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CCGS Waban-Aki (2008/08/31)
      
Details/Construction
Builder:British Hovercraft CorporationLocation:East Cowes, Isle of ManHull #:88
Design:AP1-88/200
Keel Layed:Launched:1987Commissioned:1987/07/15
Propulsion
As builtType:4 × Deutz BF 12L513 driving 4 turbopropsOutput:2100 hp (1760kW) - 50 knots
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Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):24.5 m (80.4 ft)Gross Tonnage:48.4
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Beam:12 m (39.3 ft)Dead Weight:
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Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Canadian GovernmentMinister of Transport1987/072010
Hoverwork, UK20102012
Unknown Venezuelan owners2012
FleetFromUntil
Canadian Coast Guard - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada1987/072010
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Waban-Aki (CCGH)2010
Arauca
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1987/07 2010
England 2010 2012
Venezuela 2012
Description
Based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. It was a Type 200 AP1-88 ACV and sister ship to CCGH Sipu Muin. The primary missions of Waban-Aki was icebreaking and performing search and rescue missions in the Saint Lawrence River and its navigable tributaries. Occasionally the Waban-Aki performed navigation aid maintenance.

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.
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