MARINETTE, Wisc. - The newest Coast Guard Cutter, a Great Lakes Ice Breaker (GLIB), sits in its cradle awaiting launch April 2. More than 60 years ago the first Mackinaw was launched on the Great Lakes and was tasked with many missions, one of the most important being ice breaking and keeping commerce moving on the lakes during the frozen winter months. This new cutter, Mackinaw is a state of the art 240-foot ice breaker/buoy tender and will carry on the traditions of the old Mackinaw. The New Mackinaw is scheduled to join in the Coast Guard fleet in late 2005. USCG photo by PA3 Allyson E. Taylor
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