CCGS Kelso at the Welland Canal |
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| Career (Canada) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CCGS Kelso |
| Namesake: | Dr. John Kelso, late Fisheries and Oceans scientist |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | ABCO Industries Limited of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| Yard number: | N/A |
| Commissioned: | 2009 |
| In service: | 2009-present |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Burlington, Ontario - Central and Arctic Region |
| Identification: | N/A |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Near-shore Fishery Research Vessel |
| Displacement: | 32 tonnes (35.27 short tons) |
| Length: | 18 m (59 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Ice class: | N/A |
| Propulsion: | Diesel - 2 x Volvo D-12, 500-horsepower engines |
| Speed: | 16.2 knots (30.0 km/h) |
| Complement: | 12 |
The CCGS Kelso is a scientific research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard from CGS Base Burlington in the Central and Arctic Region[1][2][3] She was commissioned on September 8 2009, by Terence Young, Member of Parliament for Oakville, at the Canadian Centre of Inland Waters in Burlington. The vessel was built by ABCO Industries Limited of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to replace the retiring CCGS Shark. The ship is named for the later Dr John Kelso.[4]
She is classed as a "Near Shore Fisheries Research Vessel".[1] She can seat ten passengers, in addition to her crew of two. She will replace the CCGS Shark.[5]
She is named after a recently deceased scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the parent department for the Coast Guard.
Other ships at the base: