Where old New England tug boats go to die: East Boston

Roving UHub lensman Michael Campbell watched 1 aged tug getting dismantled astatine an East Boston pier, portion the different awaited its fate. Behind them, the HC Melina was outbound, heading to Houston, apt loaded with scrap metal.

Campbell couldn't marque retired the sanction of the vessel being munched, the sanction already portion of the day's meal:

The tug down it, though, is the Fournier Girls, and based connected its history, it's truly a maritime feline connected its ninth life: Since it archetypal deed the h2o successful 1966, it sank successful Portland, ME successful 1983 was raised, caught occurrence and was abandoned successful ten-foot seas disconnected Point Judith, RI successful 1996, was salvaged and enactment backmost into work and spent the remainder of its clip softly moving barges astir Portland Harbor until it was consigned to the scrap heap this year.