Name Kelso Port of registry Ottawa, Ontario In service 2009-present Weight 32 tons | Operator Canadian Coast Guard Commissioned 2009 Length 18 m Builder Nova Scotia | |
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Namesake Dr. John Kelso, late Fisheries and Oceans scientist | ||
The CCGS Kelso is a scientific research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard from CGS Base Burlington in the Central and Arctic Region of Canada. She was commissioned on September 8, 2009, by Terence Young, Member of Parliament for Oakville, at the Canadian Centre of Inland Waters in Burlington. The vessel was built by ABCO Industries Lunenburg Shipyard to replace the retiring CCGS Shark. The ship is named for the late Dr John Kelso.
She is classed as a "Near Shore Fisheries Research Vessel". She can seat ten passengers, in addition to her crew of two. She replaced the CCGS Shark.
She is named after a recently deceased scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the parent department for the Coast Guard.
CGS Base Burlington
Other ships at the base: