Canadian Coast Guard Ship Cygnus is a high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multi patrol vessel

Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...

 of the Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...

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It was built in 1982 in Marystown Shipbuilding and underwent a modernization in 1996. CCGS Cygnus has a hangar and flight deck capable of operating a Eurocopter BO-105 helicopter.

CGS St. John's

Vessels at this base:

• CCGS Pierre Radisson
  CCGS Pierre Radisson
  The CCGS Pierre Radisson is a T1200 Class Medium Arctic and Gulf icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard.She is designated as a "Medium Gulf Icebreaker. Her winter home port is Quebec City at the mouth of the St Lawrence River in the Gulf of St...
  
   - icebreaker
• CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
  CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
  CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Arctic Icebreaker.Named after the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Louis St. Laurent, PC CC QC LLD DCL LLL BA. The vessel is classed a "Heavy Arctic Icebreaker" and is the largest icebreaker and flagship of the CCG. It...
  
   - icebreaker
• CCGS Leonard J. Cowley
  CCGS Leonard J. Cowley
  CCGS Leonard J. Cowley is a high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multi patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard.-Layout:...
  
   - multi role
• CCGS Henry Larsen
  CCGS Henry Larsen
  CCGS Henry Larsen is a Canadian Coast Guard T1200 Class Medium Arctic icebreaker serving in the Newfoundland and Labrador Region and based in St John's, Newfoundland....
  
   - icebreaker
• CCGS George R. Pearkes
  CCGS George R. Pearkes
  The CCGS George R. Pearkes is a light icebreaker and buoy support vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard.George R. Pearkes is a High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel Light Icebreaker and Buoy tender. She was built in 1986 by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited of Vancouver, BCGeorge Pearkes' home port is St...
  
   - icebreaker
• CCGS Ann Harvey
  CCGS Ann Harvey
  CCGS Ann Harvey is a Canadian Coast Guard Buoy tender and SAR vessel with Light icebreaker duties. She was constructed in 1987 by Halifax Dartmouth Industries, in Halifax, Nova Scotia....