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  2. Emergency tow vessel - Wikipedia

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    An emergency tow vessel, also called emergency towing vessel, (ETV) is a multi purpose boat used by state authorities to tow disabled vessels on high seas in order to prevent dangers to man and environment.

  3. BoatUS - Wikipedia

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    Boat Owners Association of The United States, better known as BoatUS, is an American association of boat owners with more than 800,000 dues-paying members [2] offering various services supporting TowBoatUS on water recreational boat towing [3] as well as roadside boat trailer towing [4] activities.

  4. J. W. Westcott II - Wikipedia

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    J. W. Westcott II is a post office boat that delivers mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and, as it is an official post office for the United States Postal Service, it also contains the only floating ZIP Code in the United States - 258859.

  5. Lifeboat (rescue) - Wikipedia

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    There are generally three types of boat, in-land (used on lakes and rivers), in-shore (used closer to shore) and off-shore (into deeper waters and further out to sea). A rescue lifeboat is a boat designed with specialised features for searching for, rescuing and saving the lives of people in peril at sea or other large bodies of water.

  6. Towing - Wikipedia

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    Towing of disabled or damaged car at request of owner (the most common form) Towing of car by government authorities or its agents, due to being disabled or abandoned on a public thoroughfare; Towing a car as a form of long-distance shipping, such as during its owner's move to a new location, rather than driving the car

  7. Westland, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    ZIP code(s) 48185, 48186, 48187. Area code: 734: FIPS code: ... There are numerous Nature trails near Westland, Newburg lake is the nearest one to Westland.

  8. Pusher (boat) - Wikipedia

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    Larger boats can run this segment of the river with the maximum tow size of 42 barges southbound and 40+ northbound. A typical River tow might be 35 to 42 barges, each about 200 feet (61 m) long by 35 feet (11 m) wide, configured in a rectangular shape 6 to 7 barges long and 5 to 6 barges wide, depending on the number of barges in tow.

  9. Tugboat - Wikipedia

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    Compound steam engines and scotch boilers provided 300 Indicated Horse Power. Steam tugs were put to use in every harbour of the world towing and ship berthing. Tugboat diesel engines typically produce 500 to 2,500 kW (~ 680 to 3,400 hp), but larger boats (used in deep waters) can have power ratings up to 20,000 kW (~ 27,200 hp) [citation needed].