USCGC Mobile Bay (WTGB-103)
 USCGC Mobile Bay (WTGB-103) | |
| History | |
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| Builder: | Tacoma Boatbuilding |
| Launched: | December 11, 1978 |
| Commissioned: | September 2, 1979 |
| Homeport: | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | USCG Katmai Bay class Ice cutting Tug (WTGB) |
| Displacement: | 690 tons |
| Length: | 140 ft |
| Beam: | 37.5 ft |
| Propulsion: | Two Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines |
| Speed: | 14.7 knots (27 km/h) max |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
1 Utility Boat 120-foot Aids-to-Navigation barge |
USCGC Mobile Bay (WTGB-103) is an active Ice cutting Tug under the direction of the United States Coast Guard. Her homeport is located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She is one of two ships in her class that has been equipped with a 120-foot Aids-to-Navigation barge operating on the Great Lakes.[1] The vessel was specifically designed to carry out ice cutting missions, but also carries out missions in Search and Rescue, Environmental Pollution Response, Maritime Law Enforcement and Homeland Security.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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