"New" Mackinaw starts down the ramp
larger close up of the "splash"
Video
of the Mackinaw's launch (10.75 Megs AT USCG site)
portion of launch cradle grounds the Mackinaw's bow and holds it slightly
out of the water
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This photo from minutes after the Mackinaw's "splash" was used
for the Fall, 2005 cover of U. S. Coast Guard Engineering, Electronics
& Logistics Quarterly
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Tug boats Escort, Krystal & Erika Kobasic assist the Mackinaw
The Mackinaw (2) will be delivered to the United States Coast Guard
later in the year and will go through the
first winter season with the old Mackinaw. Its first skipper will be
Commander Donald F. Triner and the new
Mackinaw's port will be Cheboygan, Michigan. Cheboygan has been the
home of the old Mackinaw
and hopes to retain it as a museum ship.
The 290 feet long old Mackinaw (WAGB 83) was built in Toledo,
Ohio and commissioned in December, 1944
Page 1 - before launch
Page 2 - at shipyard
Page 3 - ceremony Page
4 - launch
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