CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
The icebreaker and flagship of the Canadian Coast Guard, CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent under way in Halifax Harbour, escorted by CFAV Glenside in the foreground.
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| Name: | Louis S. St-Laurent |
| Namesake: | Louis St. Laurent |
| Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Route: | Atlantic coastline and eastern Arctic |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec |
| Launched: | 3 June 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 1969 |
| In service: | 1969–present |
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| Homeport: | CCG Base St. John's, NL (Newfoundland and Labrador Region) |
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| Status: | in active service |
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| Type: | Icebreaker |
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| Displacement: | 15,324 tons (full) |
| Length: | 119.8 m (393.04 ft) |
| Beam: | 24.38 m (79.99 ft) |
| Draught: | 9.91 m (32.51 ft) |
| Depth: | 16.3 m (53.48 ft) |
| Ice class: | Arctic Class 4 |
| Installed power: | 5 × Krupp MaK 16M453C (5 × 5,880 kW) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range: | 23,000 nautical miles (43,000 km) |
| Endurance: | 205 days |
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| Complement: | 46 |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × MBB Bo 105 or equivalent |
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Arctic Icebreaker. Louis S. St-Laurent's home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and is stationed there with other vessels of the coast guard.
Named after the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Louis St. Laurent, PC CC QC LLD DCL LLL BA. The vessel is classed a "Heavy Arctic Icebreaker" and is the largest icebreaker and flagship of the CCG.
Louis S. St-Laurent is based at CCG Base St. John's in St. John's, Newfoundland. The vessel's current operation tempo consists of summer voyages to Canada's Arctic where she supports the annual Arctic sealift to various coastal communities and carries out multi-disciplinary scientific expeditions. During the winter months, Louis S. St-Laurent sometimes operates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to aid ships in transiting to Montreal, Quebec, although she usually only serves this assignment during particularly heavy ice years.
Louis S. St. Laurent was launched 3 December 1966 by Canadian Vickers Limited at Montreal, Quebec and commissioned in October 1969.
From 8–22 September 1969 Louis S. St-Laurent sailed on the SS Manhattan expedition in the Northwest Passage. She was assisted by CCGS John A. Macdonald and the United States Coast Guard vessels USCGC Northwind and USCGC Staten Island
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