CCGS Hudson
CCGS Hudson
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 Canada
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| Name: | Hudson |
| Namesake: | Henry Hudson, explorer |
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| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding and Drydock Ltd, Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Yard number: | 1046 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1963 |
| Completed: | December 1963 |
| Commissioned: | February 1964 |
| In service: | 1963–present |
| Refit: | 1990 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
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| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel |
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| Beam: | 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Ice class: | Arctic class 2 |
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| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 23,100 nmi (42,800 km) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 105 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
1 × RHIB |
| Complement: | 31 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
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CCGS Hudson is an offshore oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship entered service in 1963 with the Canadian Oceanographic Service, stationed at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, called CSS Hudson. The ship made several significant scientific voyages, among them the first circumnavigation of the Americas in 1970. The ship was transferred to the Canadian Coast Guard in 1996 and remains in service. A replacement for Hudson is under construction.
The first Canadian ship built specifically for hydrographic and oceanographic survey work, Hudson was designed by the Montreal firm of Gilmore, German and Milne.Hudson is 90.4 metres (296 ft 7 in) long overall and 80.8 m (265 ft 1 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 15.4 metres (50 ft 6 in) and a draught of 6.8 metres (22 ft 4 in). The ship has a tonnage of 3,444 gross register tons (GRT), 1,150 tons deadweight (DWT) and a 1,033 net tonnage (NT).Hudson is certified as Arctic class 2. The ship is powered by a Diesel electric DC/DC system composed of four Alco 251D diesel engines and two Caterpillar 398 generators. The system, rated at 6,469 kW (8,675 hp), drives two fixed pitch propellers and bow thrusters, giving the ship a maximum speed of 17 knots (31 km/h). The ship is also equipped with one Caterpillar 398 emergency generator. The ship has a fuel capacity of 1,268.00 m3 (44,779 cu ft) of diesel fuel, giving the ship a range of 23,100 nautical miles (42,800 km) at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) and an endurance of 105 days.
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