The Coast Guard's Operation Taconite, which started last week, is the agency's largest domestic ice breaking operation. The ...

The number of new U.S. Coast Guard cutters destined to call Naval Station Newport home has doubled, Rhode Island’s U.S. Sen.

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

STURGEON BAY — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay now is on ice breaking duty for the 2024-25 winter season. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the vessel, homeported at the Coast Guard's Sturgeon Bay ...

An ice shanty was discovered in the shipping channel between Duluth and Superior last week, which led to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, the Mackinaw, being sent out to investigate. “We took it ...

The shipping season is almost over. But the ice in the harbor still needs clearing, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw was happy to help. She’s been assigned duty for Operation Taconite ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is assigned to manage western Lake Superior, specifically the twin ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay is ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw made an unexpected stop in the shipping channel in Superior on Thursday last week. They stopped to remove an ice shelter that had migrated into the channel.