CCGS Sipu Muin
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CCGS Sipu MuinTemplate:Efn is a Canadian Coast Guard Type 400 AP1-88 air cushion vehicle (ACV) or hovercraft based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The vessel was launched and completed in 1998 and entered service the same year. Sipu Main is predominantly used for icebreaking, search and rescue, and for servicing navigational aids in the Lower Saint Lawrence River and St. Lawrence Seaway.
Description
Sipu Muin is a Type 400 BHC AP1-88/400 air cushion vehicle (ACV) or hovercraft, the first of two vessels constructed for the Canadian Coast Guard.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sipu Muin, which was constructed out of aluminium, has a standard displacement of Script error: No such module "convert". standard and Template:Cvt at full load and measures Template:NetT.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The hovercraft is Script error: No such module "convert". long with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert".. The vessel has a main deck cargo capacity of Template:Cvt and a well deck measuring Template:Cvt, serviced by a Polar Crane Script error: No such module "convert". crane.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The ACV is powered by four Caterpillar 3416 TTA diesel engines turning two controllable-pitch propellers creating Script error: No such module "convert"..Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sipu Muin has a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a cruising speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. The vessel has a range of Script error: No such module "convert". with the endurance of one day. The hovercraft has a complement of 7 with two officers.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Construction and career
The contract to build Sipu Muin and sister ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was awarded in May 1996 to GKN Westland. The two hovercraft were built by Hike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited at their yard in Wheatley, Ontario.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sipu Muin was launched in 1998Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and completed in August of that year.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". At the time of construction, Sipu Muin and Siyay were the largest diesel-powered hovercraft in the world.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The name Sipu Muin is taken from the Miꞌkmaq phrase meaning "river bear".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sipu Muin entered service in 1998 and is based at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sip Muin is predominantly used for icebreaking duties in the Saint Lawrence River and St. Lawrence Seaway[1] along with servicing navigational aids and search and rescue duties.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The vessel is registered in Ottawa, Ontario.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Beginning on 10 May 2016, the ACV underwent a six-month refit at Réparations Navales et Industrielles Océan in Quebec City, Quebec. The modernization included hull repairs and modifications to the pilothouse. The electronic navigation suite was upgraded and the fuel bladders and skirting replaced.[2]
See also
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- List of equipment of the Canadian Coast Guard
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