Towing & Ship-Assist · Ship-Assist & Escort
Compared with a conventional assist tug, a purpose-built escort tug is designed primarily to:
- ACarry the most cargo
- BApply large steering and braking forces to a ship moving at speed✓ Correct
- COperate only while at anchor
- DCross oceans unaccompanied
Explanation
Escort tugs are built with deep skegs, high reserve stability, and powerful omnidirectional drives so they can generate large indirect steering and braking forces on a ship underway — a safeguard against steering or propulsion failure in confined approaches.
Authority: Bowditch (Pub. No. 9)
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