Luna

The Luna is a historic tugboat normally berthed in Boston, Massachusetts. The Luna was built in 1930 by John G. Alden and M.M. Davis. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Luna is the last surviving full-sized wooden ship-docking tug on the US Gulf and Atlantic coasts and is the world's first diesel-electric tugboat build for commercial service. These two distinctions have led to designation of the Luna as a US National Historic Landmark. Today the Luna is preserved in Boston, where its rehabilitation process has been underway since the tug was rescued from being broken up in 1995. The Luna is the responsibility of the Luna Preservation Society and its progress is recorded...