The Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation is a non-profit organization established to preserve historic vessels. The Foundation has assembled steam-powered vessels in

Duluth, Minnesota , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...

. In 2005 some of the Foundation's vessels were still being leased for use. The former

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mult ...

icebreaker An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller ...

USCG ''Snohomish'' was leased in 2005 to serve as a commercial icebreaker. Other vessels in the foundation's collection include the 1913 steam-powered tug the '' Spirit of Algoma'' and the 1916 steam-powered tug '' Reiss''. {{cite news , url = http://www.hollandsentinel.com/feature/x1611326819/Historic-tugboat-heading-to-Holland-once-it-s-out-of-Kalamazoo-Lake#axzz2Xq5I1aQ8 , title = Historic tugboat heading to Holland — once it’s out of Kalamazoo Lake , publisher =

Holland Sentinel ''The Holland Sentinel'' is a newspaper published seven days a week in Holland, Michigan, United States, founded in 1896. It is published by Gannett. The newspaper covers most of Ottawa County, including Holland, Beechwood and Zeeland, as well ...

, date = 2011-10-11 , accessdate = 2013-07-01 , archivedate = 2018-06-30 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180630092311/http://www.hollandsentinel.com/x1611326819/Historic-tugboat-heading-to-Holland-once-it-s-out-of-Kalamazoo-Lake#axzz2Xq5I1aQ8 , url-status = dead , quote = The boat got stuck in the muck of Kalamazoo Lake about five years ago after it was purchased by the Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation.

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Maritime history of the United States