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Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race exit the Black River in Port Huron, Mich., on their way to the starting line. The annual race, spanning 204 nautical miles, started in Port Huron and e... More

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand by with tools for members of the Michigan State Police Dive team at the cutter's homeport of St. Ignace, Mich., March 3, 2015. The MSP divers were assisting... More

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, raises the basket from a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boatcrew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotatio... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Bradshaw, Petty Officer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Bradshaw, Petty Officer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Bradshaw, Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Bird and Seaman Elizabeth Braun practice ice-rescue training in Port Sanilac, Mich., on the shores of Lake Huron, Nov. 26, 2013. The crew ... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak, from Coast

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak, from Coast

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak, from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., demonstrates the reach technique with the MARSARS board during an ice rescue qualification board near Harbor Beach, Jan.... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Gilray cools off in the

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Gilray cools off in the

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Gilray cools off in the ice awaiting rescue during practice ice rescue drills on Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, March 1, 2014. The cutter was hove-to in ice after conducting ice bre... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

ESSEXVILLE, Mich. - Coast Guardsmen practice ice rescue techniques using each other as victims during ice rescue training in Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron Jan. 25, 2011. The training is part of a four-day school wh... More

Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich.

Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich.

The crew of Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., test out their new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in Lake Huron, Aug. 26, 2013. The crew officially accepted the RB-M, a more capable platform for search and res... More

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, lowers the basket to a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boatcrew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotation ... More

Great Dane rescued by Bristol Bay

Great Dane rescued by Bristol Bay

DETROIT -- Several crewmembers of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay pose with Bella the Great Dane, shortly before she is handed over to the St. Clair County Animal Society, March 17, 2011. She was returned to her... More

A crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

A crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

A crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., heads home after an afternoon of training aboard the station’s small boat in Lake Huron Aug. 27, 2014. The crew practiced anchoring and other drills to remai... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

ESSEXVILLE, Mich. - Coast Guardsmen practice ice rescue techniques using each other as victims during ice rescue training in Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron Jan. 25, 2011. The training is part of a four-day school wh... More

Coast Guard two-boat training U.S. Coast Guard photograph

Coast Guard two-boat training U.S. Coast Guard photograph

Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian Ledesma, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, drives a 24-foot response boat - small while conducting two-boat training operations and transferring o... More

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., stand ready for the station's morning meeting, Sept. 28, 2015. Pictured in the photo are Petty Officers 3rd Class Dustin Pitman, Jeffery Neal, Brandon Liddell... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

ESSEXVILLE, Mich. - A Coast Guardsmen ice rescue team heaves on a line to pull a person out of the water during ice rescue training in Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron Jan. 25, 2011. The training is part of a four-day... More

Seaman Phillip Lake - U.S. Coast guard photo

Seaman Phillip Lake - U.S. Coast guard photo

LAKE HURON - Seaman Phillip Lake, lead seaman in deck department aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay, a 140-foot ice breaking tug homeported in Rockland, Maine, but temporarily assigned to the 9th Coast ... More

The Mackinac Bridge, the fifth longest suspension bridge

The Mackinac Bridge, the fifth longest suspension bridge

The Mackinac Bridge, the fifth longest suspension bridge in the world, spans the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, Sept. 23, 2015. The Straits area is a vital and diverse economic and environmental area... More

Crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., aboard a 25-foot response boat conduct mooring training in Lake Huron near the Harbor Beach Lighthouse, June 24, 2014. The Harbor Beach Lighthouse is a "sparkp... More

An aviation survival technichian from Coast Guard Air

An aviation survival technichian from Coast Guard Air

An aviation survival technichian from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., works to safely remove a man from the helicopter at Alpena Regional Medical Center, Aug. 26, 2015. The AST helped to MEDEVAC t... More

Coast Guard, good Samaritans respond to vessel taking on water

Coast Guard, good Samaritans respond to vessel taking on water

The motor vessel Michipicoten, a Canadian flagged 689-foot bulk carrier, provides a lee for a 42-foot sail boat that is taking on water, Aug. 26, 2015, 18 nautical miles east of Alpina, Mich., in Lake Huron. Mi... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karas practices rescuing

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karas practices rescuing

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karas practices rescuing Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Gilray from the ice in front of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock in northern Lake Huron, March 1, 2014. Hollyhock was hove to in... More

Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter crash salvage operation

Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter crash salvage operation

LAKE HURON - Members of a salvage team from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay examine video being taken by a commercial diver 50 feet below during sal... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a crewman at Coast

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a crewman at Coast

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., prepares to pass a towing line to the other crew while conducting two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot resp... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Essexville, Mich. - Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jason Betzing waits for a fellow Coast Guardsman to rescue him from a hole in the ice-covered Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron during ice rescue training Jan. 25, 20... More

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., pull Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, into the rescue boat during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Hur... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Beavers, a boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Beavers, a boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Beavers, a boatswain's mate at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., waits for ice rescue team members to get into position for a video project on Lake Huron, Sunday, March 15, 2... More

A tug and barge passses under the Mackinac Bridge,

A tug and barge passses under the Mackinac Bridge,

A tug and barge passses under the Mackinac Bridge, the fifth longest suspension bridge in the world, spans the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, Sept. 23, 2015. The Straits area is a vital economic rout... More

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conduct two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept. 28, 2015. Station Harbor Beach is responsible for 1,035 square mil... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Thompson, a rescue

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Thompson, a rescue

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Thompson, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, rescues Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Huron, May 20, ... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Thompson, a rescue

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Thompson, a rescue

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Thompson, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescues Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Huron, May 20, 2... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

BAY CITY, Mich. - A Coast Guardsman helps a man who fell through the ice on Lake Huron near the Bay City Recreation Area Jan. 27, 2011, as part of a four-day Coast Guard ice rescue training class. Night time tr... More

Members of the crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor

Members of the crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor

Members of the crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., share training tips while awaiting their turns to shoot at the Bad Axe police range in Bad Axe, Mich., Sept. 22, 2015. As part of their semi-ann... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock assists the

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock assists the

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock assists the motor vessel Manitowoc through thick lake ice in this undated photo. Hollyhock is one of nine Coast Guard Cutters that breaks ice on the Great Lakes to facil... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Dobson, a machinery technician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Dobson, a machinery technician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Dobson, a machinery technician at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., awaits commands during anchoring training Aug. 27, 2014, in Lake Huron. Dobson and crew were training as p... More

ATON - U.S. Coast guard photo

ATON - U.S. Coast guard photo

LAKE HURON, Mich. (Oct. 29, 2003)--SN Sean Fierro, CGC Buckthorn,removes anchor chain from the hook during the decommissioning period set for buoys in the Great Lakes. USCG photo.

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw decommission the southern Lake Huron NOAA weather buoy at sunset Nov. 19, 2013. The crew of the Mackinaw and several other units within the Coast Guard 9th Di... More

Rescuers assist a 42-foot sailboat that reported taking

Rescuers assist a 42-foot sailboat that reported taking

Rescuers assist a 42-foot sailboat that reported taking on water 18 miles east of Alpena, Mich., in Lake Huron, Aug. 26, 2015. Responders included Coast Guard Stations Alpena and St. Ignace, Mich., Coast Guard ... More

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand by with tools for members of the Michigan State Police Dive team at the cutter's homeport of St. Ignace, Mich., March 3, 2015. The MSP divers were assisting... More

AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo

AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo

LAKE HURON, Mich. (Oct. 30, 2003)--The crew of the CGC Buckthorn tend the lines to aid in bringing a bouy on board during the decommssioning period set for certain buoys in the Great Lakes. USCG photo by PA3 C... More

The crews of the motor vessel Capt. Henry Jackman and

The crews of the motor vessel Capt. Henry Jackman and

The crews of the motor vessel Capt. Henry Jackman and the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay witness the morning sunrise as they sit in a frozen section of Lake Huron, Feb. 10, 2015. As part of Operation Coal Shove... More

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crew member at Coast Guard

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crew member at Coast Guard

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crew member at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., fires the M-16 rifle at the Bad Axe police range in Bad Axe, Mich., Sept. 22, 2015. Potter shoots as part of the station's semi-a... More

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, practices hoists with a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boat crew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotati... More

A crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

A crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

A crew from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conducts anchoring training aboard the station’s small boat in Lake Huron Aug. 27, 2014. The crew was training as part of crew and coxswain qualification req... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

BAY CITY, Mich. - A Coast Guardsman helps a man who fell through the ice on Lake Huron near the Bay City Recreation Area Jan. 27, 2011, as part of a four-day ice rescue training class. Night time training is im... More

Mackinaw medical training

Mackinaw medical training

LAKE HURON - Petty Officer1st Class Robert Frank and Petty Officer 2nd Class John Hie, both crewmembers on Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, demonstrate how to property battledress a wound in order to enhance medica... More

Coast Guard Station Detroit conducts helicopter training

Coast Guard Station Detroit conducts helicopter training

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Detroit conducts basket hoist training with the Herbert C. Jackson while the laker was down-bound in lower Lake Huron, August 3, 2018. Air Station De... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Bradshaw, Petty Officer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Bradshaw, Petty Officer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Bradshaw, Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Bird and Seaman Elizabeth Braun, from Station Harbor Beach, Mich., stand in their proper cold-water gear, as they prepare for ice-rescue t... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Ball and Petty Officer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Ball and Petty Officer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Ball and Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Dobson, machinery technicians at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, conduct anchor training in Lake Huron, Aug. 27, 2014. The crew was trainin... More

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit raises the basket from a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boat crew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotation... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

BAY CITY, Mich. - A Coast Guardsman helps a man who fell through the ice on Lake Huron near the Bay City Recreation Area Jan. 27, 2011, as part of a four-day ice rescue training class. Night time training is im... More

USCGC Mackinaw enters Lake Huron

USCGC Mackinaw enters Lake Huron

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw take some spray as they pilot the cutter through Owen Sound into Northeast Lake Huron after escorting lakers during Operation Coal Shover, Jan. 29, 2014. Operation Co... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a coxswain at

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a coxswain at

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a coxswain at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., takes a sip from his favorite coffee cup before starting the station's morning meeting, Sept. 28, 2015. Station Harbor... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, homeported

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, homeported

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., provides a safety platform for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race July 20, 2013. The annual race, running from Port Huron to ... More

The sun sets on the horizon as Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock

The sun sets on the horizon as Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock

The sun sets on the horizon as Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock breaks ice on Lake Huron in this undated photo. Hollyhock is one of nine Coast Guard cutters that breaks ice to facilitate the flow of commerce across... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Crummer, a crewman from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Crummer, a crewman from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Crummer, a crewman from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., prepare to man an inflatable fender during the mooring of the stations 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron near th... More

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race head down the Black River in Port Huron, Mich., at the start of the annual race July 20, 2013. The race, spanning 204 nautical miles, starts in Port Hu... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., practice different rescue techniques to gain control of an ice floe in Lake Huron, Sunday, March 15, 2015. The crew trains many different ways to execu... More

Map of Les Cheneaux Islands - Public domain map

Map of Les Cheneaux Islands - Public domain map

Map of Les Cheneaux Islands. The Coast Guard is seeking mariner input for Les Cheneaux Islands aids to navigation system.

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac

Competitors for the 2013 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race wait for the race to begin in Port Huron, Mich., July 20, 2013. The competitors competed in several different categories based on boat type during the ... More

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., holds the tow line while conducting two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept. 28, 2015. Sta... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karas cools off in the

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karas cools off in the

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karas cools off in the ice awaiting rescue during practice ice rescue drills on Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, March 1, 2014. The cutter was hove-to in ice after conducting ice bre... More

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., stand tow watch while conducting two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept. 28, 2015. Standing watch are Chief Petty ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class' Jeremy Swearer and John Cole

Petty Officer 2nd Class' Jeremy Swearer and John Cole

Petty Officer 2nd Class' Jeremy Swearer and John Cole Zemanek, both from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., lead a transit across ice to an ice rescue training area with first responders from Harbor Beach... More

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, lowers the basket to a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boat crew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotatio... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., take aim during semi-annual training for the shotgun at the Bad Axe police range in Bad Axe, Mich., Sept. 22, 2015. Crews are required to show proficie... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Swearer, from Coast

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Swearer, from Coast

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Swearer, from Coast Guard Station Harbor beach, Mich., demonstrates correct donning of the cold water rescue sling from behind with Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak near... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., train rescuing individuals with a MARSARS rescue board on Lake Huron, Sunday, March 15, 2015. The crew practiced various rescue techniques to help main... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

BAY CITY, Mich. - A Coast Guardsman helps a man who fell through the ice on Lake Huron near the Bay City Recreation Area Jan. 27, 2011, as part of a four-day ice rescue training class. Night time training is im... More

Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conducts training

Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conducts training

The crew of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Michigan, conduct nighttime towing training in Harbor Beach Harbor June 19, 2014. The crews trained hard to ensure they are ready to preform during a real emergency... More

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay stand by with tools for members of the Michigan State Police Dive team at the cutter's homeport of St. Ignace, Mich, March 3, 2015. The MSP divers were assisting ... More

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from

An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, practices hoists with a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boatcrew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotatio... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak, from Coast

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak, from Coast

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cristopher Dorchak, from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., transits open water with a MARSARS rescue board during an ice rescue qualification board near Harbor Beach, Jan. 19, 201... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Beavers, a boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Beavers, a boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Beavers, a boatswain's mate at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., holds cue cards during a video recording project of Semper Paratus on Lake Huron, Sunday, March 15, 2015. The... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepare

Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepare

Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepare to conduct ice rescue training in front of the cutter, March 1, 2014. The cutter was hove-to in ice after conducting ice breaking operations to facilitate ... More

Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter crash salvage operation

Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter crash salvage operation

LAKE HURON - Members of a salvage team from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay examine video being taken by a commercial diver 50 feet below during sal... More

105th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

105th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alder monitors racers in Chicago as they begin the 105th Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac July 13, 2013. The Alder crew provided search-and-rescue support for the world's old... More

Chief Petty Officer Hector Villarreal and fellow crew

Chief Petty Officer Hector Villarreal and fellow crew

Chief Petty Officer Hector Villarreal and fellow crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw operate the buoy deck as they remove the northern Lake Huron NOAA weather buoy from Lake Huron as they decomm... More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Dorchak,

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Dorchak,

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Dorchak, a coxswain at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conducts restricted visibility coxswain training aboard the staion's 25-foot response boat in Lake... More

Petty Officers 2nd Class Jeremy Swearer and Evan Beavers,

Petty Officers 2nd Class Jeremy Swearer and Evan Beavers,

Petty Officers 2nd Class Jeremy Swearer and Evan Beavers, both from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., demonstrate a rescue technique using the MARSARS board and rescue sling to first responders from Harb... More

Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock maintains a track through

Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock maintains a track through

Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock maintains a track through the ice in Lake Huron, March 1, 2014. Hollyhock is one of nine Coast Guard cutters on the Great Lakes tasked with breaking ice to facilitate the flow of co... More

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ice Rescue Training - U.S. Coast guard photo

BAY CITY, Mich. - A Coast Guardsman ignites a parachute illumination flare to light a search area on Lake Huron during night time ice rescue training near the Bay City Recreation Area on Lake Huron Jan. 27, 201... More

Mackinaw damage control training

Mackinaw damage control training

LAKE HURON - Seaman James Nieman and Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan Juarez-Tellez, both crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, train to use synthoglass to increase familiarity with damage control materia... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cole Zemanek, from Coast

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cole Zemanek, from Coast

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cole Zemanek, from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., instructs first responders, from Harbor Beach Fire and Police Departments; Sanilac, Tuscola and Huron County Police Depar... More

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conduct two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept. 28, 2015. Station Harbor Beach is responsible for 1,035 square mil... More

USCGC Bristol Bay. Warship photograph collection

USCGC Bristol Bay. Warship photograph collection

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay serves as the patrol commander for the Bayview Port Huron to Mackinac Sailboat Race east of the Straits of Mackinac as the sun sets on July 16, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo ... More

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., pull Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, into the rescue boat during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Hur... More

Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould, Petty Officer 1st Class

Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould, Petty Officer 1st Class

Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould, Petty Officer 1st Class Dwayne Matthews and Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelo Barnett stand on frozen Lake Huron with the motor vessel Capt. Henry Jackman and Coast Guard Cutter Bri... More

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich.,

Members of Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., conduct two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept. 28, 2015. Station Harbor Beach is responsible for 1,035 square mil... More

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., pull Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, into the rescue boat during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Hur... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cole Zemanek and Fireman

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cole Zemanek and Fireman

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cole Zemanek and Fireman Samuel Potter, both from Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., demonstrate the self rescue technique to first responders, from Harbor Beach Fire and Poli... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay witnesses

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay witnesses

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay witnesses the morning sunrise while sitting in a frozen section of Lake Huron, Feb. 10, 2015. As part of Operation Coal Shovel, the crew of the Bristol Bay broke f... More

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station

Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., removed debris from the tow line while conducting two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept.... More

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