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 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 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.

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.

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 ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says it will begin ice breaking operations in Green Bay next week. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) is scheduled to begin Monday in Green Bay and ...

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 ...

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 ...