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43°0’29"N 87°54’50"W

56.5 foot tug boat that sank 2.5 miles off the bay of Milwaukee on June 3, 1981, while conducting cable tests with the Coast Guard Cutter the Westwind, shie capsized and sank. The four crew members abandoned the ship and were rescued.
Today, the tug sits upright in 73 feet of water about a half mile northwest of the wreck of the Prins Willem V.

Photos of tug; http://content.mpl.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/MilwWaterwa&CISOBOX1=Edward+E.+Gillen+III+(Tug)

U/W photos; http://www.silent-helm.com/images/Shipwrecks/Gillen%20Tug/Underwater%20Stills/photos_gillen_tug_below.htm

Lawsuit; http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/825/1155/449992/