that was about the best description of a working "harbour" vessel I have seen. Clear and precise. I had no idea Mick Jagger was a tug boat captain. He was so well spoken and competent in his knowledge. I was amazed at the strength of that line! I have always thought it would be a good idea to dock a support vessel away from the Navy base. If the base was attacked they would be undamaged. Then be able to assist.
Thanks for the great comment! I'm often impressed with the folks I meet so I'm happy to share these videos. We have more to come so I hope you will enjoy.
Just fantastic the Captain explaining the front wheel drive ( thrusters) how the controls work. 😊❤😊 then to go out and demonstrate the tractor TUGS turning, and watching it walk sideways to mooring dock. One funny term I have heard on the thrusters 😊 People have called them ( Egg Beaters) 😊 can see how it would take time to learn the turning power, with the steering wheel being used differently than you drive your car. Its so enjoying to watch a perfect coming along side a dock, especially if there is current or wind working against your vessel 😊
Thank you for going through these tractor tugs. 😊 another wonderful thing the Canadian Navy does with ( underseas warfare) is they have two vessels that start with number (611) that are stationed at ( Fair Winds undersea warfare) port of Nanaimo This is for the US Navy and Canadian Navy to test underseas warfare weapons. One is a very advanced listening vessel with computer monitoring if test trials. The other vessel has a torpedo shaped underseas ROV. The vessel can go completely silent, so the ROV shaped torpedo can make sounds like a SUB or just torpedo sounds. These vessels were built to support joint testing of underseas weapons when the testing all went to Canada when the US built BANGER Washington into a Trident sub base. I remember the sound vessels the US Navy had on hood Canal were just older US Navy type vessels. The only new builds by the US Navy in the late 1960s were Torpedo Retriever 72-foot ramp type vessels. I loved watching the Torpedo Retriever chasing fishing boats in Hood Canal if that were doing a Torpedo test. The US Navy torpedo Retriever had a revolution RED becon and an old school coaster SIREN. My memory goes back to all that interesting testing that happened on Hood Canal Washington that is now all done in Canada. The Torpedo are all picked up in NETS today by helicopter.
that was about the best description of a working "harbour" vessel I have seen. Clear and precise. I had no idea Mick Jagger was a tug boat captain. He was so well spoken and competent in his knowledge. I was amazed at the strength of that line! I have always thought it would be a good idea to dock a support vessel away from the Navy base. If the base was attacked they would be undamaged. Then be able to assist.
Thanks for the great comment! I'm often impressed with the folks I meet so I'm happy to share these videos. We have more to come so I hope you will enjoy.
I knew nothing about such vessels before this. Nice demonstration of capability and purpose. Well done everyone involved.
Thank you for watching and for the nice comment. It means a lot! There are more videos of other ships coming soon, so stay tuned! 🙂
Just fantastic the Captain explaining the front wheel drive ( thrusters) how the controls work. 😊❤😊 then to go out and demonstrate the tractor TUGS turning, and watching it walk sideways to mooring dock. One funny term I have heard on the thrusters 😊
People have called them ( Egg Beaters) 😊 can see how it would take time to learn the turning power, with the steering wheel being used differently than you drive your car.
Its so enjoying to watch a perfect coming along side a dock, especially if there is current or wind working against your vessel 😊
Love your comment! Thanks so much for watching! We have more videos to come! 🙂
Thank you for going through these tractor tugs. 😊 another wonderful thing the Canadian Navy does with ( underseas warfare) is they have two vessels that start with number (611) that are stationed at ( Fair Winds undersea warfare) port of Nanaimo
This is for the US Navy and Canadian Navy to test underseas warfare weapons. One is a very advanced listening vessel with computer monitoring if test trials. The other vessel has a torpedo shaped underseas ROV. The vessel can go completely silent, so the ROV shaped torpedo can make sounds like a SUB or just torpedo sounds. These vessels were built to support joint testing of underseas weapons when the testing all went to Canada when the US built BANGER Washington into a Trident sub base. I remember the sound vessels the US Navy had on hood Canal were just older US Navy type vessels. The only new builds by the US Navy in the late 1960s were Torpedo Retriever 72-foot ramp type vessels. I loved watching the Torpedo Retriever chasing fishing boats in Hood Canal if that were doing a Torpedo test. The US Navy torpedo Retriever had a revolution RED becon and an old school coaster SIREN. My memory goes back to all that interesting testing that happened on Hood Canal Washington that is now all done in Canada. The Torpedo are all picked up in NETS today by helicopter.
Very cool, thanks for sharing that! 🙂
If I was a doctor like this guy I'd be bragging all the time. Excellent journalist.
Thank you very much for the kind words, and thank you for watching! 🙂
Great video. Support ships get so little credit and air time. I'm going to check out some more!
Thanks for the lovely comment! We will have more videos from Season 3 posted soon! 🙂
Great video. Well done Tim and Caroline.
Joetey, I know a bunch of folks interested in naval history who would love it if you could cover the steam crane. They (and I) love old gear!
it was an awesome piece of kit, great to work on. very old steam system.
@
Do you know Dr. Alex Clarke? The folks in his Discord would love to hear about this old baby. I’m one of them!
Hello my friend, I will absolutely chase that for you and your friends -- it'll be a good opportunity for me to learn about it too! 🙂
BZ you've kept her in excellent nick. If it doesn't move, paint it!
Sure would have been nice to see the living quarters
How to become king harbor staff?
apply through public service Canada