USCGC Mackinaw

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Ice
gptkbp:armament 1 × 76 mm gun
2 × .50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam 58 ft (18 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Michigan
gptkb:Great_Lakes_Engineering_Works
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:crew_capacity 60
60 personnel
gptkbp:current_status Museum ship
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:2006
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 20 ft (6.1 m)
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:has_museum gptkb:Mackinaw_City,_Michigan
gptkbp:historical_significance First icebreaker built for the Great Lakes
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Sault_Ste._Marie,_Michigan
gptkb:Cheboygan,_Michigan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Mackinaw
gptkbp:icebreaking_capacity Up to 30 inches of ice
gptkbp:icebreaking_experience Over 60 years
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1944
gptkbp:length 240 feet
240 ft (73 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mackinaw_City,_Michigan
gptkbp:motto “ The Mighty Mack”
gptkbp:notable_contributor Facilitated shipping during winter months
gptkbp:notable_event Assisted in the rescue of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Deep_Freeze
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:lakes
gptkbp:operational_history Served in the Great Lakes region
gptkbp:operational_status gptkb:Inactive
gptkbp:previous_name Mackinaw
gptkbp:primary_function Icebreaking and search and rescue
gptkbp:primary_mission Icebreaking
gptkbp:primary_role Icebreaking and buoy tending
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:USCGC_Mackinaw_(WLBB-30)
gptkbp:retirement_year gptkb:2006
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:U._S._Coast_Guard
gptkbp:service_years 1944-2006
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Neah_Bay
gptkbp:speed 14 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USCGC_Mackinaw_(WLBB-30)
gptkbp:year_created 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Revenue_Cutter_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5