Coast Guard Ice Breaker

The 2009 Department of Homeland Security budget calls for 30.3 million dollars to be spent on the U.S. Coast Guard's ice breaking fleet.

USCGC Conducting Kennebec River Icebreaking

Coast Guard Cutters have begun their annual ice breaking operations on Maine's Kennebec River. Courtesy of the Pentagon Channel.

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I have a complete list of VHF Marine frequencies used by the Coast Guard posted on the Monitoring Times website at http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtmarvhf.html.

And more information on monitoring the Coast Guard can be found in the Milcom Reference Room on this blog (look for this section to the right) in the US Coast Guard Asset Guide (4 parts).

Icebreaking Begins on Lake Superior

Blog Note: For my blog readers on the Great Lakes, time to tune up the VHF Marine freqs.

The Coast Guard vessel Biscayne Bay is on its way to Duluth from St. Ignace, Mich., to help with the Coast Guard’s largest domestic icebreaking operation.

"Operation Taconite" began Monday morning. The operation’s aim is to lengthen the shipping season on Lake Superior, St. Mary’s River, the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Michigan. The Biscayne Bay will break ice in the Twin Ports area while the Coast Guard cutter Alder completes the seasonal navigation work.