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USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fornes, Mike, Author.
- Series:
- Images of Modern America
- Images of modern America USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mackinaw (Icebreaker : WLBB-30)--History--Pictorial works.
- Mackinaw (Icebreaker : WLBB-30).
- United States. Coast Guard--Ice breaking operations--Pictorial works.
- United States.
- Icebreakers (Ships)--History--Great Lakes (North America)--Pictorial works.
- Icebreakers (Ships).
- Seafaring life--Great Lakes (North America)--Pictorial works.
- Seafaring life.
- Ice breaking operations--Great Lakes (North America)--Pictorial works.
- Ice breaking operations.
- Great Lakes (North America)--Navigation--Pictorial works.
- Great Lakes (North America).
- Great Lakes (North America)--History, Naval--21st century--Pictorial works.
- Cheboygan (Mich.)--History, Naval--Pictorial works.
- Cheboygan (Mich.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Arcadia Publishing 2015
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "June 10, 2006, marked the beginning of a new era. In a one-of-a-kind ceremony, the original U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw was decommissioned, followed by the commissioning of the new Great Lakes icebreaker that carries the same name. The old cutter's legacy would be carried through to the new ship's multi-mission capabilities of ice breaking, buoy tending, search and rescue, oil-spill response, and maritime homeland security. The new Mackinaw's sophisticated propulsion package, computer-based navigation and steering,, and state-of-the-art dynamic positioning system bring new technology to its mission as "Guardian of the Great Lakes.""--Back cover.
- Contents:
- The Mackinaw legacy
- Planning, building, and launching the new Mackinaw
- A Grand Haven allision
- Decommissioning the old and commissioning the new
- Buoy-tending
- Icebreaking
- Missions of a Great Lakes queen.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781439651056
- 1439651051
- OCLC:
- 936620962
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