The Mobile Bay and three other cutters are tasked with managing ice cover for commercial maritime traffic in and around the northern Great Lakes.

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) is assigned to manage the ice-breaking needs of western Lake Superior, specifically the ...

Of the Coast Guard’s white-hull patrol cutter fleet, the NSC is the largest and most technologically sophisticated in the Coast Guard. Each NSC is capable of operating in the most demanding open ...

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes has started ice breaking operations on the Great Lakes.Operation Taconite w ...

“Operation Taconite” is the Coast Guard’s largest domestic ice breaking operation. It encompasses Lake Superior, Lake ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (KDAL) – On Monday, the U-S Coast Guard began ice breaking in harbors around the Great Lakes to prevent ...

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes has started ice-breaking operations – this will include the St. Mary’s River and Lake Superior – to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial ...