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The CCGS Vancouver
by Leigh Cossey 2020
The weathership CCGS Vancouver (Photo from the Cossey collection.)
Leigh Cossey sent the Nauticapedia some images to share taken by his father S.T. Cossey who worked for Burrard Shipyard as a naval architect when this vessel was built. Here are the images and some data on the ship.
The weathership CCGS Vancouver (Photo from the Cossey collection.)
126.2m x 15.2m x 5.3m (372.8’ x 50.0’ x 19.1’) steel hull She as built at a cost of $11 million. She was launched by Mrs. Arthur Laing wife of the Minister of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources. She had a complement of 96, could cruise 10,400 miles at 14 knots and carried one helicopter. She had two automatic Babcock & Wilcox D–type boilers. She was laid up in 1982. In 1983 she was towed to San Francisco CA USA.
The weathership CCGS Vancouver (Photo from the Cossey collection.)
These were taken during the sea trials in 1966, notice the additions to the superstructure.
The weathership CCGS Vancouver (Photo from the Cossey collection.)
To quote from this article please cite:
Cossey, Leigh (2020) The CCGS Vancouver. Nauticapedia.ca 2020. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Vancouver_CCGS.php
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