The stern of CCGS Ann Harvey
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History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Ann Harvey |
Namesake | Ann Harvey, noted Newfoundland fisher and heroine (1811–1860) |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
Builder | Halifax Dartmouth Industries, Halifax |
Yard number | 72 |
Launched | 12 December 1985 |
Commissioned | 29 June 1987 |
In service | 1987–present |
Homeport | CCG Base St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador Region) |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Martha L. Black-class buoy tender and SAR vessel with Light icebreaker role |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 4,642 long tons (4,716 t) |
Length | 83 m (272 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) |
Ice class | CASPPR Arctic Class 2 |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 8,200 nautical miles (15,200 km; 9,400 mi) |
Endurance | 120 days |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 24 |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Hangar to house two helicopters |
CCGS Ann Harvey is a Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender and SAR vessel with light icebreaker duties. She was constructed in 1987 by Halifax Dartmouth Industries, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vessel was named after Ann Harvey, the daughter of a local Newfoundland fisherman who helped rescue 185 people during her lifetime.[1] Ann Harvey's home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and is stationed there with other Coast Guard ships.