CCGS Waban-Aki

History
Name	Waban-Aki
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder	British Hovercraft Corporation, East Cowes, England
Yard number	AP1-88
Launched	1987
Decommissioned	2010
In service	1987-2010
Homeport	CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières-Ouest, Quebec - Quebec Region
Identification	CH-CGC
Status	Decommissioned 2010
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 200
Type	BHC AP1-88 hovercraft
Tonnage	3 GT
Length	24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	4 × Deutz BF 12L513 1760 kW turboprops; 2 × Hoffman 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in) propellers;
Speed	50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) maximum; 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) cruise;
Range	600 nmi (1,100 km) at 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Endurance	1 day
Complement	4

CCGH Waban-Aki was a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. It was a Type 200 AP1-88 ACV^[1] and sister ship to CCGH Sipu Muin. Its name is derived from the First Nations term Wabanaki.

The hovercraft was sold in 2010 to Hoverwork UK and was replaced by CCGS Mamilossa. It was then sold to commercial interests in Venezuela renamed "Arauca" and operating on the Rio Orinoco as of 2012^[2]

The primary missions of Waban-Aki was icebreaking^[3] and performing search and rescue missions in the Saint Lawrence River and its navigable tributaries. Occasionally the Waban-Aki performed navigation aid maintenance.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Vessel - Canadian Coast Guard: CCG WABAN-AKI". 31 March 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
^ Correo Orinoco, Video and text on hovercraft operation on Rio Orinoco.
^ Hovercraft may be used to access ice and tow it away in areas inaccessible to conventional icebreakers as is done with the CCGS Mamilossa, see: "CCGS Mamilossa - Canadian Coast Guard". Retrieved 20 December 2015.

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[ccg-1] "Vessel - Canadian Coast Guard: CCG WABAN-AKI". 31 March 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

[2] Correo Orinoco, Video and text on hovercraft operation on Rio Orinoco.

[3] Hovercraft may be used to access ice and tow it away in areas inaccessible to conventional icebreakers as is done with the CCGS Mamilossa, see: "CCGS Mamilossa - Canadian Coast Guard". Retrieved 20 December 2015.

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AP1-88 hovercraft of the Canadian Coast Guard
AP1-88-200	Waban-Aki
AP1-88-400	Sipu Muin Siyay
Equipment of the Canadian Coast Guard

CCGS Waban-Aki

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