The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw – also known in Chicago as the Christmas Tree Ship – took part in the dramatic rescue of a snowmobiler off Mackinac Island on Sunday afternoon.

A snowmobiler stranded on ice near Mackinac Island was rescued by the USCG Cutter Mackinaw after a team from Mackinac Island battled whiteout conditions in the ...

A cruise ship that became lodged in the ice during a voyage to Antarctica was freed by the US Coast Guard. On 17 January, the Cutter Polar Star responded the distress calls from the Scenic Eclipse II ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard shared an update Saturday on efforts to free the ice-bound ship stuck on Lake Erie since Wednesday. Several ice cutter ships are being used to break the ice ...