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Photos of our cutter launchings and decomissonings

Launching of New Mackinaw
Launching of New Mackinaw
Launch of new Great Lakes Icebreaker (1.6 MB)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30)
Launch of new Great Lakes Icebreaker (1.55 MB)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30)
Launch of new Great Lakes Icebreaker (1.5 MB)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30)
Launch of new Great Lakes Icebreaker (1.46 MB)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30)
Launch of new Great Lakes Icebreaker (1.37 MB)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30)
Launch of new Great Lakes Icebreaker (1.48 MB)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30)
Alder Launch (29.59 KB)
Last in its Class (299.63 KB)

MARINETTE, WISC.- The Coast Guard Cutter Alder hits the frozen waters of the Menomenee River for the first time. Alder is the last of the 16, 225-foot buoy tending class ship to be built. The cutter was launched on Feb. 7, 2004 and will be homeported in Duluth, Minn. Photo courtesy Marinette Marine