Hard-luck tug sinks in Duluth harbor DULUTH - Hobart Finn's dream of turning an 85-foot tugboat into Duluth's first floating bed and breakfast may finally be sunk for good.

According to its former owner, the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC), the 114-foot tug was built in San Francisco in 1943 for the U.S. Army and was first named the Emil H. Block.

The Clyde S. VanEnkevort, an integrated tug and barge, spilled an estimated 373 gallons of red dye diesel into the lake near the Northshore Mining Co. pellet plant in Silver Bay on May 29.

DULUTH, Minn. — Marine authorities are monitoring a situation in Duluth Harbor as a World War II-era tugboat remains partially submerged and on the verge of sinking. U.S. Coast Guard LTJG Joe ...