CCGS Waban-Aki
{{Short description|Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2017}}
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CCGS Waban-Aki was a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. It was a Type 200 AP1-88 air-cushioned vehicle (ACV) and sister ship to {{ship|CCGS|Sipu Muin}}. Its name is derived from the First Nations term Wabanaki meaning "people of the dawn". The hovercraft decommissioned in 2010 and was replaced by {{ship|CCGS|Mamilossa}}. The primary missions of Waban-Aki were icebreaking and performing search and rescue missions in the Saint Lawrence River and its navigable tributaries. Occasionally Waban-Aki performed navigation aid maintenance.
Description
Designated Type 200 by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Waban-Aki was a AP1-88 ACV hovercraft{{sfn|Canadian Coast Guard}} that had a light displacement of {{cvt|47.6|LT|t|order=flip|lk=on}} and measured {{Convert|24.5|m|ftin}} long with a beam of {{cvt|11.2|m|ftin}}. The vessel's height with the air cushion inflated was {{cvt|6.6|m|ftin}}. Waban-Aki was powered by four Deutz diesel engines creating {{convert|1.6|MW|hp|lk=on}} giving the hovercraft a maximum speed of {{convert|50|kn|lk=in}} and {{convert|35|kn}} cruising speed. The vessel was crewed by four personnel including three officers.{{sfn|Saunders|2009|p=112}}
Construction and career
After developing operational experience with Voyageur, a prototype hovercraft in service with the CCG, on the Saint Lawrence River the CCG sought to replace the aging hovercraft in 1985.{{sfn|Amyot|1989|p=380}} In 1986, the British Hovercraft Corporation offered a variant of its AP.1-88 passenger ferry hovercraft design to Canada which was accepted and construction started at Cowes, England.{{sfn|Amyot|1989|p=380}}{{sfn|Canadian Coast Guard}} The vessel was launched and completed in mid 1987.{{sfn|Amyot|1989|p=380}} The vessel was commissioned into the CCG on 15 July 1987 as Waban-Aki, a First Nations term meaning "people of the dawn".{{sfn|Saunders|2009|p=112}} The hovercraft underwent sea trials before arriving in Montreal, Quebec in August 1987 and began operations in October.{{sfn|Amyot|1989|p=380}} Waban-Aki was homeported at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières-Ouest, Quebec - Quebec Region and given the identifier CH-CGC.{{sfn|Canadian Coast Guard}}
Due to the high volume of shipping in the Canadian Saint Lawrence and the requirement to keep the shipping lanes open year round, CCG hovercraft in Eastern Canada are primarily tasked with icebreaking, with secondary tasks such as performing search and rescue missions and navigation aid maintenance.{{sfn|Amyot|1989|pp=372–379}} Waban-Aki performed these duties for 22 years before being taken out of service and being replaced by {{ship|CCGS|Mamilossa}} in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20090228/282299611074902 |title=Canadian hovercraft on way from England |work=Windsor Star |last=Boswell |first=Randy |date=28 February 2009 |access-date=2 March 2022 |via=Pressreader}}
See also
- {{ship|CCGS|Moytel}}
- {{ship|CCGS|Penac}}
- {{ship|CCGS|Siyay}}
Citations
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References
- {{cite book |editor-last=Amyot |editor-first=J. R. |date=1989 |title=Studies in Mechanical Engineering II: Hovercraft Technology, Economics and Applications |publisher=Elsevier |location=New York |isbn=0-444-88152-2}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Fleet/Vessels?id=1124 |url-status=dead |title=Vessel – Canadian Coast Guard: CCGS Waban-Aki |date=31 March 2008 |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |access-date=19 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617203808/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Fleet/Vessels?id=1124 |archive-date=17 June 2010|ref={{sfnref|Canadian Coast Guard}}}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephen |year=2009 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010 |publisher=Jane's Information Group Inc. |edition=112 |location=Alexandria, Virginia |isbn=978-0-7106-2888-6}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUtVAAQ_RKs Correo Orinoco], Video and text on hovercraft operation on Rio Orinoco, possibly of former Waban-Aki.
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