Acushnet Tugs Boston

News Flash! Acushnet Tugs owner Mike McDevitt and Senior Captain Bob Mitchell have been notified that they have both won the Joshua James Lifesaving Medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society.

This involves the incident you see below. More details will follow soon.

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Coast Guard citation

Acushnet tug owner Mike McDevitt (L) and senior Captain Robert Mitchel(L) were cited by the Coast Guard recently.

The citation is for seamanship in the rescue of a man who jumped off the Mystic River Bridge. McDevitt and Mitchel grabbed the badly injured man and took him to a nearby dock, saving his life. to see the text of the citation go to the "About Us" page. The Hull Selectmen also presented a citation to McDevitt and Mitchel at the begining of a recent Selectmen's Meeting.

Click here to see Mike McDevitt talk about a recent salvage of a large, sunken yacht.

Marine salvage, serious ungroundings, emergency towing is our mainstay. Our ramp barges can move your heavy equipment and vehicles to the islands or any waterfront.

Acushnet operates Boston tug boats, with the right size tug and the right cost for your particular job. We just added two newly launched 'push tugs' for marine salvage and local barge work.We are a family owned business, we take pride in our work.

You may have seen three of our tugs pull the whale watch boat Massachusetts off Devil's Back in July of 2010. We towed her into a drydock in Chelsea per order of the Commander of the Port of Boston. For details of this, see http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/24132735/detail.html# or http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/24138593/index.html

We towed the same ship in 2006 after a minor fire disabled her.

We also sell a popular line of unique marine apparel.