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USCGC Icebreaker Mackinaw (White Hull)
Item # AB118W
Edition size: 500. The icebreaker Mackinaw (WAGB 83) was born with an important mission: to keep the shipping lanes open on the Great Lakes each winter. The critical raw materials feeding the tool and weapons industries were needed to win World War II. Her keel was laid at the Toledo Shipbuilding Company on 20 March 1943 and she was commissioned exactly 21 months later on 20 December 1944. Built at a cost of $10 million, the Mackinaw is 290' long with a beam of 74+' and draft of 19'. Her displacement is 5,252 tons and her maximum speed is 16 knots. "Big Mac" is powered by six, 2-cycle, opposed-piston, 10-cylinder diesel engines with a total of 12,000 horsepower. However, it is not these engines that drive the icebreaker. The diesels ge
USCGC Icebreaker Mackinaw (White Hull) Harbour Lights Anchor Bay Item # AB118W
Edition size: 500. The icebreaker Mackinaw (WAGB 83) was born with an important mission: to keep the shipping lanes open on the Great Lakes each winter. The critical raw materials fee
Price: $99.00
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