Notice the abandoned tugboat sitting a little lower lately?
The City and Borough of Juneau Docks & Harbors Department is contracting with Global Diving & Salvage to dewater an abandoned tug this week, according to a press release.
The tug Lumberman is located in Gastineau Channel, near Eagle Creek.
The 107-foot boat’s anchor line broke loose in May 2018, and it drifted to where it now sits in the channel. The boat is in plain view from Egan Drive as people drive between downtown and the Mendenhall Valley.
[No end in sight for tug floating in channel]
Global Diving will remove water from the tug that’s accumulated from snow and rain to prevent the vessel from sinking or rolling over. The cost of the work is not to exceed $5,000, according to the press release.
For more information, contact Harbormaster Dave Borg at 586-5255 or david.borg@juneau.org, or Deputy Harbormaster Matt Creswell at 789-0819 or matthew.creswell@juneau.org.
• Contact reporter Mollie Barnes at mbarnes@juneauempire.com or 523-2228.
