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Monday, April 19, 2010

HISTORIC GREAT LAKES USCG ICEBREAKER "MACKINAW"

The "Mackinaw" was built during World War II to ensure the shipment of iron ore to America’s steel mills.

When she arrived at her home port of Cheboygan, Michigan on December 30, 1944 she was the most powerful icebreaker in the world. The "Mighty Mac" is 74 feet wide, 290 feet long and displaces 5,252 tons.

The Toledo Shipbuilding Company of Toledo, Ohio was given the contract to build the Mackinaw but delays in completion caused such heavy penalties that the company went bankrupt.

After construction of a new "Mackinaw" (WLBB 30) by Manitowoc Marine, the historic "Mackinaw" (WAGB 83) was decommissioned on June 10, 2006 and now serves as the "Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum" at Mackinaw City, Michigan.


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