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DVIDS – Images – Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) frees vessel from ice on Lake Huron [Image 2 of 2]
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The motor vessel, Wilfred Sykes, a lake freighter, rests beset by ice on Lake Huron near the Straits of Mackinac, Jan. 21, 2026. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw arrived on scene to provide ice-breaking services to the vessel, breaking them free and then escorting them back into navigable waters. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. William Erekson)
| Date Taken: | 01.21.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.22.2026 10:19 |
| Photo ID: | 9487591 |
| VIRIN: | 260121-G-NB558-1002 |
| Resolution: | 4032×3024 |
| Size: | 1.39 MB |
| Location: | MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN, US |
| Web Views: | 2 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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