CCGS Martha L. Black

CCGS Martha L. Black in Port Weller
History
Canada
Name:	Martha L. Black
Namesake:	Martha L. Black, American-born Yukon MP, 2nd woman to serve as MP
Operator:	Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry:	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder:	Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited, Vancouver, BC
Yard number:	806313
Commissioned:	1986
Homeport:	CCG Base Quebec, QC (Quebec Region)
Identification:	CGCC
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 1100
Type:	High Endurance Multiple-Tasked Vessel – Light Icebreaker
Displacement:	3,818.06 tonnes (4,208.69 short tons)
Length:	83 m (272 ft 4 in)
Beam:	16.2 m (53 ft 2 in)
Draft:	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Ice class:	Arctic Class 2
Propulsion:	Diesel-Electric AC - 3 x ALCO 251 16cyl
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h)
Range:	14,500 nmi (26,900 km)
Endurance:	120 days
Boats & landing craft carried:	1 - FRC 4.7m (Crane) 2 - FRC 7.33m (Miranda Davit) 3 - Lifeboat/Workboat (Davits) 4 - SP Barge (Davits)
Complement:	25
Sensors and processing systems:	1 × Sailor RT 146 1 × Collins VHF 251 1 × Motorola Triton 1 × Westinghouse D-1000 MSat 1 × Furuno Fax 208
Aircraft carried:	1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Yes

CCGS Martha Black entering to Rimouski harbour, St.Laurence river

CCGS Martha L. Black of the Canadian Coast Guard fleet was built in 1986 in Vancouver by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited. This ship was part of the CG Program Vessels and was mainly designed as a high-endurance and multi-tasked boat. Her crew is composed of 25 members of the Canadian Coast Guard.^[1]

As a light icebreaker, most of her duties are along the St. Lawrence River and able to the handle ice thickness in the Seaway.

Engine

Martha L, Black's engines are an ALCO/MLW 251 diesel engine, which at the time was only used in railway locomotives.

References

1. "Canadian Coast Guard Fleet - Quebec Region". Canadian Coast Guard. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

External links

• CCGS Martha L Black