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CCGS Alexander Henry

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CCGS Alexander Henry in retirement as a museum ship in Kingston.
History
Canada
Name: Alexander Henry
Namesake: Alexander Henry
Operator:
Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur
Launched: 18 July 1958
In service: July 1959
Out of service: 1984
Fate: Museum ship since 1986 at Kingston, Ontario
General characteristics
Type: Light icebreaker and supply and buoy tender
Tonnage: 1,674 GRT
Displacement: 2,497 long tons (2,537 t)
Length:
  • 64.0 m (210 ft 0 in) oa
  • 58.6 m (192 ft 3 in) pp
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.

Alexander Henry is a light icebreaker and buoy tender that was designed to serve on the Great Lakes in North America. The vessel displaces 2,497 long tons (2,537 t) and is 1,674 gross register tons (GRT). The ship is 64.0 metres (210 ft 0 in) long overall and 58.6 metres (192 ft 3 in) long between perpendiculars with a beam of 13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in) and a draught of 4.9 metres (16 ft 1 in). The ship is powered by two Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder 2-cycle 37F16 diesel engines driving two shafts creating 3,550 brake horsepower (2,650 kW). This gives the ship a maximum speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). No helicopter facilities were added to the ship as they were considered unnecessary for freshwater operations.

The vessel was constructed by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. at their yard in Port Arthur, Ontario and launched on 18 July 1958. The icebreaker entered service in July 1959 with the Department of Transport's Marine Service as CGS Alexander Henry using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship". Named after Alexander Henry the elder, an 18th-century British explorer and fur trader, she was transferred in 1962 to the newly created Canadian Coast Guard and given the new prefix Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS).


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