[Drew68]

The US Navy doesn’t send tugs with its task forces. USN ships aren’t cheap inferior crap like Russia’s and China’s.

Ten days into deployment...

Navy Hopes to Have Beleaguered USS Boxer Deploy This Summer After Fixes

[Seruzawa]

Lol. There’s a big difference between a fleet with a few plagued ships and a fleet filled with them. In my 4 year Navy hitch, 2 of it on a destroyer, I never once saw a tug outside of a harbor. Russian and Chinese task forces always keep some along because of their inferior ships and especially crews.