CCGS Tupper

Tupper and sister ship {{ship|CCGS|Simon Fraser||2}} were {{convert|62.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|12.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|4.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The vessel had a fully loaded displacement of {{convert|1876|LT|t|lk=in}} and a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 1,358. The vessels were powered by a diesel-electric system driving two screws creating {{convert|2900|shp|kW|lk=in}}. This gave the vessels a maximum speed of {{convert|14|kn|km/h|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}}{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=88}} The ships were fitted with a flight deck and a telescopic hangar and were capable of operating one helicopter.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}}{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=79}}

The buoy tender's keel was laid down in March 1959 by Marine Industries at their yard in Sorel, Quebec with the yard number 257. Tupper was launched on 3 October 1959, named for a former Prime Minister of Canada.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=259}} The ship entered service with the Department of Transport on 1 December 1959.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=88}}{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}} In 1962 the Department of Transport's Marine Service fleet was merged into the newly formed Canadian Coast Guard and Tupper was given the new prefix CCGS.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=13}}

Tupper was active in servicing the navigation aids of Atlantic Canada as well as operating in heavy ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River, and also acted as a harbour cleanup vessel. She occasionally traveled to the north. Earlier in her career she was stationed in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

The ship was taken out of service in 1997 and used as alongside training ship at CCG Dartmouth Base, renamed 1998-05 until 1999 when she was sold to an American interest and renamed MV Caruso intended for conversion to a yacht.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}}{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/fire-under-control-aboard-former-coast-guard-ship-1.332910 |title=Fire under control aboard former coast guard ship |work=CTV News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=11 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014133955/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081011/halifax_fire_081011/20081011?hub=TopStories |archive-date=14 October 2008 |access-date=2 January 2017 |url-status=live }} The vessel changed owners a couple of times, never leaving Halifax Harbour, changing piers until 11 October 2008 when a large fire broke out aboard Caruso while she was moored, requiring the services of the Royal Canadian Navy's firefighting tugboat {{ship|CFAV|Firebird}}.{{cite news |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1224921-sad-saga-of-the-late-ccgs-tupper |title=Sad saga of the late CCGS Tupper |last=Beswick |first=Aaron |newspaper=The Chronicle Herald |date=23 July 2014 |access-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720075347/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1224921-sad-saga-of-the-late-ccgs-tupper |archive-date=20 July 2016 |url-status=dead }} The blaze was deemed suspicious and partially gutted the vessel. In 2011 the hulk was sold for scrap to be broken up in Marie Joseph, a small community in the Eastern Shore region of Nova Scotia. The vessel's dismantling was never completed and the hulk became a point of much controversy and concern. In January 2021, the Canadian Coast Guard's Environmental Response branch was sent to Marie Joseph to deal with the hulk and the remains of the former tugboat Craig Trans which lay beside it.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/03/03/feds-move-to-address-polluting-shipwreck.html |title=Feds move to address polluting shipwreck |last=Bruce |first=Alex |work=Toronto Star |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=5 April 2021 }} They removed roughly {{cvt|35000|L}} fuel oil/water from the hulks. In 2022 it was announced R.J. MacIsaac Construction were to remove and green recycle the remnants of the vessel. Dismantling was scheduled to start at the end of January 2023.{{Cite web |title=Antigonish firm to begin cleanup of Marie Joseph wreck |url=https://ca.style.yahoo.com/antigonish-firm-begin-cleanup-marie-143643437.html |website=Yahoo! Life |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022}}

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• {{cite book |last1=Maginley |first1=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-070-5 }}
• {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |year=2003 |title=The Canadian Coast Guard 1962–2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiancoastgua0000magi |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-075-6 }}
• {{csr|register=MSI|id=5370905|shipname=Tupper |accessdate=2 January 2017 |ref={{sfnref|Miramar Ship Index}}}}
• {{cite book |editor-last=Moore |editor-first=John |year=1981 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1981–1982 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=New York |isbn=0-531-03977-3 }}

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Category:Canadian Government Ship

Category:Navaids tenders of the Canadian Coast Guard

Category:1959 ships

Category:Ships built in Sorel-Tracy

Category:Ships of the Canadian Coast Guard

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