Fish Tugs of the Greatest Lake

ALOHA

ALOHA 237857 Built by Sturgeon Bay Boat Works in 1937 for Lawrence E. Voight, Ellison Bay, Wis. The 45 ft. x 12 ft. wood hulled vessel was equipped with a 50-60 H.P. Kahlenberg oil engine. Voight owned the boat until 1948, when it was taken over by Walter, Robert and Leland Voight and operated out of Port Wing, Wis. for a few years. In 1960 and 1961 Dennis McDonald, Washington Island, Wis., was the owner. From 1961 to 1971 Alvin Anderson had the boat at Algoma, Wis. From 1971 to 1973 the boat was owned by Roy Nelson, and operated out of Milwaukee. Jim Dura, Marinette, Wis., bought the boat in 1973 and subsequently sold her to the National Park Service for display at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Lower Michigan (below).