European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. September 27. 1986 the stars and stripes o Page 3  tug Crews in Scotland see duty As of Esfand no a. V.  . Bureau holy  11. Is Inland crows Manning inc three ing Bikol assigned u submarine remit sue on work lung hours and i req Acihl perform a arc uus tasks in Nii Tahle weather Hul they say he Hurm Guwor. Liefh has from 1 1 to 1 2 enlisted people on Hoard Wink Sumen a tugs have mixed Trews Only men Are ass Gneil aboard Lus in die Lolly Lyli. Some of in crewmen i no aboard while of hrs live Asli Urt. Inc Upsall have their own dining Lacich Nesland to mtg. The lugs Are a inn go i rom 60 to s t hours a week in support of the Navy s nuclear powered Tofit a Vistic missile submarine  of our operations Are right in the Loch Al though we make downriver run of about 211 Miles Domcel the submarines and to Transfer people and sup plies Nygaard said. We have also gone out Kwh Milts Imo the Irish sea on operations. The runs Down the River can t be Beal. A Good ions run is Good far the tug and along inc Way we pass some of the Moil Beautiful scenery Inico land. The tugs used to Man Euver All kinds  in the lot a. Are Alla flied to ships with double braided Nylon lines anywhere from flu indies to nine inches in ukr re a. The hot test lines have a breaking siring la of 144.000 pounds. Bush said. The work can be a Afi ious since in involves work ing on Slipper a Dicks jumping from lugs 10 barges and the 1 Iqua a of the Tufts urls a Iun a w submarine Rufu so on uth Lyl Ali Seo working around lines Hal routinely part when Iii Art under Load. A parted line can snap Hack like a rubber band and kill a Man or Lake off a ire. We have to be dire Ful not to work within the kill Range an area where a crewman could be struck by a parting me. Bush  line makes a sound like a firing Cannon when in parts he  first thing we Are Lauvil when we come aboard is where to stand safely said Petty officer 1c. Max Well Basset. 19, a deck supervisor on the Natick. The tugs also can be used to Light fires. These lugs Are also big fire pumps said sentor chief Petty officer Francisco Sarian 44 the lugs senior Luc master we can pump 2,000 Gallons of water a minute at very High pressure inhere is a fire we can fight ii with Ilie fire Monitor or Supply pumping action to other ships to help tight a