 CCGS Alexander Henry in retirement as a museum ship in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Alexander Henry |
| Namesake | Alexander Henry |
| Operator | |
| Builder | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur |
| Cost | $2,259,750.00 |
| Launched | 18 July 1958 |
| Christened | 18 July 1958 |
| In service | July 1959 |
| Out of service | 1985 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5010062 |
| Status | Museum ship since 1986 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Light icebreaker and supply and buoy tender |
| Tonnage | 1,674 GRT |
| Displacement | 2,497 long tons (2,537 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 4.9 m (16.08 ft) |
| Installed power | 3,550 bhp (2,650 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder 2-cycle diesel model 37F16 |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
CCGS Alexander Henry is a former Canadian Coast Guard light icebreaker and buoy tender that served on the Great Lakes from 1959 to 1984. In 1986, the vessel was handed over to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario for preservation as a museum ship. Previously, during the summer months the vessel was also operated as a bed and breakfast. In 2017, the ship was sold to the Lakehead Transportation Museum Society in Thunder Bay, Ontario and in June, was relocated to the Pool 6 site on the town's harbour front, where Alexander Henry continues as a museum ship.