 CCGS John A. Macdonald in 1967
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | John A. Macdonald |
| Namesake | Sir John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec |
| Yard number | 620 |
| Launched | 31 October 1959 |
| Commissioned | September 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 1991 |
| Refit | 1987 |
| Stricken | 1991 |
| Homeport | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Identification | IMO number: 5173125 |
| Honours and awards | U.S. Coast Guard Unit Commendation 1967 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Heavy icebreaker |
| Tonnage | 6,186 GRT |
| Displacement | 9,160 long tons (9,310 t) full load |
| Length | 315 ft (96 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Aircraft carried | 2 helicopters |
CCGS John A. Macdonald[note 1] was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. She was named after The Right Honourable, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. The ship was commissioned into the Canadian Department of Transport's Marine Service in 1960 using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship" (CGS). The vessel was transferred in 1962 into the newly created Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and served with distinction until being decommissioned in 1991, and replaced by the then-chartered (but later purchased) CCGS Terry Fox.
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