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|Ship caption=CGS ''D'Iberville'' underway in the Arctic, 1957
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|Ship country=Canada
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|coast guard}}
|Ship name=''D'Iberville''
|Ship namesake= [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]]
|Ship operator=*[[Department of Transport (Canada)|Department of Transport Marine Service]]
*[[Canadian Coast Guard]]
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|Ship builder=[[Davie Shipbuilding]], [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]]
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|Ship yard number=590
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|Ship launched= 12 June 1952
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|Ship commissioned=May 1953
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|Ship decommissioned= 1983
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*''Phillip O'Hara'' 1984
*''D'Iberville'' 1988
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|Ship struck=1983
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|Ship homeport=CCG Base [[Quebec City]]
|Ship identification={{IMO|5083734}}
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|Ship fate= Scrapped in [[Kaohsiung]] in 1989
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|Ship type=[[Icebreaker|Medium icebreaker]]
|Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|5678}}
* {{DWT|3600}}
|Ship displacement={{convert|9930|LT|t}}
|Ship length={{convert|310|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|67|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=* 2 × [[uniflow steam engine]]s, 2 [[Propeller|screws]]
* {{convert|10800|hp|abbr=on}}
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|Ship aircraft=1 helicopter
|Ship aircraft facilities=[[Hangar]] and [[flight deck]]
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'''CCGS ''D'Iberville'''''<ref group=note>CCGS stands for [[Canadian Coast Guard Ship]]</ref> was a [[Canadian Coast Guard]] [[icebreaker]] that was in service from 1952 to 1983 and was Canada's first modern icebreaker. The ship [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] as CGS ''D'Iberville'' for the [[Department of Transport (Canada)|Department of Transport]]'s Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship", ''D'Iberville'' was transferred into the newly-created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962. When launched, she was the largest icebreaker in use by Canada post-World War II until {{ship|CCGS|John A. Macdonald}} was put in service. In 1984, the icebreaker was renamed ''Phillip O'Hara'' before returning to her old name in 1988. In 1989 the vessel was sold for scrap and [[Ship breaking|broken up]] at [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]].

==Design and description==
''D'Iberville'' was {{convert|310|ft|m}} [[Length overall|long overall]] with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|67|ft|m}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|30|ft|m}}. The icebreaker had a [[Displacement (ship)|fully loaded displacement]] of {{convert|9930|LT|t}}, a [[gross register tonnage|gross register tonnage (GRT)]] of 5,678 and a [[deadweight tonnage|deadweight tonnage (DWT)]] of 3,600.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=86}}<ref name=miramar>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5083734|shipname=D'Iberville |accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref> The ship was propelled by two screws powered by two six-cylinder [[Uniflow steam engine#Skinner Unaflow|Skinner]] [[uniflow steam engine]]s creating {{convert|10800|ihp|kW|lk=in}}. This gave the ship a maximum speed of {{convert|15|kn|km/h|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=86}}{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=149}} The ship had a [[hangar]] as part of the [[superstructure]] that could hold two [[Bell 47]] helicopters and a [[flight deck]] over the stern of the ship, but usually only operated one helicopter.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=86}}{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=77}}

==Service history==
The icebreaker was constructed by [[Davie Shipbuilding]] at their yard in [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]], [[Quebec]], with the [[yard number]] 590 and was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 12 June 1952.<ref name=miramar/> The vessel entered into service with the [[Department of Transport (Canada)|Department of Transport]]'s Marine Service as CGS ''D'Iberville'' in May 1953, named for the French explorer [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]].{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=86}}<ref name=miramar/> Upon completion, ''D'Iberville'' became Canada's first modern icebreaker.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=51}} Following completion of her [[sea trial]]s, ''D'Iberville'' sailed to England as part of Canada's representation at Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II#Coronation review of the fleet|coronation review]] along with [[warship]]s from the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]. The ship was based at [[Quebec City]], Quebec and saw service in the [[St. Lawrence River]] and [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]].{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=149}} 

In 1953, on the icebreaker's first Arctic voyage, ''D'Iberville'' helped establish the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] post at [[Alexandria Fjord]] on [[Ellesmere Island]].{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=149}} That year, ''D'Iberville'' and the Arctic patrol vessel {{ship|CGS|C.D. Howe||2}} participated in the controversial forced resettlement of [[Inuit]] families from [[Inukjuak|Port Harrison]] in Northern [[Quebec]] to Ellesmere Island.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|pp=119–120}} On 29 April 1959, the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] was opened for the first time and ''D'Iberville'' and {{ship|CGS|Montcalm}} were the first ships to transit the [[Lock (water navigation)|lock]] at [[Saint-Lambert, Quebec]].{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=35}} In 1962, like all icebreaking vessels of the Department of Transport's Marine Service, she was transferred to the newly created [[Canadian Coast Guard]].{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=119}}

In 1972, ''D'Iberville'' was one of three icebreaking escorts for a [[convoy]] of cargo ships travelling to [[Mokka Fjord]] and [[Eureka, Nunavut|Eureka]]. This was the largest convoy to travel that far north into Canada's Arctic. In 1976, in conjunction with {{ship|CCGS|Louis S. St-Laurent}}, ''D'Iberville'' travelled into the [[Northwest Passage]] to aid {{ship|CCGS|J.E. Bernier}} after the small icebreaker damaged both her propellers.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|pp=124–125}} In 1981, ''D'Iberville'' made her last Arctic voyage.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=126}} The ship was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in 1983. The vessel was laid up first at Quebec City, then at [[Sorel-Tracy|Sorel]].{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=149}} Renamed ''Phillip O'Hara'' in 1984 and back to ''D'Iberville'' in 1988, the icebreaker was sold for scrap in 1989 and [[Ship breaking|broken up]] at [[Kaoshiung]], [[Taiwan]].<ref name=miramar/>

==References==

===Notes===
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===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |date=2003 |title=The Canadian Coast Guard 1962–2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiancoastgua0000magi |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-075-6 }}
* {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |name-list-style=amp |date=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-070-5 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Moore |editor-first=John |date=1981 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1981–82 |publisher=Jane's Publishing Incorporated |location=New York |isbn=0-531-03977-3 }}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091217114023/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Ship_Details Ships of the CCG 1850–1967]

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[[Category:Icebreakers of the Canadian Coast Guard]]
[[Category:1952 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Lévis]]
[[Category:Canadian Government Ship]]

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