interests...

end

Derek's tugs and salvage will be closing permanantly. my interests have moved elsewhere. my mother's blog explains it (go to airplane story), Twelve Acres.

addition of the battleship USS Missouri to the fleet

As the dangers of war come closer to our fleets, a need has arisen for a battleship. The one chosen is the USS Missouri (BB-63). The USS Missouri is an Iowa class battleship with 9 mark-7 16 inch guns in three turrets, two forward, one aft. It also has a number of other armament including 5 inch guns, 40mm bofors AA Guns, and 20mm AA guns.






Also to be added, but currently being modeled by yours truly, the USS North Carolina (BB-55), a north carolina class battleship. I am currently constructing this battleship is my 3D modeling program, sketchup by google.

Retiring of Brooklyn

After a recent cut in budgets to keep up with our dying economy, we are going to retire our oldest tug. the Brooklyn has served for 70 years and has had many repairs to it's hull and other parts. the tugs Daisy and Murphy may also be retired, but for now the Brooklyn will retire. she is set to be retired and put into museum tug service July 4, 2009 to commemorate the fourth of july. as for now, she is a coal barge tug that takes coal down into the heart of manhattan.

announcment on NFLA's website

click here. the small sailboats will be incorporated into Derek's tugs and salvage as maitenance vessels.

title of tug found

the first tug that entered and is still being worked on is the lisa moran. a second sister will be made as the priscilla moran.

reference pics of Carol E. Moran found.

i have found some pictures of the first tug on my list. i will begin construction tonight.

smit rotterdam earns the nickname "ms. muscles"

the bulkcarrier de ameland has arrived from the other side of the continent with frozen crab and automobile parts. the de ameland is part refridgerated and part non-refridgerated. the tug from Derek's tugs and salvage named smit rotterdam muscled this one in all by herself. the smit rotterdam, at the time of construction was the largest and most powerful tug ever built, and is one of the most valuable tug any fleet could ask for.

the little tug that could

the brooklyn (green steam tug) got the RMS aquitania (4 red stacks) and the RMS titanic (pale orange stacks) out of the harbor all by itself. a feat that tells us that steam tugs are not out of power yet. in fact, some of our best tugs are steam tugs. they are easy to mantain contrary to popular belief, but they give you enough trouble to keep you busy. they are much more interesting to operate, the brooklyn is my favorite, even though she is our least powerful tug with 600hp, and she makes better use of it than some of our more powerful diesels. she is able to tow 5 fully loaded coal barges and still get decent time going down the river. steam tugs are irreplaceable.

Manhattan continued

here is the brooklyn towing the CSL to a service dock after the crane failed to operate correctly. the other tugs are refueling at another service dock upriver.

status of manhattan: thursday april 9th

towing a barge down a river full of junk from a burnt down warehouse that caught fire yesterday.

our fleet

here is our tug fleet.

New salvage craft coming to virtual sailor

sorry, no pictures yet. I just wanted to let you know that there is a new ship coming to virtual sailor. a salvage craft that can tow a ship from here, to mars!

some tugs are coming soon. right now i am working on a salvage vessel, and a new tug. i'll put the link down into my downloads section when it is done. also, i am working on a model of the SS United States a.k.a, Big U.

Start of the official site of Derek's tugs and salvage

the fleet is coming soon. i will have download links available for my ships.