CCGS A. LeBlanc

CCGS A. LeBlanc is the seventh of nine Hero-class patrol vessels operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.

A. LeBlanc has a fuel capacity of 34 m3 (7,500 imp gal) giving the vessel a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) and an endurance of 14 days.

[1][2] The ship is equipped with Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT navigational radar operating on the X and S-bands.

[1] A. LeBlanc was ordered from Irving Shipbuilding in 2009 and the ship's keel was laid down on 27 October 2012 at Halifax Shipyards in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the yard number 6101.

[2][3] The ship was launched on 27 January 2014 and named for Agipit LeBlanc, a fishery control officer who was murdered in the line of duty.

The vessel's namesake, Agipit LeBlanc, was a fishery control officer who was murdered in the line of duty