 CCGS Pierre Radisson
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Pierre Radisson |
| Namesake | Pierre Radisson |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver |
| Yard number | 221 |
| Launched | 3 June 1977 |
| Commissioned | June 1978 |
| In service | 1978–present |
| Refit | 1995, 1996–1997, 2016-2017 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Quebec City |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 98.3 m (322 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Ice class | CASPPR Arctic Class 3 |
| Installed power | Diesel-electric: 6 x Alco M251F, 17,580 shp (13,110 kW); 6 GEC generators, 2 motors 13,600 shp (10,100 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, bow thruster |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range | 15,000 nmi (28,000 km) at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) |
| Endurance | 120 days |
| Complement | 38 |
| Aircraft carried | Originally 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L helicopter, currently 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger or Bell 412EPI |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
CCGS Pierre Radisson[note 1] is the lead ship of her class of icebreakers. Constructed and operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, the vessel is based at Quebec City on the Saint Lawrence River. The ship was constructed in British Columbia in the 1970s and has been in service ever since. The vessel is named for Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a 17th-century French fur trader and explorer.
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