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.

[1][2][3] 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, [4] a noted scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the parent department for the Coast Guard.

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