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The Fleet Directorate of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is responsible for all ships and their manning requirements. As of October, 2022, it manages and operates a fleet of 123 [1] [2] vessels in support of: CCG aids to navigation; icebreaking; environmental response; and search and rescue (SAR).
CCGS Samuel Risley [note 1] is a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and buoy tender assigned to the Great Lakes area (Central and Arctic Region). Lead ship of her class, the vessel is named after Samuel Risley, the 19th century maritime inspector and first head of Board of Steamship Inspectors for Upper Canada and Ontario. [1]
CCGS A. LeBlanc is the seventh of nine Hero-class patrol vessels operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship entered service in 2014 and is based at Quebec City, Quebec. A. LeBlanc is tasked with enforcing Canadian maritime law within Canada's maritime borders.
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent (French: NGCC Louis S. St-Laurent) is a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) heavy icebreaker. Louis S. St-Laurent ' s home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [6] She is the largest icebreaker and flagship of the CCG. [7] The ship is named after Louis St. Laurent, who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from ...
CCGS Amundsen [note 1] is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996.
She was transferred to the Department of Transport (DOT) on 22 November 1957, and re-designated Canadian Government Ship (CGS) Labrador. She was among the DOT fleet assigned to the nascent Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) when that organization was formed in 1962, and further re-designated Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Labrador. Her career marked ...
The designation Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS; French: navire de la Garde côtière canadienne, NGCC [1]) is applied as a prefix to vessels in the Canadian Coast Guard. Prior to the formation of the Coast Guard in the 1960s ships operated by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (now known as Fisheries and Oceans Canada) were named ...
The ship was ordered in 2011 as part of the Canadian National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) as a replacement for aging Canadian Coast Guard vessels. The ship was launched on 8 December 2017, named for Sir John Franklin , an arctic explorer who led two Royal Navy expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage , the second ending with ...