“Mighty Mac” Docks at Put-in-Bay

United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB-30) settled in for a weekend visit to Put-in-Bay on Saturday evening, 8 July 2017.  Affectionately called “Mighty Mac,” the vessel is the largest Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes.  According to reporter Nathan Comar, of Michigan History Upper Great Lakes (MHUGL), “At a length of 240 feet, the Mackinaw can cut through 42 inches of solid ice and over 12 feet of brash ice. The Cutter serves many purposes, including buoy tending, domestic ice breaking, law enforcement, environmental response, aids to navigation, and search and rescue.”