CCGS Alexander Henry
CCGS Alexander Henry in retirement as a museum ship in Kingston.
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| Name: | Alexander Henry |
| Namesake: | Alexander Henry |
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| Builder: | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur |
| Launched: | 18 July 1958 |
| In service: | July 1959 |
| Out of service: | 1984 |
| Fate: | Museum ship since 1986 at Kingston, Ontario |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Light icebreaker and supply and buoy tender |
| Tonnage: | 1,674 GRT |
| Displacement: | 2,497 long tons (2,537 t) |
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| Beam: | 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: | 4.9 m (16.08 ft) |
| Installed power: | 3,550 bhp (2,650 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder 2-cycle diesel model 37F16 |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
CCGS Alexander Henry is a former Canadian Coast Guard light icebreaker and buoy tender that served on the Great Lakes from 1959 to 1984. In 1986, the vessel was handed over to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario for preservation as a museum ship. Previously, during the summer months the vessel was also operated as a bed and breakfast.
Alexander Henry is a light icebreaker and buoy tender that was designed to serve on the Great Lakes in North America. The vessel displaces 2,497 long tons (2,537 t) and is 1,674 gross register tons (GRT). The ship is 64.0 metres (210 ft 0 in) long overall and 58.6 metres (192 ft 3 in) long between perpendiculars with a beam of 13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in) and a draught of 4.9 metres (16 ft 1 in). The ship is powered by two Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder 2-cycle 37F16 diesel engines driving two shafts creating 3,550 brake horsepower (2,650 kW). This gives the ship a maximum speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). No helicopter facilities were added to the ship as they were considered unnecessary for freshwater operations.
The vessel was constructed by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. at their yard in Port Arthur, Ontario and launched on 18 July 1958. The icebreaker entered service in July 1959 with the Department of Transport's Marine Service as CGS Alexander Henry using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship". Named after Alexander Henry the elder, an 18th-century British explorer and fur trader, she was transferred in 1962 to the newly created Canadian Coast Guard and given the new prefix Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS).
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