats for pushing barges and other craft on inland waterways are entered under Towboats.
Subject example tracing	Note under Towboats
Found in	Sloot, H. De Nederlandse sleepvaart, c1983. Encyc. international (Tugboat ... specially designed tugs are capable of transoceanic towing jobs) Merit students encyc.: v. 17, p. 19, article Ship ("one notable long-distance tow was the towing of the off-shore drilling rig Mister Cap from Orange, Tex. to Rotterdam, Holland, by the Dutch tug Zwart Zee, a distance of 5,500 nautical miles") Random House (Tug; Tugboat)