Boat (Fallout 3)

A tugboat is a type of large boat.

Background
This type of boat was used by people before the Great War, generally in a commercial capacity. A tugboat is a type of vessel that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or pulling them either by direct contact or by means of a tow line.

Tugboats typically move vessels that either are restricted in their ability to maneuver on their own. Many tugboats can be found throughout the wastelands of the former United States.

Fallout 3
Tugboats appear frequently in the Tidal Basin, Potomac River, and some small lakes. They can also be found in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout. Many of these wrecked tugboats have loot hidden inside of them, usually in the form of a med-kit or ammunition box.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * Another tugboat is found in the Colorado River near the Cottonwood Cove docks.
 * One is near the pier of Callville Bay.
 * One at the bottom of Lake Mead near Boulder Beach campground.
 * One can be found in the water near the entrance to Dry Wells.
 * A tugboat can be found inside the collapsed overpass tunnel.

Fallout 4

 * Tugboats of the Commonwealth are aesthetically different than those in the Mojave and Capital Wastelands. This different style appears throughout the waterways of Greater Boston, mostly in the Atlantic Ocean but also along the Charles River.
 * A tugboat named the USS Riptide crashed into a bridge while carrying military equipment.
 * Libertalia, a ship graveyard that doubles as a raider encampment, features several tugboats.
 * A tugboat contains the generator needed to keep Spectacle Island free of mirelurks.

Fallout 76

 * In Appalachia, one tugboat is located in New Gad and is beached permanently since Summersville Lake was drained when the nearby dam was destroyed causing the Christmas Flood.

Appearances
Tugboats appear in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.

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