Photos by Tag: tugboat
Kokua at Deception Pass: 2007
I love tugs, photograph them whenever I get the chance. This is a 2007 shot of the “Kokua” moving east at Deception Pass, Little North Beach in the background.
Tugs tie up
Tugboats including the Tan’erliq and “Guard” tie up to Port of Anacortes dock on the Guemes Channel. Tugs routinely lead large ships in and out of this historic maritime region.
Logs through Pass: 50 years ago
I was excited this week to receive two images taken about 50 years ago by brother Nick Steen. The first was this photo of a classic tugboat towing a log boom east under Deception Pass Bridge. Will share the other image, also of the maritime variety, later this week. Thanks, Nick! (Now a resident of […]
Tug with character lines
Tug “Paula S” anchored at Lovric boat yard on the Guemes Channel. If this vessel could talk, what stories she would tell…
Depth markers, Crowley tug
Depth markers, most yet to be painted, on hull of Crowley tug “Guard” at Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes.
Phyllis Dunlap up in the air at DCI
A few days after watching the tug Phyllis Dunlap churn up the Guemes Channel, I discovered her ultimate destination: Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard in downtown Anacortes.
Tug Glen Cove on Guemes Channel
Tugboat Glen Cove churns past Ship Harbor.
Bound for the Pass
A tugboat rounds the corner at Lighthouse Point, bound for Deception Pass. As viewed from Rosario Head.
Tug prop
Afternoon sunlight washed over this tugboat under construction at Dakota Creek Industries. Giant props appear to be gold.
Tug two
Well under way in the construction yard at Dakota Creek Industries is the second of three “Legacy Class” tugboats for Crowley. This vessel is scheduled for completion in June 2011.
Crowley tug
This is the M/V Legacy, one of three tugboats being constructed by Dakota Creek Industries for Crowley. Plans call for delivery of the Legacy before year’s end.
Inching closer
Operating a tugboat can be a game of inches. Well, Dakota Creek Industries crews are inching closer to completion of this tugboat on the Anacortes waterfront. The Crowley Maritime Type 750 “Legacy Class” Articulated Tug and Barge combination is the largest ever designed. The three 330,000 bbs barges are being constructed at VT Halter, Pascagoula, […]