It says it was a tug boat, do tug boats usually go out that far?
I’m not a Navy guy, only time I spent on a boat was getting to the SE Asia theatre (and hated every damn bit of it), so am kind of curious what Navy Tugs were used for? The same as here to bring big ships into harbor?
Just curious, seems like there are quite a few Navy folks on FR.>>>> i’m not navy but this i know: if you need a tug boat in american samoa. you either build it there or sail it there.
US Navy has specialty ocean going long range tugs to handle disabled warships. They have massive capabilities to handle high seas, and special engines to pull loads as well as recover wrecks.
The “Apache” is one recently in the news: On 31 October 2015 “Apache” searched and located the missing cargo container ship MV El Faro, which was lost with all hands during Hurricane Joaquin, on 1 October 2015, east of the Bahamas.
USNS Apache: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Apache_%28T-ATF-172%29