CCGS Hudson

CCGS Hudson

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship "Hudson" is an offshore oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.ref|Ccg

CCGS "Hudson" is Canada's oldest operational ocean research vessel. She was constructed in the early 1960s for the Canadian Oceanographic Service, coinciding with the opening of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

Former CSS (now CCGS) "Hudson" was the largest vessel built at that time specifically designed for research purposes. For over four decades, CSS "Hudson" has made significant contributions to knowledge about the oceans through hydrographic surveys and oceanographic research.

Particularly important was a 1970 voyage around both North and South America, the first time a ship made a voyage that transited the Americas. This research voyage established many benchmarks in marine observations, and demonstrated that navigation through the famous North-West Passage was fundamentally dangerous because of uncharted undersea mountain peaks. This monumental voyage, in which over 100 scientists participated during various stages, was documented in the 1973 book "Voyage to the Edge of the World" by Alan Edmonds (ISBN 0771030673).

The Government of Canada announced several new shipbuilding projects for the Canadian Coast Guard in 2007, including a replacement for CCGS "Hudson" to be delivered by 2014, giving her over 50 years of operational service to Canada.

Trivia

* CCGS "Hudson" played an important role in searching for the debris of Swissair flight 111.ref|Grapple She has also been involved in several search and rescue missions.

References

# [http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/fleet/details_e.asp?name=HUDSON official Hudson web-page] , Canadian Coast Guard
# [http://www.navy.mil/palib/oceanography/swissair02.html USS Grapple continues assistance to Canadian authorities] ,
# [http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/oceanography/mudss.html U.S. Navy sends new underwater detection system to Halifax] , United States Navy

External links

* [http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=CGDG Latest Reported Position from Sailwx]


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