Luna (tugboat)

Luna (tugboat)

Luna is a historic tugboat normally berthed in Boston, Massachusetts. Luna was built in 1930 by John G. Alden and M.M. Davis. She is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

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 Luna as a US National Historic Landmark. Today Luna is preserved in Boston, where her rehabilitation process has been underway since the tug was rescued from being broken up in 1995. Luna is the responsibility of the Luna Preservation Society and its progress is recorded in their website. Due to her wartime service with a civilian crew, Luna is also a member of the Naval Historic Vessel Association.