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  • This flotilla of vintage boats on Lake Union is sometimes referred to as "Skeet's Fleet," after Skeet Kelley, who makes his home in the small tug. (Roy Scully / The Seattle Times, 1973)
    "Skeet's Fleet"
  • The Dakota Creek shipyard, right next to downtown, is an example of the balance Anacortes seeks between business and beauty. Mount Baker is in the background. (Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times)
    Anacortes shipyard
  • A 1,000-ton wooden floating drydock, purchased by the Lake Union Drydock Company as surplus equipment from the United States Maritime Commission, was shown from the Ballard Bridge as it arrived in Seattle after being towed from Scow Bay, near Port Townsend, by the tugboat Sandra Foss. The drydock was 240 feet long and 64 feet wide. (Roy Scully / The Seattle Times, 1947)
    Towing a dry dock
  • Campanario joined the crew aboard the tug for a very short but important part of the journey: the sail from Ballard to Harbor Island, where the tug hooked up a fully loaded barge. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
  • The transport Lieut. Raymond Beaudoin, having completed her emergency duty of carrying troops for the Korean war, was towed under the Fremont Bridge on her way to the Lake Union Drydock Co. yard. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1952)
    US Navy transport gets a tug
  • Two Navy tugs moved the World War II submarine Bowfin beneath the Fremont Bridge en route to Bremerton. (Bruce McKim / The Seattle Times, 1971)
    Tugs guide Bowfin to new home
  • The Ballard-based Western Towboat Co. has a fleet of 21 tugs and employs about 140 people, said Rachel Shrewsbury, whose grandfather started the business in 1948. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
  • Western Tugboat's crew getting ready to sail to Whittier, Alaska. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
  • The amount of things you can put on these floating platforms is mind-boggling. Capt. Brent Bierbaum said this one included 51 rail cars and the equivalent of 132 semi-trailer trucks. Topping the massive stack were several boats and a Caterpillar excavator. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
  • And there went the Arctic Titan and its barge as the evening colors began<br />
to paint the scene over Elliott Bay. Smooth sailing! (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
  • Capt. Brent Bierbaum at the helm and three of his four-person crew down below worked together to chain up the barge. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
  • Not many ports have the infrastructure to load rail cars onto barges.  (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Tough tugs, big cargo
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