Recreational boating on Lake Erie became an organized sport in 1878.
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USCG Nav Center Releases 2023 Light Lists
USCG Navigation Center 2023 Light Lists are now available on the USCG Navigation Center’s website. Coast Guard Light Lists are a means for communicating aids to navigation information to the maritime public….
USCG Publishes 2022 Navigation Information
2022 Light Lists are now available on the USCG Navigation Center’s website at: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightLists. Coast Guard Light Lists are a means for communicating aids to navigation information to the maritime public. Select…
USCG Cutter Morro Bay in Transit
USCG Cutter Morrow Bay (WTGB 106), based in Cleveland, Ohio, made passage between the southeast side of South Bass Island and Kelleys Island this afternoon. The cutter was commissioned March 28, 1981…
USCG Cutter Morro Bay Overnights at Put-in-Bay
USCG Cutter Morro Bay (WTGB-106) docked at Put-in-Bay on Saturday afternoon. A sister-ship, USCG Cutter Neah Bay (WTGB 105), visited Put-in-Bay on 9 July 2021. Morro Bay’s home port is also Cleveland,…
USCG Navigation Tools Available Online
USCG Navigation Tools 2021 Light Lists are available on the USCG Navigation Center’s website at: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightLists Coast Guard Light Lists are a means for communicating aids to navigation information to the maritime…
U.S. Coast Guard Light List Available for 2020
Coast Guard Light Lists are a means for communicating aids to navigation information to the maritime public. The last government printed Light Lists were the 2014 editions. While the Light Lists will…
USCG Cutter Hollyhock Places Peach Point Lighted Buoy
United States Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock makes a quick pass between Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island to place Peach Point Lighted Buoy R2 on Sunday morning. CGC HOLLYHOCK is a 225 foot…
USCG Conducts Buoy Removal at Put-in-Bay
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRISTOL BAY (WTGB-102), a 140 foot ice-breaking tug, announced its position near Catawba Island at 2:46pm while servicing aids to navigation around the Erie Islands. At 4:12pm the…
USCG Cutter Plows Through South Passage
The Neah Bay (WTGB-105) is a 140-foot Bay Class Ice-breaking Tug stationed in Cleveland, Ohio. She announced her arrival entering Lake Erie’s South Passage near Green Island around 5:40pm on Wednesday evening. The…
USCG Buoy Tender Hollyhock Works Bass Islands
United States Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock / 214 spent Tuesday night at Fox’s Dock, Put-in-Bay. The 225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender is responsible for nearly 150 aids-to-navigation on the lower Great Lakes. Built…
Fire Department and Coast Guard Conduct Joint Ice Rescue Training Exercise
Put-in-Bay Volunteer Fire Department members and Station Marblehead USCG performed ice rescue training at “A-dock” on Saturday afternoon. The session started at the Fire Station with practice donning the rescue suits and…
Marblehead Coast Guard on Lake Erie Ice Patrol
Servicemen from the USCG Station Marblehead braved the elements this afternoon to “see to the safety of ice fishermen around the Bass Islands.” The unit came around the west side of South…
“Islander” Passes 5-Year Hull Inspection
Miller Boat Line retrieved the “Islander” from Great Lakes Shipyard on Friday, 1 December 2017, after the vessel passed its USCG 5-year hull integrity inspection. The ship received two new propellers and…
Bon Voyage “Mackinaw”
Shortly after 11am, amidst thunder and rain, the USCG Cutter Mackinaw departed Put-in-Bay. The vessel backed out of the harbor, turned to the west, and announced a northeast course.