CCGS Martha L. Black
 CCGS Martha L. Black in Port Weller | |
| Career (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, as of 2015 |
| 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 DC - 4 × Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8OP 8cyl |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Range: | 14,500 nmi (26,900 km) |
| Endurance: | 120 days |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 25 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1 × Sailor RT 146 1 × Collins VHF 251 |
| 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
- ↑ "Canadian Coast Guard Fleet - Quebec Region". Canadian Coast Guard. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
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