SAND MAN (Tug Boat)

Berth A-108, East Bay Marina Port of Olympia, Olympia, Washington. County/parish: Thurston.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 06, 1998. NRIS 98001018.

Part of Maritime Related Resources of Budd Inlet MPS (NRIS 64500704).

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Sand Man (tugboat)

Sand Man is a historic tugboat museum ship in Percival Landing, Olympia, Washington. It was built in 1910 by Crawford and Reid in Tacoma, Washington from old-growth Douglas fir and measures 58.5 feet (17.8 m) in length and 21.5 feet (6.6 m) in height.

In July 2025, the boat was listed as impounded and up for auction at a starting bid of $10,000, to satisfy a debt of $28,966. The boat was considered to be in a "structurally compromised" condition due to dry docking since May 11, 2023, posing a safety risk.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75611719