An old war horse

[shepp]

Yesterday I went on about a 450 mile trip around trip around the east side of Wisconsin looking for snowy owls and rare ducks or what ever I could find. I think the looming storm put the damper on that. I did find a couple of cool old tugs in the Kewaunee harbor which is at the “base of the thumb” on Lake Michigan. One had Army Corp markings on it named “Ludington”. I like to go and google ships names I see on the lakes, and this one has some great history, it was at D-Day operating as a tug towing munitions across the English Channel. 
 

https://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=1438

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_Ludington
 

 

[shooterrex]

Cool

[98Z5V]

That's awesome, brother - I love your adventures.  

[Cunuckgaucho]

Tugs are cool 

[shepp]

On 1/8/2024 at 10:44 PM, Cunuckgaucho said:

Tugs are cool 

Can’t beat a good tug! 

[98Z5V]

^^^   I see what you did there...  

[Sisco]

A lot of history floating on the Great Lakes. 

[Cunuckgaucho]

There are a few old wooden ocean going tugs that have been converted on the west coast here. If you're going to run in to rough seas these tugs are what you want be in