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The Canadian Coast Guard maintains a fleet of sea and lake going vessels, hovercraft, and aircraft. ==Vessels== The Fleet Directorate is responsible for all ships and their manning requirements. It manages and operates a fleet of 118 vessels in support of: CCG aids to navigation; icebreaking; environmental response; and search and rescue. The CCG fleet also supports DFO’s Fisheries Conservation and Protection and Marine Science programs. The ships, ranging from search and rescue lifeboats to icebreakers, are tasked to various programs, often concurrently, and are crewed by 2400 skilled seagoing personnel. Most vessels have between 5-30+ crewmembers. All CCG vessels are painted uniformly regardless of their use. They are characterized by a red hull and white superstructure, designed to look like a "floating Canadian flag". Their hulls bear a (primarily) white stripe raked forward at a 60 degree angle on each side forward. Larger vessels display a red maple leaf on the funnel. Ship nameplates are typically affixed to the superstructure, and vessels are typically named for persons or places of historic or geographic significance. Throughout the 1960s–1990s, CCG painted primary SAR vessels in a different colour scheme: bright mustard yellow superstructure and maple leaf red hull, meant to distinguish them from navaid tenders and icebreakers, and also to improve their visibility on the open ocean in breaking waves. Today the only distinguishing markings for primary SAR vessels is the large RESCUE-SAUVETAGE lettering on the superstructure. Vessels carry the "Canada" 'federal wordmark', which incorporates the duotone version of the national flag. The words Coast Guard Garde Cotière appear side by side on the hull. The prefix "Canadian Coast Guard Ship", abbreviated CCGS, is affixed to all vessels. Minor vessels such as patrol boats and life boats carried the prefix "Canadian Coast Guard Cutter", abbreviated CCGC in the past, however, this is no longer the case. The list of various classes of CCG vessels includes: ;Polar icebreakers * (''In design'') ;Heavy Arctic icebreakers :''Large powerful icebreaker approximately 130 metres long and is capable of sustained operations in the Canadian Arctic with minimal support, for the period of early June to mid-November, and for escort operation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and east coast of Newfoundland in the winter.'' * * ;Arctic icebreakers :''Large icebreaker of approximately 100 metres in length capable of sustained ice breaking and escort operations in the Arctic during the summer, and in the Gulf, St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic coast in winter. It is also capable conducting scientific missions, has a small cargo carrying capacity and can carry a helicopter if needed. '' All four are T1200 class vessels. * * * * ;Program vessels :''Large multi-taskable vessels approximately 85 metres long, with an icebreaking capability that allows them to work mainly in southern waters and in the western Arctic.'' The last six vessels are T1100 Class vessels (using the same basic design with some variations in additional equipment). * * * * * * * ;Offshore fishery and oceanographic research :''Large offshore vessels approximately 80 metres long that are multi-taskable to fishery and oceanographic missions, as well as geological and hydrographic surveys. These vessels have no icebreaking capabilities, are equipped with wet labs, trawl capability, bottom sampling capability and water column sampling capability, and can accommodate up to 26 scientists.'' Some ships are strengthened for navigation in ice to allow them to perform their task year round even when the waterways are not ice free. * * *CCGS Sir John Franklin (2017) *Two unnamed vessels (2018))〔 ;Offshore Fishery Science :''Large offshore Science vessels that are multi-taskable to acoustic and environmental research. They are able to do trawl surveys and some water column sampling and are equipped with wet labs.'' Both ships are capable of performing year round, but they are not icebreakers. * * * ;Marine service :''Multi-taskable, shallow draft vessels that are about 65 metres in length. They have some icebreaking capability (all but Bartlett) and can launch and recover fast response craft. They are primarily used for aids to navigation, icebreaking, science and environmental response.'' CCGS ''Tracy'' is classed as Type 1000 vessel. * * * * ;Offshore patrol :''Patrol vessels of up to 60 metres in length and can operate year-round beyond 120 nautical miles, including outside 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (except the Arctic). They carry 2 rigid-hull inflatable boats, and their main use is fisheries enforcement and search and rescue.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vancouver Shipyards to build MEMTVs and OPVs for the Canadian Coast Guard )〕 * * * * ;Mid-shore patrol :''Medium sized patrol vessels of about 37 – 42 metres which operate up to 120 nautical miles offshore. These vessels carry one or two rigid-hull inflatable boats (depending on the variant design) and have accommodation for two fisheries or police officers. The main use is for maritime security and fisheries enforcement.'' * * * * - now retired and owned by Toronto Fire Services * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Mid-shore science vessels :''These vessels are meant to carry out hydrographic survey work primarily for the production of nautical charting products on the East and West Coast, but can also be used for stock assessment using sonar.'' * * * * * ;Special navigations aid tenders :''Shallow draft, flat bottom vessels used for the placement and maintenance of fixed and floating navigational aids on the Mackenzie River. They are very specialized vessels that can sustain repeated groundings while they search for shifts in the channel and are not usually sent into open waters. CCGS ''Nahidik'' also performs ocean surveys in conjunction with Canadian universities and Natural Resources Canada in the Beaufort Sea.'' * * ;Near shore fishery research :''Medium-sized vessels that are multi-taskable to fishery and oceanographic missions, as well as geological and hydrographic surveys. These vessels have no icebreaking capabilities, are equipped with wet labs, trawl capability, bottom sampling capability and water column sampling capability.'' * * * * * ;Channel survey and sounding :''Small twin-hull sounding vessels designed to conduct depth survey operations of the main shipping channel in the St. Lawrence River, between Île aux Coudres and Montreal during the period or spring break-up until end of November.'' * * ;Air cushion vehicles (hovercraft) :''Medium sized multi-taskable vehicles, which float on a cushion of air, making them capable of working over water (including very shallow water), land and ice . They are very fast vehicles (up to 60 knots), which makes them ideally suited for search and rescue, and environmental response where response time is critical. They are also used for icebreaking in shallow waters and in the St. Lawrence River for ice management.'' * * * * * ;Search and rescue motor lifeboats (MLBs) :''Small shore-based self-righting lifeboats approximately 15 metres long, capable of search and rescue operations of up to 100 nautical miles with a top speed of approximately 25 knots. They carry a crew of four or five persons.'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Specialty Vessels * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Training Vessels :''Vessels used for training at the Coast Guard College''. All three are small patrol boats with a crew of 3. * * * ;Utility craft :''CCG employs various makes and models of small craft aboard ships and at shore stations for utility and search and rescue tasks. Large vessels carry work boats such as Rotork Marine's Sea Truck design, similar to small landing craft, which are deployed by davits and used for delivering supplies ashore to light stations and remote communities. RHIBs equipped with outboard or inboard engine propulsion systems are deployed aboard CCG ships or at shore stations as tenders and as fast rescue craft (FRC) for utility and search and rescue tasks. * Work boats * * Roseborough Boats RF-246 designs * * Rotork Marine Sea Truck designs * Rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) * *Zodiac Hurricane Mark IV, Mark V, Mark VI, 733 and 753 SOLAS designs * *Roseborough Boats Rough Water 9.11 SOLAS designs 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Equipment of the Canadian Coast Guard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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