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CCGS John Cabot (1965)
CCGS John Cabot (id: 320951;IMO number: 6514974; MMSI number: 247253000) was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker and cable ship in service starting 1965. It passed out of CCG service and entered private service in 1994, as the cable ship CS John Cabot. In 1997, it was again renamed, becoming CS Certamen. The ship was scrapped in 2014, under the name Certa. It was the world's first icebreaking cable repair ship built. In 1985, it recovered the black boxes from Air India Flight 182. As of 2023[update], the John Cabot participated in the deepest submarine rescue ever performed, in 1973, retrieving Pisces III from the seafloor at 480 m (1,570 ft) and rescuing the crew of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.
The vessel was named after John Cabot, a Venetian explorer from the Age of Exploration.[citation needed] It was the first Canadian Coast Guard ship to carry the name "John Cabot" or "Cabot". The modern Canadian Coast Guard was founded in 1962. The John Cabot entered service in 1965.
The ship passed into Italian service, and was renamed to Certamen, a different Italian name than it already had (John Cabot being the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto). It carried the callsign IBUC. "Certamen" refers to competition in Latin.
When the ship was retired, it was renamed to Certa, and then scrapped. "Certa" refers to surety in Italian.
The ship was ordered in 1962, and built in Montreal in 1964, by Canadian Vickers. It entered service in 1965 with the Canadian Coast Guard as CCGS John Cabot, callsign CGDJ It was christened John Cabot on 31 May 1965. On entry to service it was the only icebreaking cable repair ship in the world, and the first such to be built. The ship was sponsored by the Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation (COTC), a Canadian Crown Corporation, and worked as part of the Department of Transport.
In 1965 and 1966, the John Cabot repaired the submarine cable connecting Thule Air Base in Greenland to the rest of the world. For the efforts in repairing the telecommunications cable in November 1965, the ship's captain, Captain George S. Burdock, was awarded the Shield of NORAD in a ceremony on board CCGS John Cabot, while at dock in the Port of Montreal on 22 July 1966.
The John Cabot was one of the ships involved in laying the TAT-5 and SF System transatlantic cables in the 1960s.
In 1973, while laying the CANTAT-2 transatlantic cable, in coordination with several other ships, including the submarine Pisces III, the Pisces III sunk to the seafloor and needed rescue. John Cabot successfully fished up the submarine, rescuing the crew. The sub had been stuck at 480 m (1,570 ft), becoming the deepest submarine rescue ever.
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CCGS John Cabot (1965)
CCGS John Cabot (id: 320951;IMO number: 6514974; MMSI number: 247253000) was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker and cable ship in service starting 1965. It passed out of CCG service and entered private service in 1994, as the cable ship CS John Cabot. In 1997, it was again renamed, becoming CS Certamen. The ship was scrapped in 2014, under the name Certa. It was the world's first icebreaking cable repair ship built. In 1985, it recovered the black boxes from Air India Flight 182. As of 2023[update], the John Cabot participated in the deepest submarine rescue ever performed, in 1973, retrieving Pisces III from the seafloor at 480 m (1,570 ft) and rescuing the crew of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.
The vessel was named after John Cabot, a Venetian explorer from the Age of Exploration.[citation needed] It was the first Canadian Coast Guard ship to carry the name "John Cabot" or "Cabot". The modern Canadian Coast Guard was founded in 1962. The John Cabot entered service in 1965.
The ship passed into Italian service, and was renamed to Certamen, a different Italian name than it already had (John Cabot being the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto). It carried the callsign IBUC. "Certamen" refers to competition in Latin.
When the ship was retired, it was renamed to Certa, and then scrapped. "Certa" refers to surety in Italian.
The ship was ordered in 1962, and built in Montreal in 1964, by Canadian Vickers. It entered service in 1965 with the Canadian Coast Guard as CCGS John Cabot, callsign CGDJ It was christened John Cabot on 31 May 1965. On entry to service it was the only icebreaking cable repair ship in the world, and the first such to be built. The ship was sponsored by the Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation (COTC), a Canadian Crown Corporation, and worked as part of the Department of Transport.
In 1965 and 1966, the John Cabot repaired the submarine cable connecting Thule Air Base in Greenland to the rest of the world. For the efforts in repairing the telecommunications cable in November 1965, the ship's captain, Captain George S. Burdock, was awarded the Shield of NORAD in a ceremony on board CCGS John Cabot, while at dock in the Port of Montreal on 22 July 1966.
The John Cabot was one of the ships involved in laying the TAT-5 and SF System transatlantic cables in the 1960s.
In 1973, while laying the CANTAT-2 transatlantic cable, in coordination with several other ships, including the submarine Pisces III, the Pisces III sunk to the seafloor and needed rescue. John Cabot successfully fished up the submarine, rescuing the crew. The sub had been stuck at 480 m (1,570 ft), becoming the deepest submarine rescue ever.