CCGS Sipu Muin
CCGS Sipu Muin is a Canadian Coast Guard is a Type 400 AP1-88 ACV AP1-88 Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV)] or hovercraft based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
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| Name: | Sipu Muin |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Hike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited, Wheatley, Ontario |
| Yard number: | 820551 |
| Launched: | 1998 |
| In service: | 1998-present |
| Homeport: | CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières |
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| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | BHC AP1-88/400 hovercraft |
| Tonnage: | 70 NT |
| Length: | 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
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| Endurance: | 1 day |
| Complement: | 4 |
Her sister ship, the CCGS Siyay, is based at CCG Hovercraft Base Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia.
The primary missions of Sipu Muin are icebreaking and performing search and rescue missions in the Saint Lawrence River and its navigable tributaries. Occasionally the Sipu Muin performs navigation aid maintenance.
"Sipu Muin" means "bear river" in Mi'kmaq.
See also
List of other Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft:
References
- "Canadian Coast Guard : CCGH Sipu Muin". ccg-gcc.gc.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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