Canadian Coast Guard High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel and Light Icebreaker
CCGS Griffon patrolling the Detroit River
History
Canada
Name
Griffon
Operator
Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry
Ottawa
Builder
Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Yard number
664
Launched
26 September 1969
Completed
April 1970
In service
December 1970
Refit
1995 by Pascol Engineering
Homeport
CCG Base Prescott, Ontario (Central and Arctic Region)
Identification
IMO number: 7022887
MMSI number: 316286000
Callsign: CGDS
Status
Ship in active service
General characteristics
Type
Light Icebreaker
Tonnage
2,212 GT
Displacement
3,096 tonnes (3,412.76 short tons) fully loaded
Length
71.3 m (233 ft 11 in)
Beam
15.1 m (49 ft 6 in)
Draught
4.73 m (15 ft 6 in)
Ice class
CASPPR Arctic Class 2
Propulsion
4 × Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8 8 cylinder Diesel electric engine
3,936 kW (5,278 hp)
2 motors 3,982 hp (2,969 kW), 2 shafts
Speed
11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) cruise
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum
Range
5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance
90 days
Boats & landing craft carried
1 – Boston Whaler (Davits)
2 – SP Barge (Davits)
3 – SP Barge (Crane)
4 – Workboat (Davits)
Complement
25
Sensors and processing systems
Sperre S-Band and X-Band navigational radar
Aircraft carried
1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206B helicopter
Aviation facilities
Helicopter deck only
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon is a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) high endurance multi-tasked vessel and light icebreaker stationed in Prescott, Ontario, Canada.[1] Completed in 1970, Griffon provides icebreaking services along eastern Lake Ontario and upriver along the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal.
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