The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw isn’t the same ship that Commanding Officer Jeannette Greene knew when she joined its inaugural crew 20 years ago. These days the 240-foot vessel based in ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw made an unexpected stop in the shipping channel in Superior on Thursday last week. They stopped to remove an ice shelter that had migrated into the channel.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is scheduled to leave the Twin Ports to make it down through the Soo Locks before they close on ... He’s been on almost every ice breaker the Coast Guard has.

STURGEON BAY — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay now is on ice breaking duty for the 2024-25 winter season. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the vessel, homeported at the Coast Guard's Sturgeon Bay ...

Operation Taconite is the Coast Guard’s largest domestic ice breaking operation, with efforts taking place on Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, the St. Marys River, the Straits of Mackinac and ...

A Coast Guard cutter ship has begun icebreaking operations in Duluth, Minnesota. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) has started clearing ice in the Duluth-Superior Harbor as part of ...

An ice shanty was discovered in the shipping channel between Duluth and Superior last week, which led to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, the Mackinaw, being sent out to investigate.

STURGEON BAY — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay now is on ice breaking duty for the 2024-25 winter season. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the vessel, homeported at the Coast Guard's Sturgeon Bay ...

One at a time, 1,200 Christmas trees were offloaded from the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw. The massive vessel and its crew, making the multi-day journey to deliver Christmas cheer ...

Coast Guard retraces doomed Christmas Tree Ship route, brings 1,200 trees from Michigan to Chicago Published: Dec. 09, 2024, 7:15 p.m. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw in Lake Michigan ...

The Mackinaw has a crew of nine officers and 41 enlisted personnel, the Coast Guard said. The ship is 240 feet long and weighs 3,500 tons. It has a top speed of 15 knots with more than 9,000 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw has been assigned to manage the ice breaking needs of western Lake Superior, specifically the twin ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, for the ...