Mich., is calling on the U.S. Senate to reinclude funding for a new Great Lakes heavy icebreaker in its reconciliation bill ...

The Coast Guard Festival is offering tours of the Mackinaw and other cutters throughout the week. The Mackinaw's job is to help move buoys to direct traffic as well as break up ice on the lakes.

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.

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) – Commander Jeannette Greene is the new commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw. Coast Guard members often move all across the country, finding ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Mackinaw helps move buoys to direct traffic as well as break up ice on the lakes. Greene began her career aboard the USCGC Mackinaw back in 2005. She has spent about 10 years ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...