This vessel might be known as Jakobson Shipyard Hull # 406, launched January 1962 (foto taken in April 2011).
And this might be referred to as SSBN-738, launched August 1991 in Groton, CT just across the Sound from where Jakobson’s was. And of course the one has nothing to do with the other. Also, you may know the gentleman in the brown jacket, standing rightmost foreward of the sail.
Hull #406 is also known as Maryland, and
SSBN-738 goes by USS Maryland. Edison Chouest Offshore (Alpha Marine Services) has the most interesting tugs.
The comparison between a tugboat and a sub is of course absurd but offered here for fun:
Tug: loa 94′, horsepower about 3000, twin screw, crew size around 6. no armaments. hitch . . . two weeks on. nicknames unknown. habitat: East coast USA, often seen in the sixth boro.
Sub: loa 560′, horsepower about 60,000, single screw, crew size over 150. note the machine gun but out of sight are an unspecified number of Mk-48 torpedoes and 24 Trident II ballistic missiles. hitch: 70 days on. nickname: Fighting Mary. habitat: worldwide but is believed to have never entered the sixth boro.
Click here for a story of life aboard an SSBN. Click here for a model.
Again, if you know the gentleman in the brown jacket, tell him thanks for passing these fotos along.
Entirely unrelated: Russian sailing!!
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April 4, 2011 at 10:39 am
Buck
And yet boomers are pushed around by tugs on a regular basis 🙂
April 4, 2011 at 3:36 pm
tugster
buck–you make my point.
April 4, 2011 at 12:32 pm
nautical charts
Stunning photos! I cannot believe how massive they are!
April 4, 2011 at 6:30 pm
JED
1) Those tugs were made to order for SSBNS
2) One DOES have something to do with other in that I also worked for KSEA though never steered MARYLAND.
3) They ARE pretty big and impressive. The day I overlook that is the day to hang it up.
April 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm
bowsprite
you are so COOL! pls be careful on those ladders.
April 4, 2011 at 10:44 pm
michael bogoger
Sailing single-handed, I once approached a sub in company unawares until the diminutive Coast Guard (75′) escorts came down on me like hornets. Never underestimate the little guy.
doryman