USCG Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83 - Mackinaw City, MI
N 45° 46.874 W 084° 43.513
16T E 676833 N 5072257
This historical marker is conveniently located in downtown Mackinaw City.
Waymark Code: WMVKXT
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2017
Views: 8
This historical marker is conveniently located in downtown Mackinaw City. The text reads:
Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker was commissioned during World War II to aid year round navigation so freighters could carry raw materials for war production. For sixty-two years MACKINAW left its home port of Cheboygan to open or extend the navigation season, clear the shipping lanes, or free vessels that were stuck in the ice. MACKINAW was unsurpassed in size and capability among icebreakers. When the coast guard decommissioned the vessel in 2006, it was given to the Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum.
Michigan Historical Commission – Michigan Historical Center
Registered State Site No. 708, 2008
This marker is the property of the state of Michigan.
Historical Date: 01/01/1944
Description:
Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker was commissioned during World War II to aid year round navigation so freighters could carry raw materials for war production. For sixty-two years MACKINAW left its home port of Cheboygan to open or extend the navigation season, clear the shipping lanes, or free vessels that were stuck in the ice. MACKINAW was unsurpassed in size and capability among icebreakers. When the coast guard decommissioned the vessel in 2006, it was given to the Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum.
Michigan Historical Commission – Michigan Historical Center
Registered State Site No. 708, 2008
This marker is the property of the state of Michigan.
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Registered Site #: 708
Historical Name: Not listed
website: Not listed
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