[QUOTE=Capt. Phoenix;184492]I don’t see why a tug needs more than six. Three deck officers, an AB, an AB or OS cook, and an engineer. The AB and cook make rounds during their watch to make sure there’s nothing wrong in the ER, everyone works 4 on 8 off.[/QUOTE]
And if and when a Major repair needs to be done underway, who’s going help? Yes, the cook and DH can hand tools but nothing takes the place of having another engineer to help.