CCGS D'Iberville
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The CCGS D'Iberville was a 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...
Gulf icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
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Commissioned as the CGS D'Iberville for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship", the D'Iberville was transferred into the newly-created 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...
in 1962. It was one of the largest diesel icebreakers of the post-World War II in Canada.
She saw service in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence (1st ship in the canal and transporting Queen Elizabeth II) and was decommissioned in 1983. Renamed Phillip O'Hara 1983 in and back to d'Iberville 1988 before finally being scrapped in 1989.
CCGS N.B. McLean
CCGS N.B. McLean
The CCGS N.B. McLean was a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker.Constructed in 1930 at Halifax Shipyards, she was commissioned as CGS N.B. MacLean and served in the Department of Transport's Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship". She was transferred into the newly-created Canadian...
left the same time with D'Iberville to scrap in 1988-1989.