At 1054, passed a towline and began moving ahead with the crippled Pelican, in turn tethered to " Auk ", astern.
42.
A boarding party from " Kansas " rigged a towline to the prize, and the blockader towed her to Beaufort, North Carolina.
43.
After a storm in June 1949, the sub was towed to less exposed waters but the towline broke and the sub drifted ashore at Fairlight.
44.
In the middle of the night the towline broke yet again, and it was nearly dawn before the crew realized that the barge had been lost.
45.
The privileged boat's team would step over the other boat's towline with their horses pulling the boat over the sunken towline without stopping.
46.
The privileged boat's team would step over the other boat's towline with their horses pulling the boat over the sunken towline without stopping.
47.
He nevertheless refused to cast off the towline to " Asp ", and no other American vessels were able to get within effective range.
48.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Chris Scarberry said the crew of the tug Smit Singapore had tried to reattach the towline Sunday but they were hampered by rough seas.
49.
Webb said the diesel-powered sub had regained some hydraulic and electrical systems and rescuers were hopeful of getting a towline to it before dusk on Thursday.
50.
Later that morning, the battleship secured a towline to the stern of " S-5 " and proceeded to tow her to shallower water.
