USCGC Mackinaw
Length...240 feet Beam...58 feet
Draft (full)...16 feet
Displacement (full)...3,350 tons Range at 12 knots...4000
nautical miles
Officers...9 Crew...47
3 Caterpillar 3612 Turbocharged V-12 engines 3360
KW each
2 ABB azimuthing electric propulsion drive where the propulsion motor
is installed inside a
submerged azimuthing (unlimited 360 degrees) pod and coupled directly
to an extremely short
propeller shaft.
Playing the National Anthem at USCGC Mackinaw's Christening and Launch
Ceremony
Crowd waiting for the launch in Menominee, Michigan, across the Menominee
River
Page 1 - before launch
Page
2 - at shipyard
Page 3 -
ceremony Page 4 - launch