Tugboat

A tugboat (tug) is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal, or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for their size and strongly built, and some are ocean-going. Some tugboats serve as icebreakers or salvage boats. Early tugboats had steam engines, but today most have diesel engines. Many tugboats have firefighting monitors, allowing them to assist in firefighting, especially in harbors.

Types of tugboats

Seagoing tugboats

Seagoing tugboats (or ocean tugboats) fall into four basic categories:

Fred Ottman

Fred Ottman (born August 10, 1956) is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon, the latter being half of the tag team The Natural Disasters with John "Earthquake" Tenta. Ottman is also well known for his infamous Shockmaster character in World Championship Wrestling. In the WWF, he is a one-time World Tag Team Champion.

Career

Early career (1985-1988)

Ottman was trained by Boris Malenko and got his start as Sigfried the Giant in February 1985, for Championship Wrestling from Georgia. He later wrestled for Texas All-Star Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association as Big Bubba.

Florida Championship Wrestling (1988-1989)

In September 1988, Ottman wrestled on the Gordon Solie-hosted TV shows of Florida Championship Wrestling as a babyface called U.S. Steel. He feuded with Scott Hall, among others.

World Wrestling Federation (1989–1993)

Tugboat (1989–1991)

Tugboat (disambiguation)

A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them.

Tugboat may also refer to: