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USCGC Mackinac (CG 10)



Call sign (1919):
George - Vice - Have - Boy

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Unit - George - Dog

ex-USRC Mackinac

Coast Guard Cutter:

  • Built in 1903 by the Spedden Co., Baltimore, MD
  • Launched 11 October 1902
  • Commissioned USRC Mackinac 29 October 1903
  • Placed out of service 1 December 1905 at Milwaukee, WI
  • Placed in service 25 April 1906
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1917
  • Struck from the Navy Register 28 August 1919 and returned to the Coast Guard
  • Decommissioned 8 June 1939
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 240 t.
    1919 - 241 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 20' 6"
  • Draft 10' 6"
    1919 - 12' 1"
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 11
    1919 - 39
  • Armament: One 6-pounder and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: One Roberts boiler, one 525hp vertical triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Mackinac 121k Original photo: Photo from the 1914 edition of Janes' Fighting Ships
    Replacement photo: c. 1903
    Courtesy of the Coast Guard Tug Association    		 Robert Hurst
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