Tan'erliq
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}} |+Tan{{'}}erliq {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Tug Tanerliq at Anacortes, Washington.jpg | Ship caption = Tan'erliq at Anacortes, Washington, 2019 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = | Ship namesake = Alutiiq word for black bear | Ship owner = Vessel Management Services Inc.{{cite web |title=Tan{{'}}erliq |url=http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=1180 |website=Tugboat Information |accessdate=6 July 2013}} | Ship operator = Crowley Maritime | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship builder = Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, Washington | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 34 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|9178381}} | Ship fate = | Ship status = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship tonnage = {{GT|484}}, {{NetT|329}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|139.7|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|48|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|20|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = 2 × Caterpillar 3612 engines {{convert|10192|hp|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.crowley.com/What-We-Do/Harbor-Ship-Assist-and-Tanker-Escort/Fleet-Description/Locations/Valdez-Alaska |website=Crowley |title=Harbor Ship Assist and Tanker Escort Fleet – Valdez-Alaska |accessdate=6 July 2013}} | Ship propulsion = Voith-Schneider Cycloidal | Ship speed = {{convert|14.5|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
Tan{{'}}erliq (pronounced tun-ul-lik){{cite web |url=http://www.johnsmelcer.com/resources/Alutiiq_Dictionary_Nov_2010.pdf |title=Alutiiq Dictionary and Pronunciation Guide |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316162906/http://www.johnsmelcer.com/resources/Alutiiq_Dictionary_Nov_2010.pdf |archivedate=16 March 2012 |last=Smelcer |first=John E., Ph.D. |year=2010 |page=16}} is a ship escort, rescue and oil response oceangoing tugboat operated by Crowley Maritime and stationed in Prince William Sound, Alaska. In addition to Tan{{'}}erliq, her sister ship Nanuq is also stationed in Valdez, Alaska.
These two vessels, in addition to a dozen other units, escort and protect the waters of Prince William Sound, site of the Exxon Valdez-oil spill in 1989.