USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)

History
United States
BuilderMarinette Marine Corporation (MMC)
Laid downFebruary 09, 2004
LaunchedApril 2, 2005
CommissionedJune 10, 2006
HomeportCheboygan, Michigan
Identification
General characteristics
Displacement3,500 tons
Length240 ft (73 m)
Beam58.5 ft (17.8 m)
Draft16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion
  • Integrated Main Propulsion & Electrical Plant
  • ABB Azipod - Fixed Pitch, 10’ diameter
  • 9,119 shp (6.8 MW)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement9 Officers, 46 Enlisted
Armament
  • 2 x machine guns
  • Various small arms
Capacity
  • 130,896 US gal (495 kl) (Diesel fuel)
  •  27,500 US gal (104 kl) (potable water)

USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) is a 240-foot (73 m) multi-purpose vessel with a primary mission as a heavy Great Lakes icebreaker specifically built for operations on the North American Great Lakes for the United States Coast Guard. Her IMO number is 9271054.

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.