Fish Tugs of the Greatest Lake

L.P. HILL

Photo Courtesy Dave Allers.

L.P. HILL 249636 .Built by Burger Boat Co. in 1946, for Eugene l. Hill, Grand Haven, Mich., the 60 ft. x 15 ft. all steel vessel was equipped with a 100-120 hp. Kahlenberg oil engine. Hill owned the vessel until 1961, when he sold to Charles E. Lixie Port Huron, Mich. MVUS lists the next owners; Richard McNab, Muskegon, 1969-1974; Keith Chanbers, Kenosha, 1975-1981; Lawrence Schweig, Chicago, 1982-1985. Chambers re- powered with a 250 hp. Cummins diesel, and converted her to a research vessel. Schweig restored her as a gill netter and she was subsequently lost on Lake Michigan in December 1985.