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Betty C

Also Betty C

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TypeVessel
RigTug
ErasModern era
On this page
Vessel
Rig
Tug
Owner
Michael Cull
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimefishingshippingcommunity

Summary

The Betty C was a fishing tug owned and skippered by Beaver Island commercial fisherman Michael Cull, according to his September 1964 obituary.

Evidence and limits

The obituary supplies no registry, construction date, dimensions, home port, crew list, or service history. This article preserves the tug and its owner without inventing those details.

Open questions

  • Can a vessel registry or local newspaper identify the tug’s construction and later history?
  • Was Betty C a formal registered name or an informal working name?

See also

Sources

  1. Says Michael Cull owned and skippered the tug Betty C during his commercial-fishing career.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Betty C”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/betty-c-michael-cull/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1964, “Mike Cull Passes Away.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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