Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea announces the
acceptance of the seventh of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Hero Class
vessels, the CCGS A. LeBlanc.
The CCGS A. LeBlanc was named after fisheries officer Agapit LeBlanc, of Bouctouche,
New
Brunswick, who joined the Canadian Fisheries and Marine Service in
1920. He was killed on October 20, 1926 while investigating illegal
fishing vessels.
This Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel will be based in the Central and Arctic
Region and was constructed in Halifax, Nova Scotia by Irving
Shipbuilding Inc. A formal naming and dedication ceremony will follow
when the vessel arrives in its home region.
Oddly, I Don’t have a picture of her in the water..
