What does the Navy use this tiny tugboat for?

[@samuelbhend2521]

So,, basically a floating ENGINE with a Seat on it.....

[@Skipper77777777]

You didn’t talk much about the security barriers this tug was designed to move.

[@MikeyDee25]

Gotta love that beaver!

[@Desire4Sound]

They should paint it like a beaver... 😅

[@boataxe4605]

Yeah,the one at 1:50 is really cute.

[@malcpaul996]

@@boataxe4605 if not a little dim.

[@kenlong5011]

At least guve it a new paint job

[@timbarnett3898]

My dad worked one of these boats for crown Zellerbach opaper mill moving floating logs on river to make pulp for paper.

[@captaindoug8887]

Hi Tim..Z drive boom boats...in the correct hands they have been used to move ships up and down the pier!

[@michaelcase8574]

​@captaindoug8887 Here in the PNW, we had even smaller log brooks for moving log booms. The smallest ones had a n outboard right in the center that could be rotater 360 deg. All direction action.

[@Vuelodeida]

I love this tiny guy!!

[@GBHNews]

So do we!

[@jrtmanmd]

I used to drive one of those in Norfolk. We moved small barges, camels and donuts around the NOB piers.

[@donjones4719]

I knew about the little boat and the big boat is vaguely familiar - but I didn't realize one helped out the other. :)

[@avatarcowboy2435]

That is actually a log pond boat. Navy used them as stated in the video for moving booms.

[@petert3355]

Might be small, but it transfers more power to the water than just about everything else afloat.

[@mrbillmacneill]

@@petert3355 471 gm in our old sawmill boom boat. very reliable.

[@ianscott3180]

You see them pushing logs in Western Canada rivers.

[@dansouthern4139]

Lots of booming beaver!

[@SolarHarvestSolutions]

I worked on one at Alameda NAS back in the late 70’s, moved target and work barges

[@Aglae-xl8zm]

i can’t get enough of your content, always clicking the like!

[@gloriatg100]

The little boat that could.

[@jimmyboy131]

Yeah I was in the Navy. Were you on a destroyer, or a carrier? Um, I was on that little one-seat tug boat over there by the paddle boats...

[@paulEG6]

It’s like a full size benchy!

[@larryo6874]

Can’t help but notice all the rust on this tugboat. Seems like the Navy should take better care of it.

[@David27mk]

Yeah the beavers great 😉

[@franktuckwell196]

Seen green ferry boats and water taxis that size in bits of Canada.

[@sandasturner9529]

That tug is adorable

[@dennisshank2715]

You know that there's something wrong when the Navy goes on TV to show off and brag about their beaver.

[@joshuabessire9169]

My nephew served on one. I think his was named "Little Tykes."

[@JimLambrick]

That is just a standard west coast log boom dozer boat. Hundreds of them in use on British Columbia coast for assembling/short move log booms (floating log rafts for transport in the ocean). Made in Nanaimo or Vancouver BC. Been around since at least the 1950's.

[@garfstiglz3981]

Fascinating to see that the U.S.S Constitution is still floating. Never realised until I saw this video.

[@RGentil123]

Go Beaver!

[@rayray8687]

Imagine you’ve climbed the ranks of the US Navy and your first commission is Captain of the Beaver! I’d run right home and tell my mom right away!!!

[@mcgoo721]

Imagining the master and commander series if Jack Aubrey was assigned to one of these instead haha

[@robertsaltzman2481]

Someone should paint it... that's a rusty beaver all right... let's get her ship shape asap someone could do it rather quickly and I'd volunteer just need travel cost

[@joeydepalmer4457]

I would love to see someone try to make that little hing into a tiny yacht

[@scottfw7169]

To get halfway there, and at least research the concept, look up the 1992/1996 book "Pocket Cruiser & Tabloid Yachts Volume 1" by Benford Design Group of St. Michaels, Maryland. Copyright by Jay R. Benford. As well as written descriptions, photos of operational boats, and samples of plans and loftings, it offers sage advice such as this from page 18, "A word of caution here: anyone aspiring to own a spiffy pocket yacht such as Grivit had better enjoy talking to people -- you'll be besieged with questioners everywhere you go. Or, of course, you could anchor out for peace and privacy ..." ⚓ (Grivit is a 14 foot Tug-Cruiser)

[@joeydepalmer4457]

@@scottfw7169 You are kidding. someone tried?

[@scottfw7169]

@@joeydepalmer4457 The boats referenced there are actually purpose built to be recreational boats but they are very much based on or otherwise inspired by work boats. They range from 13ft 10in long to 25ft long, One of the design company's several specialties is yachts designed like small tugboats, their website has a few samples.

[@matthewklempke2384]

Awesome boat!

[@nirrec]

246 years of commissioned service... HMS Victory... just a shame she's not afloat 😢

[@cheftomsd]

The Booming Beaver needs a couple bosuns with hazy gray and paintbrushes.

[@realvanman1]

But what engine does it have? Let’s hear it. How much does the little boat displace? I’d bet it’s quite a bit for it’s size.

[@victorsteerup4582]

That is like the "bumper boats" at the amusement park.

[@jaynorris3722]

Ooohhh it's cute!!!

[@rexmyers991]

So interesting! I visited the USS constitution several years ago but I never knew about the Navy’s smallest boat (ship?)

[@David27mk]

The little boat that could 😉

[@pbdropshot5369]

Yep, I want one.

[@randymagnum143]

Unlimited free labor thanks to the US taxpayers, maybe we could give the old gal a coat of paint?

[@DartTyler]

Something that Donald Duck would sail on

[@ÖyvindGustafsson]

Nice little worker,😎👌

[@doylepro]

Yeah, in wartime that small guy would probably be equipped with dunkin sonars and torpedoes to hunt subs! 😁

[@mudweimer768]

Awesome

[@11C1P]

All those ladies there, just for the Beaver.

[@tanglediver]

I had ONE BOAT, it was 20 feet in length. It was one of the BIGGEST mistakes of my life, BUT, I would get another boat, if it were a small tug.

[@Trevor_Austin]

The oldest commissioned warship is HMS Victory, completed in 1765. That will be 11 years before independence. ps. Look after your Beaver. Keep it clean and give it a good wipe down if it gets too wet.

[@longshot7601]

The USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Good luck moving the Victory.

[@josephwiese1114]

If they don't take care of the rust, and keep her surfaces smooth, the beaver could turn into a hairy situation...😊

[@keesvandenbroek331]

Yep, Victory still is. Alas, not afloat anymore as “Old Ironside” is. BTW, keeping that old lady afloat must be a nightmare? Regular drydocking? And really out of respect, how much of the original wood is still in her?

[@markneedham752]

All that Beaver.....and........!

[@karlo167]

Actually, there is a bathroom on this ship.

[@edl617]

The darn thing draws over 12 feet of water It also moves honey barges, oil barges etc. and that

[@jaredkennedy6576]

Some of those women seemed to be quite the fans of the Beaver.

[@kyndorrebruutvon-broodwyer4034]

0:42 this lady knows beavers😂

[@petnzme]

❤ Tugs.

[@ditzydoo4378]

I tell you; someone needs to get on with their deck duties. That amount of rust and scale on the Beaver is a sad thing. Get those Middies over to help out.

[@Happyfacehotwheels]

Thank you, lady veterans, and thank you to the U.S.N. for taking care of that beaver.🫡

[@HongyaMa]

'Nice Beaver" Harry Druman Police Squad

[@paulmore4118]

Very nice vessel, however it too bad the navy budget can’t afford the paint to keep the honor of the navy image shining. Just saying

[@dennisshank2715]

USS Constitution is not the oldest commissioned warship, HMS Victory is both older and was commissioned earlier.

[@SearTrip]

The statement was the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Victory hasn’t been afloat in almost a hundred years.

[@williambarry8015]

I think that thing has a detroit diesel?

[@4S7JL]

I was you i keep this boat nicely paint . Using one bucket of paint we can paint this.

[@jrdjr212]

MY LITTLE COUSIN ANGELINA!

[@danbrit9848]

the 3d printer test boat is real

[@SOU6900]

What does it have for an engine?

[@scottfw7169]

Dunno, but am pretty sure it isn't a 16-710. 😄

[@integr8er66]

Cummins 6BTA 5.9

[@MartinPHE]

Typical Navy ship Rusting away and not being taken care of.

[@RegaRegas00]

Sri Lanka area you know types Rescue Tag Boat

[@MattTee1975]

Coincidentally, that was my ex-wife's nickname around town.

[@russellwood5867]

holy cow didnt realize there were so many lesbians in the navy.

[@boondocker7964]

It's the Navy, what did you expect?

[@oneup12]

3:26 all these women role playing something useful

[@banic8576]

The irony of asking a lesbian if she likes the little beaver.

[@craigbaker9252]

Who knew?😊

[@tomchloe3208]

A beaver to celebrate womens day, love that 😂

[@Meestapink69]

Oldest Commissioned in the World ........I think you may find that is HMS Victory, Launched 1765 commissioned 1778. I Thank you. Rule Brittania!

[@jimmyadams4181]

Like it

[@davefroman4700]

Gee you think the name "Tug Boat" is a hint? Smfh..

[@matsw8283]

A US navy ship, eh? Should have a proper name... how about the "USS Colossos"?

[@makusrbe9641]

cute 😂

[@anthony75829]

Now tell me, did this commentator not have a clue in saying the word beaver along with honoring woman veterans in this episode and not giggle to himself. 🤔🤔

[@integr8er66]

They keep saying how "powerful" it is. It certainly is NOT powerful, it has 260 HP. That is not much. Power does NOT mean it can move a lot of mass, it would describe how much it can accelerate it, and it really can't do that very fast.

[@kmoecub]

At the time those log-pond boats were built, that same engine was being used in full size tugs.

[@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261]

It's a turbodiesel, so what you really want to know is the torque figure, around 400 lb-ft.

[@samuelbhend2521]

It's most often not about the Power (How many Horses) but HOW you bring the Power into the Water and it's Grip or how deep it digs into the Water... A Farm I worked on here in Switzerland we had a small 2WD, 8Gears, 35Years old Fiat Tractor with 27HP and a big 4WD, 12Gears, 17Years old Bucher Tractor with 66HP. Two fullgrown Cows in the Trailer meant "flying" up a very steep alpine Road with a little over 20Km/h on the small one in the "fast" Streetgears, whilst the big one required changing down into the slow Workinggears and creeping up the same Road at max. 12-13Km/h....

[@integr8er66]

@@kmoecub 260 HP is not a lot of HP no matter what tug you put it in

[@integr8er66]

@@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261 I don't disagree, but my comment isn't about what you want to know, they said it was very powerful, and I'm just explaining to them that power and force are very different things, and in terms of diesel Tug engines, it really isn't that powerful

[@thomassadowski8405]

That’s Captain Woodys Tugboat