USCG Icebreaking Tug Up for Drydocking

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay (WTGB-101), homeported in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, arrived at Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, for drydocking, inspection, maintenance and repairs on July 8, 2015.

The contract is for a scope of work that includes hull, propulsion and steering system inspections, as well as steel repairs, hull cleaning and painting. The 140-foot Bay-class Icebreaking Tug was hauled out on Monday, July 13 using the Shipyard’s 770-ton Marine Travelift – the largest on the Great Lakes.

Unit missions for Katmai Bay include icebreaking, homeland security patrols, light house projects, law enforcement and public affairs throughout the entire Great Lakes system. 

Katmai Bay is the third USCG icebreaking tug to be hauled-out using the Marine Travelift at Great Lakes Shipyard. According to the shipyard, the Travelift system is extremely efficient and allows it to accomplish more work, on bigger vessels, in a better manner. Great Lakes Shipyard has performed work aboard all of the USCG’s Bay Class Icebreakers, including the fleet-installation of new Avtron main propulsion control systems at the cutter homeports. The Katmai Bay received its MPC system installation at its homepier in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan in 2012.