CCGS John Cabot (2020)

For other ships with the same name, see CCGS John Cabot and John Cabot (ship).

History
Canada
Name	John Cabot
Namesake	John Cabot
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder	Vancouver Shipyards, North Vancouver
Launched	3 July 2020
In service	2020–present
Identification	CGDJ IMO number: 9781853
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,672 GT 892 NT
Length	63.4 m (208 ft 0 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Ice class	Polar Class 7
Propulsion	Diesel electric 3 × Caterpillar-3512 engine, 2,250 kW (3,020 hp)
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (cruise) 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (maximum)
Range	6,400 nmi (11,900 km; 7,400 mi)
Endurance	31 days
Complement	23

CCGS John Cabot is a Canadian Coast Guard offshore fisheries research ship.[1] The vessel was constructed in 2020 by Vancouver Shipyards, operated by Seaspan Shipyards, in North Vancouver, British Columbia.[2] It is named after John Cabot, an Italian explorer. John Cabot's home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]

History

In June 2023, John Cabot participated in the search for the OceanGate Titan submersible. It stayed on to support the recovery of the wreckage of the Titan submersible implosion.[4][5]

References

1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. "Vessel - CCG Fleet : CCGS John Cabot". Canadian Coast Guard. Government of Canada.
2. Carla Wilson (13 January 2021). "Canadian Coast Guard's John Cabot, new scientific ship, on its way to East Coast". Times Colonist.
3. Keelan Green (9 October 2020). "Seaspan Shipyards Delivers CCGS John Cabot, Completing First Class of Ships under Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy". Seaspan Shipyards.
4. Joshua Chong (23 June 2023). "What we still don't know about the 'catastrophic implosion' that downed the missing Titanic sub". The Toronto Star.
5. "Ships return as Titan sub recovery operations begin to wind down". RTÉ. AFP. 24 June 2023.