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LAKE MICHIGAN
Pictured as: the YN 571672 (Damen Shipyards) Photo by: Joop Klaasman

Built in 2012, by Damen Shipyards of Hardinxveld-Giessend, Netherlands as the YN 571672 for the Damen Shipyards of Hardinxveld-Giessend, Netherlands.

The tug is a Damen Shoalbuster class utility vessel. She was designed for shallow draft work, including beach restoration, and or, dredge pipeline tendering.

In 2012, the tug was leased by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois. Where she was renamed as the Lake Michigan.

In 2013, she was returned to Damen Shipyards of Hardinxveld-Giessend, Netherlands. Where the tug was renamed as the YN 571672.

She was a twin screw tug, rated at 3,000 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: LAKE MICHIGAN
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 9652404
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: V7AD8
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Ship Builder: DAMEN SHIPYARDS HARDINXVELD
  • Year Built: 2012
  • Length: 88.6
  • Hailing Port: Netherlands
  • Hull Depth: 11.8
  • Hull Breadth: 29.9
  • Gross Tonnage: 221
  • Net Tonnage: 200
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    YN 571672, Lake Michigan
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    DAMEN SHIPYARDS HARDINXVELD, DAMEN SHIPYARDS HARDINXVELD, GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO., GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO., BANC OF AMERICA LEASING, PACIFIC WESTERN BANK