Arctic (tug)
The Arctic was a wooden hulled tugboat that worked on the Great Lakes of North America from 1881 to 1930. In 1930 the "Arctic" was stripped of her machinery, and abandoned at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. On June 22, 2018, the remains of the "Arctic" were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History. The "Arctic" was built in 1881 by Rand & Burger of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Her hull was long, her beam was and her hull was wide. She had a gross register tonnage of 52 tons, and a net register tonnage of 26 tons. She was built as  an ice breaking and harbour tug for the Goodrich Transportation Company. The "Arctic"s hull was exceptionally strong and durable, this meant that she could not only work at the harbor, she also worked as a wreaking tug assisting stranded vessels stranded on shoals and/or stuck in ice. In the summer, the "Arctic" was stationed at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and in the winter she was stationed at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the summer of 1898 the "Arctic " was taken to the Burger & Burger shipyard for a hull extension and complete overhaul. Her hull was extended by twelve feet. Her new length was , and  her new gross register tonnage was 71 tons. November 18, 1919 the "Arctic" was towing the McMullen & Pitz dredge "Algoma", along with two dump scows. The vessels encountered bad weather off Cleveland, Wisconsin, between Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Eventually, the "Algoma" was swamped by a large wave, and sank into of water after her crew of five made it aboard the "Arctic". From 1923 to 1925 the "Arctic" was stationed at Chicago, Illinois. While in Chicago, she accompanied Goodrich steamers such as the "Christopher Columbus" and the "Virginia". Later history. As she aged, the "Arctic" required repair and overhaul  more frequently. Eventually, the Goodrich Transportation Company realized that repairing the "Arctic" would cost more than a new tug. The "Arctic" was taken apart, and beached north of Manitowoc harbour. On January 17, 1930 the "Arctic"'s enrollment documents were surrendered, declaring her abandoned. In 1930 an article appeared in the Manitowoc Herald-Times talking about the "Arctic": To recount the items of service this craft has rendered throughout its life, would fill volumes-- its responses to the four blasts of vessels on the lake in need of help; its assistance to grounded boats; its welcome stream of water on  dock property being destroyed by flames; its charges into ice jams that threatened destruction of boats and bridges; and breaking of ice that enabled navigation to continue—all are legion in number, and no man can recount them all. The "Arctic" today. The remains of "Arctic" lie northeast of the Manitowoc Harbor light, partially covered by sand of water. She lies in two sections apart. The southern section consists of the bilge, the boiler and the bilge. The northern section consists of a partially intact upper hull and the stempost. Her wreck lies near to the wreck of the steam  barge "Francis Hinton".