[MassHistPres] Announcing: Tugboat LUNA (toot toot!)

[Elizabeth Randall]

A fun story about the rescue of Tugboat Luna.  I used to live on Beacon
Hill and would often pass Luna, which was then half sunk in the Charles
River down by the Science Museum.  In 1993 I met my boyfriend, Doug
Randall, (now husband) and he became involved with Patrick Otton and others
in the salvage of the Luna.  I worked at Harvard at the time as a Project
Manager, mostly on historic buildings.  I managed to convince the roofing
manufacturer Sarnafill to donate materials and had a local roofing company
clad the hull with Sarnafill while it was in drydock in East Boston.  (They
did it all for free, Harvard was a very good client for them!)  They then
floated the boat and the first night it was afloat my husband spent the
night on board with all kinds of pumps.  No one was sure whether the
roofing material was going to work or not!  This was at a  time when we
didn't have cell phones so you can imagine I didn't get much sleep that
night, not knowing what was going to happen!  Ah, the things we do to save
history!

I would encourage people to help out with Tugboat Luna.  She is a real
beauty and has a lot of "firsts" to her name.

- Elizabeth Randall

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM Dennis De Witt via MassHistPres <
masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:

> Patrick
>
> Do you know about this group?
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> Museums and Sites
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> Dennis De Witt
> Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
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> On Feb 2, 2025, at 9:51 PM, patrick otton via MassHistPres <
> masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
>
> I am heading up nonprofit Luna Preservation Society (LPS) who has the care
> and custody of tugboat Luna, National Register of Historic Places – 1983,
> Boston Landmark – 1985, National Historic Landmark – 1989. With an amazing
> opportunity to dock Luna on Pier 3, Charles Town Navy Yard, adjacent to USS
> Constitution. This will take a talented group of individuals to continue
> the effort to bring Luna into the public presence and to continue the
> preservation of tugboat Luna.
>
> Please see website: *tugboat-luna.org <http://tugboat-luna.org>*
>
> Please distribute to your members, friends, and other organizations that
> may be interested.
>
> Thank you,
> Patrick Otton
> Luna Preservation Society
>   p_otton at yahoo.com
>   617-244-2761
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