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Kaw (Coast Guard tug, 1972 Beaver Island icebreaking)

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Summary

The Kaw was a 110-foot Coast Guard tug that broke Beaver Island harbor ice in early April 1972. The April Beaver Beacon describes it as comparatively small and says it advanced through ice more than two feet thick by backing and ramming ahead.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-qualified vessel record. The newspaper does not provide an official number, builder, home port, registry, or complete service chronology.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Cracked Ice Anybody?”
    Calls Kaw a comparatively small 110-foot Coast Guard tug and reports its early-April Beaver Island harbor icebreaking; it supplies no official number, builder, home port, registry, or complete service history.
    beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon