Tug Ludington
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Tug Ludington
 
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Attraction
Location
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
Trail Name: Mid Lake Michigan
Year Built: 1943
Nearest Address: 213 Harrison St
Nearest City: Kewaunee
County: Kewaunee
Zip Code: 54216
Latitude: N 44°27.58800'
Longitude: W -087°30.10900'
Attraction
Features
Open to public?: Yes
Mooring buoy?: No
Mooring buoy in place?: No
Snorkelable?: No
Dive guide?: No
Trails sign?: No
National Register?: Yes
Attraction
Description
The tug is open seasonally for tours. Please call the above number for more information. The former US Corps of Engineers tug Ludington was built by Jacobson Shipyard at Oyster Bay, New York, in 1943. Originally named Major Wilbur R. Browder (LT-4), the 114-foot tug towed ammunition barges across the English Channel during the June 1944 invasion of Normandy. After the war, the tug returned to the United States where it was renamed Ludington and served in harbor construction and maintenance for the Corps of Engineers, operating out of Kewaunee for 40 years. The Ludington is listed on the State Register and National Register of Historic Places.
 
Contacts
Name Phone Alt Phone Email Website
920-388-5000
 
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America (1873)
Buccaneer (1943)
Dawn (1888)
Edith H. Koyen (1890)
Ellen Pike (1855)
Iowa (1852)
Mount Vernon (1849)
Octavia (1849)
Rival (1861)
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