is assigned to manage the ice-breaking needs of Green Bay, and Coast Guard Cutters Katmai Bay (WTGB 101) and Neah Bay (WTGB 105) will manage the St. Marys River and the Straits of Mackinac.

The Mobile Bay and three other cutters are tasked with managing ice cover for commercial maritime traffic in and around the northern Great Lakes.

A crew member aboard US Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducting ice clearing operations on the St. Mary’s River in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, in 2023. (Getty Images) Four U.S. Coast Guard ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay is assigned to Green Bay, and U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Katmai Bay and Neah Bay will manage the St. Marys River and the Straits of Mackinac. As ice coverage ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay is assigned to Green Bay, and U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Katmai Bay and Neah Bay will manage the St. Marys River and the Straits of Mackinac. As ice coverage expands, ...