CCGS Tracy

CCGS Tracy
History
Canada
Name: Tracy
Owner: Government of Canada
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Route: St. Lawrence Seaway
Builder: Port Weller Drydocks, Port Weller, Ontario
Yard number: 328087
Commissioned: 1968
In service: 1968–present
Refit: 1989
Homeport: CCG Base Sorel, QC (Quebec Region)
Identification: CGBX
Status: Active Duty
General characteristics
Class & type: Type 1000
Type: Medium endurance Multi-tasked vessel
Displacement: 837 tns
Length: 55.32 m (181 ft 6 in)
Beam: 11.58 m (38 ft 0 in)
Draught: 3.66 m (12 ft 0 in)
Ice class: Class 2
Propulsion: 2 × Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8OP 8cyl diesel electric DC
Speed: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km)
Endurance: 17 days
Boats & landing
craft carried:
  • FRC Zodiac RHI (Miranda Davit)
  • Lifeboat/Workboat (Davits)
  • SP Barge (Davits)
Complement: 23

CCGS Tracy is a Marine service vessel and navigational aid tender operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.

CCGS Tracy was built in 1968 at Port Weller Drydocks, Port Weller, Ontario with a refit performed in 1989. She is stationed at CCG Base Sorel, QC and services the Quebec Region.

She is classed as a Type 1000 Medium endurance Multi-tasked vessel with Ice Class 2, which allows her to perform light icebreaking duties in the St. Lawrence River.

References

  1. ^ CCGS Tracy – official CCG webpage, Canadian Coast Guard


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