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.

Workers continued to remove fuel, oil and other potential pollutants Monday from a Duluth-based tugboat that was beached about 21 miles east of Grand Marais, Mich.

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.

DULUTH, Minn.—After a brief respite as a tourist attraction and floating ice cream shop, it’s back to work for the tugboat Lake Superior. The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center acce… ...