CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard ships worked in icy waters on the Great Lakes on Jan. 21 to help large cargo boats that were ...

U .S. Coast Guard cutters Mackinaw (WLBB 30) and Neah Bay (WTGB 105) conducted ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes Jan. 21, freeing and escorting commercial vessels beset by heavy ice. The ...

With the latest freezing weather, the Coast Guard has been hard at work breaking ice in the Great Lakes.

These efforts are part of Operation Taconite and Operation Coal Shovel, which aim to ensure safe navigation and support the ...

The Mackinaw freed and escorted the Wilfred Sykes, a 678-foot motor vessel, which was trapped by ice on Lake Huron on ...

Winter is proving to be a traffic challenge for most of us right now, but when it comes to keeping commercial water routes ...

US Coast Guard icebreaker frees ship caught in thick ice on Lake Huron - ...

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter cleared the path for a 650-foot vessel on Lake Michigan near Beaver Island earlier this week.

ST. IGNACE, MI – Ice is accumulating on Michigan’s critical shipping lanes, but the U.S. Coast Guard is on a mission to break it up. USCG Cutter Mackinaw made its way to the Straits of Mackinac this ...

The United States Coast Guard celebrated the 26th anniversary voyage of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, Chicago's Christmas Ship, which was loaded with over 1,200 trees for local families to honor ...