USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)
US Coast Guard heavy icebreaker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) is a 240-foot (73 m) multi-purpose vessel with a primary mission as a heavy icebreaker specifically built for operations on the North American Great Lakes for the United States Coast Guard.[3] IMO number: 9271054.
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Builder | Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) |
Laid down | February 09, 2004 |
Launched | April 2, 2005 |
Commissioned | June 10, 2006 |
Homeport | Cheboygan, Michigan[1] |
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Displacement | 3,500 tons |
Length | 240 ft (73 m) |
Beam | 58.5 ft (17.8 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 9 Officers, 46 Enlisted |
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Her larger precursor, the USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83), IMO number 6119534, had a 62-year career on the same waters prior to being decommissioned on June 10, 2006, and turned into a museum ship docked in Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Among the missions the current Mackinaw is capable of and tasked with as needed is buoy tending, law enforcement and interdiction, search and rescue, and environmental remediation response.