CCGS John A. Macdonald
CCGS John A. MacDonald (red ship at left) in the Northwest Passage in 1969 |
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| Career (Canada) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CCGS John A. Macdonald |
| Namesake: | Sir John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada |
| Owner: | Canadian Government |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec |
| Yard number: | 313107 |
| Commissioned: | 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 1991 |
| In service: | 1960-1991 |
| Out of service: | 1991 |
| Refit: | 1987 |
| Struck: | 1991 |
| Homeport: | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Nickname: | "Johnnie Mac" |
| Honours and awards: |
"Queen of the Fleet" U.S. Coast Guard Unit Commendation 1967 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Heavy Icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 6,186 tonnes (6,818.90 short tons) |
| Length: | 315 ft (96 m) |
| Beam: | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Ice class: | Arctic ice class 2-3 |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric; three shafts (15,000 shp) |
CCGS John A. Macdonald was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. She was named after The Right Honourable, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Cananda), the First Prime Minister of Canada.
She was commissioned into the Canadian Department of Transport's Marine Service in 1960 using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship" (CGS). She was transferred in 1962 into the newly created Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and served with distinction until being decommissioned in 1991, and replaced by the then-chartered (but later purchased) CCGS Terry Fox.
Read more about CCGS John A. Macdonald: Ship's History, Awards and Honours