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TUG AMERICA & CAPT PAUL C. LAMARRE III with Great Lakes Towing Company to take personal pos-

The Next Five Years

The immediate question facing America is what her session of the tug upon its retirement. “She’ll never go to 2027 drydocking will reveal. LaMarre is optimistic, but he razor blades. We will make sure that as long as I’m alive, understands that hull condition and repair economics will she’ll be taken care of to the best of my ability.”

For now, there are ships to assist, ice to break and an- determine whether she remains commercially viable.

“That will ultimately be hull condition. It is going to other Great Lakes winter approaching.

The tug that entered service when William McKinley be everything when we get right down to gauging various was president remains a working part of the maritime areas of the hull.” economy. LaMarre does not take that for granted.

He also recognizes that modern tug designs will eventu- “Every day sailing the America is a new page in the his- ally dominate the