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Tug that sank was named 'Little Tug'. Sank Friday in 26ft of water, raised Monday. Saw pic on Facebook. Remarks said was a 2-man tug.

The Selvick was intentionally sunk east of Grand Island, north of Munising, as part of the Alger Underwater Preserve. It's a nice dive at a relatively shallow depth.

The Steven M. Selvick was scuttled in the 1990s.

Is this the tug in question? Looks more like a work boat, I will email a friend who lives up there and find out if he already has dove it.

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I thought they sunk a defunct tug in the Marquette area as an artificial reef in the late 1990's. i don't know why but the photos that I have seen made it look like it was a former Selvick tug. It may have been done in Munising instead. Not 100% sure.

I've been looking for the name of the tug that sank but haven't found it. However, it is small enough that it may be exempt from federal registration (under 5 net tons) and is only registered with the state. If so, it does not need to have a name.

Here are two online articles, but they don't provide much information:

[u][url]https://www.upmatters.com/north-central-up/tugboat-sinks-in-lower-harbor-no-injuries-reported/[/url] [/u]

[u][url]https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2021/01/no-injuries-after-tugboat-sinks-in-lower-harbor/[/url][/u]

marquette mining journal had a short article
about a tug sinking in 26 ft. of water,friday
tug was 30 ft no name given might be on news
tonight.

That is not the tug that sunk.

Recent photos show BeeJay ashore and in bad shape.

Didn't Gallagher Marine keep their little tug called the Bee Jay near the upper harbor dock? [img]http://boatnerd.com/news/newsthumbsb/images-11-1/BEEJAYb59022611mn.jpg[/img]

My son showed me video a friend of his shot of a small tug that has apparently foundered between the upper and lower harbor in Marquette, Michigan.

Has anyone else heard about this?