European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Porthole View from sub tender canopus of . Navy tug guiding an Oil Tanker into port. By c  Swift stall writer t icky look like squat Waler hugs bustling Inland out among their bigger More glamorous Brothers their flanks Are girded with rubber or  Wood not steel plate their decks Are Horn. In Hose winches and leg thick hemp in Stead of bristling with radar and guns rut life at and port would grind to a halt wit Lnu the  tugs cmdr min 1 cover i s Navy port Captain at it Ila. Spain said his four lugs and one thai Teri l i hear sub Martin s help in at out 100 moves in  out of the Harbor each in Onmi the it menus Mosin som i t million tons of shipping a year the  Long. 300 ton lugs provide push and close in . Especially for tankers. V Tanker going slow has no steering  said chid Duarte Masler  rub Insign. Bead Harlor Pilot. One third to one  of the Tui Ork involve ships from ill. Spun i  i As company. A mis and i Iii Irv  come which a in,., kerosene diesel and i fuels and hint aging oils. Over a d one ice is the Start of a  1 s  a Lin that stretches Normi in ire. Tiv Len Timof Ibex Iii i  n  More the a Navy tug one of five at Rota Spain nears Spanish destroyer to nudge it to Docking position. Scrambles Alliard to takeover from the Captain the tugs Bird dog the ship one at Richer Side of Chr Bow. Genl guiding it through the Rocky. So Enol wide jaw of the East and West jellies. Then at a the word from Mie Pilot one tug slips to the rear made up with i line fastened to the Tanker the after to hangs Loose until she s just a i stopped " h i Mimin said hut it has a line to tin ship so it  Luck and the tugs ran work from two directions at on. Sis photos in i i k  i Mie Tinion i i a. Ships around just Rettini the Pilot in or off the ship Ean of a Challenge. In Siv in i isl foot seas the Pilot has in he half Ngonkr to get  Robin son said. Once in a White a helicopter is called to Pluck the Sailor Back off the rolling deck. A  i1-"-tro\ a is in in Iki Rable to Rouimi to fed it Bart i with Lite Aid Koonvon said k Rili r  tues do my 3. 1s77 giving assistance to a Polaris submarine. The stars and stripes Page 13