Wreck of the USS Riptide

The wreck of the USS Riptide is a location in the Commonwealth controlled by raiders in 2287.

Background
The Riptide is a commissioned tug boat of the U.S. Navy. The ship appears to have been towing a barge full of military equipment to an undetermined location up the Charles River.

Layout
The vessel is accessible from a series of makeshift staircases from an overhead bridge. It is also possible to access the location by swimming up to the ship through the irradiated river. There are two beds in the cabin on the ship, one additional bed inside an opened shipping crate upon the barge, and a cooking station on the deck.

Notable loot

 * Wasteland Survival Guide issue #1 - In the ship's main cabin on a table with a lantern and some jet.
 * Mini nuke - In some rubble on the deck level of the tugboat, at the portside bow.
 * Raider power armor - Randomly generated parts on one of the raiders.

Appearances
The wreck of the USS Riptide appears only in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes

 * As seen in The Art of Fallout 4, the idea of a ship stuck under a damaged bridge dates back to the earliest concepts for the game. It was originally seen as a battleship washed up the Charles River, but the final scale of the game precluded such a ship, so a simple tugboat was placed instead.