USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB-101)
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Vessel Details
IMO No.
7636212
Year Built
1978
Builder
Tacoma Boatbuilding (Tacoma, Washington, USA)
Length
140' (42.67m)
Beam
37'6" (11.43m)
Depth
12'6" (3.81m)
Class/Mission
Bay-Class Icebreaker
Homeport
Station Sault Ste. Marie (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Gross Tonnage
662 tons
Engine Power
2,500 bhp diesel-electric
Previous Names
(none)
Previous Fleets
(none)
USCGC Katmai Bay downbound at the West Pier of the Soo Locks. 8-14-25 [David Kaye]
USCGC Katmai Bay upbound in the Soo Lock Canal this morning. 8-11-25 [David Kaye]
Katmai Bay downbound on Lake Huron, July 11 2025, destination Port Huron for the Port Huron to Mackinaw Race on July 12. [Terry McCullough photo]
Katmai Bay [David Kaye] 4-9-2024
Katmai Bay [David Kaye] 1-24-2024
Katmai Bay [David Kaye] 1-24-2024
USCGC Katmai Bay heads upbound out of the Poe Lock under a pretty pink sky. David Kaye image, March 22
Katmai Bay locking up Wednesday morning. Michelle Briggs photo
Head of the Bay-class USCG tugboats, Katmai Bay, heads downbound past Marine City on her way for pre-winter maintenance at the Great Lakes Shipyard. Don Detloff image, October 1
Katmai Bay uses her bubblers to break ice around her hull. Roger LeLievre
Katmai Bay underway. Roger LeLievre.JPG
Katmai Bay makes her first pass past Algocanada. Roger LeLievre.JPG
The hardworking U.S.C.G. Katmai Bay returns to base in Sault, MI after working the Straits of Mackinac. Feb. 12, 2022. Jim and Lynda Garlitz.
Katmai Bay during a Monday medivac on Mackinac Island.
USCG Katmai Bay in SOo Harbor with American Century astern. Roger LeLievre
Katmai Bay assisting with icebreaking operations on the St. Marys River. Jan. 14, 2022. Roger LeLievre.
Katmai Bay breaking ice for the upbound Paul R. Tregurtha at Nine Mile Point on the St. Marys. Jan. 14, 2022. Roger LeLievre.
Katmai Bay leads Paul R. Tregurtha past Mission Point Friday. Roger LeLievre
Katmai Bay working the ice astern of the Tregurtha. Roger LeLievre.
USCG Katmai Bay relaunched at the Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, last week.
USCG Katmai Bay relaunched at the Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, last week.
USCG Katmai Bay relaunched at the Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, last week.
USCG Katmai Bay in Great Lakes Shipyard's Marine Travelift.