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Article: Tugboat tug of war MDC, preservationists clash on fate of historic vessel
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 17, 1995
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The 65-year-old tugboat Luna, a leaky National Historic Landmark
owned by the Metropolitan District Commission, has sat either
submerged or in drydock for almost 3 years, suffered a
chainsaw-toting marine surveyor and cost taxpayers an estimated
$282,000 -- so far.
The MDC is a begrudging foster parent that has basically wanted
out. Preservationists bent on saving the tug say the MDC is planning
to demolish the ship to rid itself of a never-ending responsibility.
The nonprofit Luna Preservation Society, backed by more than a
half-dozen historic groups, wants to rescue the ship. It claims to
have raised $50,000 to float the vessel from its East Boston cradle
to a permanent berth in ...