"Joe" wrote
otnmbrd wrote: I'd call her a Salvage Tug.....

I stand corrected.
http://www.sisl.ch/archives/2001/abeille/discover.htm

Not so fast, Joe. Capt. Otn wasn't quite right. "les remorqueurs de haute mer chargés de sauver les bateaux en
détresse."
That's French for " The tugboats of high sea charged of to save the boats in distress"
So, Capt. Otn should've called it a "high seas salvage tug". Hee he. I know more than a professional Pilot. Taking
French in
school did me good. ;-)

Cheers,
Ellen