USCGC Katmai Bay
USCGC Katmai Bay is a United States [Coast Guard Cutter], and the lead ship of the Bay-class of icebreaking tugboats. At, she is designed to have greater multi-mission capabilities than the List of [United States Coast Guard cutters#110' Calumet class harbor tug (WYTM/WYT)|110' Calumet-class Harbor Tug (WYTM)]. She is homeported in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan,
operating in support of the much larger.
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 List of [United States Coast Guard cutters#110' Calumet class harbor tug (WYTM/WYT)|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 when ordering full astern power. The ship can obtain a speed of.