CCGS D'Iberville
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name: | D'Iberville |
| Namesake: | Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, adventurer in New France |
| Operator: | |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec |
| Completed: | 1952 |
| Commissioned: | 1953 |
| Decommissioned: | 1983 |
| In service: | 1952-1983 |
| Renamed: |
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| Struck: | 1983 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Quebec City |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1989 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Medium icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 5,678 tonnes (6,258.92 short tons) |
| Length: | 310 ft (94 m) |
| Beam: | 67 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 30.0 ft (9.1 m) |
| Ice class: | 100A (under Arctic Class 1) |
| Propulsion: | twin screw Diesel Uniflow steam engines, 10,600 hp (7,900 kW) |
CCGS D'Iberville was a Canadian Coast Guard Gulf icebreaker.[1]
Commissioned as CGS D'Iberville for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship", D'Iberville was transferred into the newly created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962. When launched, she was the largest icebreaker in use by Canada post-World War II until CCGS John A. Macdonald was put in service.
She saw service in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence (1st ship in the canal and transporting Queen Elizabeth II[2]) and was decommissioned in 1983. Renamed Phillip O'Hara in 1983 and back to D'Iberville in 1988 before finally being broken up for scrap in 1989.[3]
CCGS N.B. McLean left the same time with D'Iberville to scrap in 1988-1989.
See also
- CCGS Des Groseilliers - another icebreaker
References
- ↑ "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
- ↑ Canadian Shipbuilding and Engineering Highlights
- ↑ Davie Shipbuilding