CCGS Frederick G. Creed
 CCGS Frederick G. Creed | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada
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| Name: | Frederick G. Creed |
| Namesake: | Frederick G. Creed, inventor |
| Operator: | |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Swath Ocean Systems Incorporated, San Diego, California |
| Yard number: | 813676 |
| Commissioned: | 1988 |
| In service: | 1988-present |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Rimouski, Quebec |
| Identification: | CG3198 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | hydrographic survey vessel |
| Displacement: | 151.4 tonnes (166.89 short tons) |
| Length: | 20.4 m (66 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 9.75 metres (32 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Detroit V12 TA diesel engines |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Range: | 870 nmi (1,610 km) |
| Endurance: | 2.5 days |
| Complement: | 4 |
CCGS Frederick G. Creed, working with the scientists at Woods Hole.
CCGS Frederick G. Creed is a hydrographic survey vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard on behalf of the Canadian Hydrographic Service, a scientific agency of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The ship was built in 1988 by Swath Ocean Systems Incorporated of San Diego, California.
CCGS Frederick G. Creed employs a SWATH system and is named after Frederick G. Creed, an inventor and pioneer of this technology. It is homeported in Rimouski, Quebec, although she is usually alongside at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography or Maurice Lamontagne Institute when not performing survey missions.
CCGS Frederick G. Creed was built in 1988 by Swath Ocean Systems, San Diego.
- Frederick G. Creed : IMO 8944496
References
External links
- www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca Canadian Coast Guard — vessel homepage
- www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca Specifications (PDF)
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