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USCGC Biscayne Bay (WTGB-104)
is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and an USCG Icebreaking Tug, icebreaking tug. She is based at Coast Guard Station St. Ignace with a primary area of operation in the Straits of Mackinac including Mackinac Island, Mackinac Bridge, and the northern portions of Lake Michigan, Lakes Michigan and Lake Huron, Huron and occasionally Lake Superior, Lakes Superior, Lake Erie, Erie and their connecting rivers. Beyond her role as an icebreaker, ''Biscayne Bay'' performs search and rescue and law enforcement functions. Design ''Biscayne Bay'' is the fourth ship in a class of ice-breaking tugboats designed to have greater multi-mission capabilities than the List of United States Coast Guard cutters#110' Calumet class harbor tug (WYTM/WYT), 110-foot ''Calumet''-class harbor tug (WYTM). The most significant differences include: greater horsepower, greater speed, longer range, increased ice-breaking capability, a hull lubrication system (bubbler), greater degree of automation, and better h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCG Ice Breaker Biscayne Bay
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement, law enforcement military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight Uniformed services of the United States, uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the United States military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters and a Federal government of the United States, federal regulatory agency mission as part of its duties. It is the largest and most powerful coast guard in the world, rivaling the capabilities and size of most Navy, navies. The U.S. Coast Guard is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian and security service. It protects the United States' borders and economic and security interests abroad; and defends its sovereignty by safeguarding sea lines of communication and commerce across vast territorial w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
