I was very fortunate today to run into Mike Ojard and get a tour of the Helen H! One of their 3 tugs in the Heritage Fleet. I have previously done a tour of the Edward H when it was in Two Harbors, I will put the link to that video at the end of the description.
Mike gives us a very thorough tour of the Helen, we learn who the tugs are named after, engine info, just about everything you can wonder in my opinion.
I had a great time spending some of the afternoon with Mike and the Helen H.

A little info on the vessel:


The Helen H. was built in 1967 by Bludworth Shipyard of Houston, TX as the W. Douglas Masterson for M.E. Kuebler. The Masterson was later acquired by Bay Houston Towing, who kept her name. In 1987 the tug was repowered. Heritage Marine of Duluth, MN purchased the W. Douglas Masterson in 2011. She came to the Great Lakes and was renamed Helen H. later that year.

Helen H. keeps busy in the Duluth-Superior harbor assisting ships, towing, and breaking ice.

Type: Single Screw Tugboat
Year Built: 1967
Builder: Bludworth Shipyard, Houston, TX
Hull No.: 69
Horsepower: 1,700 bhp
Length: 82′ 03″
Breadth: 26′ 08″
Depth: 10′ 05″
Port of Registry: Knife River, MN

Link to Fleetmate, Edward H video:    • Tour of a working tug on the Great La...