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INDIANA
Pictured as: Indiana (Great Lakes Towing Company)Photo by: Isaac Pennock

Built in 1911, by the Great Lakes Towing Company of Cleveland, Ohio (hull #15) as the Indiana for the Great Lakes Towing Company of Cleveland, Ohio.

In 2021, the tug was renamed as the Hawaii.

In 1958, the tug was converted to diesel propulsion. Powered by single, Cleveland 12-278 diesel engine. With a Farrel-Birmingham reduction gear, at a ratio of 4.233:1. Turning one, 102(in) by 87(in), stainless steel, fixed pitch, three bladed propeller. She is a single screw tug, rated at 1,050 horsepower.

Her electrical service is provided by one Detroit Diesel 3-71 generator set, and one shaft generator.
(Isaac Pennock, Will Van Dorp, Paul Strubeck, Mark Shumaker)


  • Vessel Name: INDIANA
  • USCG Doc. No.: 208915
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
  • Call Sign: WJ7565
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 15
  • Ship Builder: Great Lakes Towing Co.
  • Year Built: 1911
  • Length: 75
  • Hailing Port: WILMINGTON, DE.
  • Hull Depth: 12
  • Hull Breadth: 20
  • Gross Tonnage: 97
  • Net Tonnage: 66
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    INDIANA
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    Dunham Towing and Wrecking Co.