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  MACKINAW BREAKING ICE (239.01 KB)
  
  Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw escorted the freighter Canadian Olympic and the CSL Assiniboine, which is barely visible to the right of the Canadian Olympic. Cutter Mackinaw breaks ice for freighters shipping goods around the Great Lakes during the winter. Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class William B. Mitchell.
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  03-03-2007 CGC Neah Bay breaks ice in the Grand River - Image #1 (388.35 KB)
  
  CLEVELAND - U.S. Coast Guard cutter Neah Bay begins its transit into the mouth of the Grand River to conduct ice breaking operations in an effort to prevent river flooding. The ice breaking operations were a coordinated effort by the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and local and state agencies. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Robert K. Lanier, Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office.
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  03-03-2007 CGC Neah Bay breaks ice in the Grand River - Image #2 (324.33 KB)
  
  CLEVELAND - Stern view of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Neah Bay and the path it broke through the ice on Grand River. Neah Bay, Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and local and state agencies are all working to prevent flooding of Northern Ohio Rivers. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Robert K. Lanier, Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office.
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  03-03-2007 CGC Neah Bay breaks ice in the Grand River - Image #3 (301.24 KB)
  
  CLEVELAND - Stern view of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Neah Bay as it breaks a path through the ice in the Grand River. In the background is the Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley. Neah Bay, Coast Guard cutter Bristol Bay, Risley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and local and state agencies are all working to prevent flooding of Northern Ohio rivers. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Robert K. Lanier, Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office.
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  03-03-2007 CGC Neah Bay breaks ice in the Grand River - Image #4 (317.41 KB)
  
  CLEVELAND - Crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Neah Bay watch as the 140-foot ice-breaking tug breaks a path through the ice in the Grand River. Neah Bay conducted ice breaking operations in an effort to prevent river flooding. The ice breaking operations were a coordinated effort by the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and local and state agencies. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Robert K. Lanier, Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office.
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  02-23-07 CGC MACKINAW OPENS PORTS IN SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN (161.28 KB)
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  USCGC Mackinaw departs the port of Gary, Indiana after clearing it of ice, mobilizing the tug/barge traffic in the port Wednesday, February 21. Photo taken by Benjamin Morgan, USCG.
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  02-23-07 CGC MACKINAW OPENS PORTS IN SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN (109.09 KB)
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  USCGC Mackinaw enters the port of Gary, Indiana to break the ice that closed it to tug/barge traffic. Photo taken by Benjamin Morgan, USCG.
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  02-23-07 CGC MACKINAW OPENS PORTS IN SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN (109.09 KB)
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  USCGC Mackinaw enters the port of Gary, Indiana on Wednesday, February 21, breaking the ice that had closed it off to tug/barge traffic. Photo taken by Daniel Day, USCG.
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  U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw (63.91 KB)
  
  USCGC Mackinaw conducting this years 2004 Great Lakes icebreaking operations.
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  Mackinaw2 (57.75 KB)