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OAS platform Detail for Vancouver
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platforms_id: 12109
Title: CCGS
Name: Vancouver
ICES Code: 18VV
Callsign:
Countries: CANADA
Comments: ICES request for the vessel Vancouver from CANADA.

Proposed Code : 18VV
Name : Vancouver
Flag : CANADA - CA (ISO Country Code)
Title : CCGS
Platform Class : 34 Vessel at fixed position - Includes light vessels and weather ships
Commissioned Date : 1967
Decommissioned Date : 1981
Current Length : 123.2
Built : 1965
Notes : Specially designed and used as weathership at Station Papa and along Line P initially. Sister ship of the CCGS Quadra. Not to be confused with the Canadian Navy ships named HMCS Vancouver.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/90648.pdf
- http://uralica.com/ccgs.htm
- http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp2/wxship.html

Multiple Hull Info:
18QV - QUADRA/VANCOUVER
18VC - VANCOUVER

Important Comments
- http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp2/wxship.html

We used 18VV for this ship (14 cruises from 1968 to 1973) and would like to continue using it.

Confirmed by NOAA on 2014-02-19.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2014-02-19 23:00:39+00
Editdate: 2022-07-01 03:15:17+00