Saturday, December 1, 2012

Mackinaw arrives in Chicago with 1,300 Christmas trees.


CHICAGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, serving as this year’s Christmas Ship, arrives at Navy Pier carrying 1,300 Christmas from northern Michigan for deserving families in the Chicago area, Nov. 30, 2012.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the original Christmas Ship, the Rouse Simmons, off of Two Rivers, Wis., during a winter storm.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf






CHICAGO — Petty Officer 1st Class Steve Brown (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Zach Emery, of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, arrange one of the 1,300 Christmas trees brought to Chicago for distribution to deserving families, Nov. 30, 2012.

The Mackinaw is serving as this year’s Christmas Ship on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Rouse Simmons, the original Christmas Ship, off of Two Rivers, Wis.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf




CHICAGO — Seaman Miles Beck (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Zack Emery of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, arrange one of the 1,300 Christmas trees brought to Chicago for distribution to deserving families, Nov. 30, 2012.

The Mackinaw is serving as this year’s Christmas Ship on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Rouse Simmons, the original Christmas Ship, off of Two Rivers, Wis.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf

CHICAGO — A mountain of Christmas trees, for distribution to deserving families in the Chicago area, takes shape on the deck on the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, Nov. 30, 2012.

The Mackinaw is serving as this year’s Christmas Ship on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Rouse Simmons, the original Christmas Ship, off of Two Rivers, Wis.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf







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