USCGC MACKINAW (WAGB-83)

USCGC Mackinaw
Career
Builder:	American Ship Building & Drydock Company
Laid down:	20 March 1943
Launched:	04 March 1944
Commissioned:	20 December 1944
Decommissioned:	10 June, 2006
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5,252 tons
Length:	290 ft (88 m)
Beam:	74.3 ft (22.6 m)
Draft:	19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Propulsion:	Six Fairbanks-Morse, 10 cylinder diesel engines, three propellers
Shaft Horsepower:	10,000 hp
Anchors:	Two 6,000 pound Bower Stockless with 2 inch diameter links.
Complement:	8 Officers, 67 Enlisted
Storage Capacity
Diesel Fuel:	276,000 U.S. gallons
Lube Oil:	7,000 gallons
Potable Water:	40,200 gallons
Ballast Water:	121,631 gallons
Heel and Trim Ballast Water:	345,828 gallons

The former United States Coast Guard Cutter '''Mackinaw''' (WAGB-83) is a 290-foot vessel specifically designed for ice breaking duties on the Great Lakes.
''Mackinaw's design was based on the "Wind" class of Coast Guard icebreakers, but the cutter was built wider and longer than the other Wind class vessels so that her draft would be shallower. Because of this, the Mackinaw was unique in the Coast Guard fleet. Incidentally, this design made the Mackinaw too wide to fit through the pre-1959 Welland Canal, and the Mackinaw never served on salt water.
The ''Mackinaw'' was homeported in Cheboygan, Michigan during active service. Due to the ''Mackinaw's'' age and expensive upkeep, the cutter was decommissioned and replaced with a smaller multipurpose cutter USCGC ''Mackinaw'' (WLBB-30), which was commissioned in Cheboygan the same day.
The old ''Mackinaw'' moved under its own power on June 21, 2006 from the port of its decommissioning to a permanent berth at the SS ''Chief Wawatam'' dock at the ship's namesake port, Mackinaw City, Michigan.

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References

★ Fan site

★ http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/Icebreaker_Photo_Index_1.html

★ http://www.uscg.mil/d9/glib/history.htm

★ http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/awl/bclass/glib/glibpurp.htm

★ WZZM 13 News: Mighty Mac lowers anchor Icebreaker rides St. Clair River for final time