Tugboats on Puget SoundWhile Square rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries , and ever larger cruise and cargo carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's Maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850's when the first steam powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log