Commissioned 8 January 1979 Draft 12 ft (3.7 m) | Beam 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) Length 43 m | |
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Homeport Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Class and type 140' Bay-class Icebreaking Tug (WTGB) Installed power 2 × 2,500 shp (1,900 kW) diesel engines
2 × 125 kW generators | ||
USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB-101) is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and icebreaking tug.
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Design
Katmai Bay, namesake of an area of saltwater shoreline in the Katmai National Park and Preserve of Alaska, is the lead ship of a class of icebreaking tugboats designed to have greater multi-mission capabilities than the 110' Calumet-class Harbor Tug (WYTM). The most significant differences include greater horsepower, greater speed, longer range, increased ice-breaking capability, hull lubrication system, greater degree of automation, and better habitability.
Trials were conducted in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, Michigan which determined that the ship has a tactical diameter of approximately three ship lengths when using 30 degrees rudder and that the ship could stop in 40 seconds with a reach of four ship lengths from an approach speed of 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) when ordering full astern power. The ship can obtain a speed of 14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph).
Deployment
Katmai Bay is, as of 2012, stationed at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She is helping the USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) in ice breaking duties.