CCGS Waban-Aki
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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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. Its name is derived from the First Nations term Wabanaki meaning "people of the dawn". The hovercraft decommissioned in 2010 and was replaced by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. 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
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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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.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 vessel was launched and completed in mid 1987.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The vessel was commissioned into the CCG on 15 July 1987 as Waban-Aki, a First Nations term meaning "people of the dawn".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The hovercraft underwent sea trials before arriving in Montreal, Quebec in August 1987 and began operations in October.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Waban-Aki was homeported at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières-Ouest, Quebec - Quebec Region and given the identifier CH-CGC.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Waban-Aki performed these duties for 22 years before being taken out of service and being replaced by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in 2009.[1]
See also
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Citations
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References
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External links
- Correo Orinoco, Video and text on hovercraft operation on Rio Orinoco, possibly of former Waban-Aki.