During World War II, the Navy fleet tug known as the Zuni spent 31 days supporting the invasion of Iwo Jima. As a Coast Guard ship – renamed the Tamaroa – it was among the first to the scene when the ...

This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Tugboat Arctic was a harbor workhorse. It now rests below Lake Michigan's waters in Manitowoc.

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- The Door County Maritime Museum celebrated the 100th birthday of the tugboat John Purves Wednesday. "There's always a story," said Paul Graf, standing in the galley room of the ...

KINGSTON: North River Tugboat Museum plans future as the Mystic Seaport of Iron. A collection of historic towing vessels is rafted up to a bulkhead at the end of the Rondout Creek. Capt. Steven ...

On this first day of summer, it was a first in Great Lakes maritime history. Two tugs of the same name were christened at the National Museum of the Great Lakes. Both tugs are named OHIO. One is ...

WATERFORD >> More than two dozen tugboats spent the weekend in Waterford for the annual Tugboat Roundup. The event celebrates marine and industrial history with live music, food and vendors. Festival ...

One sunny morning last week, the venerable tugboat Eppleton Hall came back home to take her place among the historic ships at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. The Eppleton Hall is an odd looking ...

COOS BAY — As the Coos History Museum inches closer to its grand opening, the museum has reached out to the city of Coos Bay to acquire the Tugboat Irene as part of a new exhibit. Frank Smoot, ...

The landmark New York Central No. 16 tugboat at Belmont Circle appears bound for the scrap heap. The tug is sliding off the historical preservation grid, perhaps because as a landmark structure it ...

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- History was on the move Monday in Sturgeon Bay. The tugboat John Purves is once again sitting at its dock at the Door County Maritime Museumafter some much-needed repairs over ...