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Vessel

Unnamed 40-foot Manistique fishing tug (1960)

Also 40-foot fishing tug

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeVessel
ErasModern era
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Summary

The April 1960 Beaver Beacon describes an unnamed 40-foot fishing tug from Manistique that went aground at Indian Point during a March storm.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified vessel record. The source does not identify the tug by name or provide a registry, builder, owner, or later history.

Open questions

  • Can a Coast Guard or vessel-enrollment record identify the tug and document its later disposition?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 1960, “Tug in Trouble.”
    Describes a 40-foot fishing tug whose three Manistique men sought shelter off Beaver Island during the March 20 storm and went aground at Indian Point. The vessel is unnamed; no registry, builder, owner, construction date, or final disposition is supplied.
    beaver_beacon · 1960-04_Beaver-Beacon