Capt. Curtis Iaukea steered Tiger 21 toward Honolulu Harbor on a postcard-perfect Hawaii afternoon. The job awaiting them was straightforward: shifting a Sause Bros. barge a few hundred yards from one berth to another. The 3,600-hp Joseph Sause made up to Hilo Bay's starboard hip before Tiger 21 arrived. The Sause tug would provide the muscle on the sternward transit. Tiger 21 would handle the barge's bow on the run between Pier 28 and the fuel terminal at Pier 30. "My responsibility is to pull the (bow) so we come evenly off the pier," Iaukea explained. "(Joseph Sause) can only really control one side. They need me to control the opposite side of the barge." The 4,400-hp Tiger 21 is one of more than a dozen Tiger tugs that P&R Water Taxi has built at its shipyard in Kewalo Basin, just west of Waikiki in downtown Honolulu. These nimble tugs, designed by P&R owner Charlie Pires with help from a Hawaiian naval architect, work in all of Hawaii's commercial ports. P&R also has a contract to handle Navy ships in Pearl Harbor.
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机译：Cuttic。柯蒂斯IAukea转向老虎21往檀香山港口在明信片完美的夏威夷下午。等待他们的工作很简单：将兄弟的兄弟从一个铺位到另一个泊位转移了几百码。在Tiger 21到达之前，3,600 HP Joseph Saune由Hilo Bay的右舷臀部。 Tug将为胸部过境提供肌肉。老虎21将在码头28和码头30之间的燃料终端之间处理驳船的弓箭。“我的责任是拉（弓），所以我们均匀地离开码头，”Iaukea解释说。 “（约瑟夫得了）只能真正控制一边。他们需要我控制驳船的另一侧。” 4,400 HP Tiger 21是十几岁的老虎拖船之一，P＆R Water Taxi在Kewalo Basin的造船厂建造了伊尔洛洛岛市中心西部的船园。这些灵活的拖船由P＆R Owner Charlie Pires设计，以及夏威夷海军建筑师的帮助，在夏威夷所有的商业港口工作。 P＆R还有合同来处理珍珠港的海军船舶。
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