DCHP-3

boom dozer

West Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small tug used to control a boom of logs under tow or in the booming grounds.

Quotations

1958
The ugly vessel [the tug "Snauq") is 22 feet long, almost as wide, and too high for her length. She is what is known as a "boom dozer," popular up and down the coast for working around the [log] booms.