CFAV Cougar (YAG 308)

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CFAV Cougar in 2007
History
Naval ensign of Canada.svg Canada
Operator Royal Canadian Navy
BuilderWithey's Shipyards, Silva Bay
Launched1954
In service1954
Out of service2007
Homeport CFB Esquimalt
Identification
  • YFM-308 (1954)
  • YFP-308 (1960)
  • YAG-308 Cougar (1980)
FateSold, 2011
General characteristics
TypeTraining vessel
Displacement70 tonnes (69 long tons)
Length75 ft 3 in (22.94 m)
Beam18 ft (5.5 m)
Draught2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Installed power Yanmar diesel generator
Propulsion2 × Detroit Diesel 6-71 series engines, 320 hp (239 kW)
Speed10 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried		 Zodiac launch
Complement12 - 14

Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel (CFAV) Cougar (YAG 308) was one of ten wooden YAG 300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) between 1953 and 1955. Built for use as auxiliary craft, Cougar primarily served as an at-sea training platform for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Sea Cadets at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt. [1] [2] Her name was reused for PTC 61 Cougar Orca-class Patrol Craft Training (PCT) tender that replaced the YAG 300 vessels as the RCN training tenders in 2008. [3]

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Design and layout

Like other YAG 300 vessels, Cougar was 75′ long overall, 18′6″ wide, had a draft of 4′6″, measured 70 tonnes, and was powered by twin 6-71 Detroit Diesel engines. Cougar was arranged in typical naval fashion with officer’s housed forward with the galley and their own head, an engine room midships, and cadet room aft with 12-14 bunks in double tiers. The heads are equipped with a pump-action lever, that can be used to pump sewage into the black water treatment tanks held aboard or into the ocean water. Above decks was the wheelhouse mounted on the forward cabin's coaming; aft of that, the exposed breezeway; and, mounted on the after cabin's coaming, a Zodiac launch as well as a food locker and barbeque. Above the wheelhouse was an open bridge, fitted with a chart table and a gyrocompass repeater. A second gyro repeater was fitted on the quarterdeck. Cougar was equipped with a small navigation radar, with the display located in the wheelhouse.

Operational history

In 1954 she was built for the RCN as YFM 308 (Yard Ferry, Man) and served as a harbour ferry boat. Re-designated as YFP 308 (Yard Ferry, Personnel) in 1960, she was transferred to reserve status due to defence budget cuts. [4] When she was brought back into service in the mid-60s, she was redesignated YAG 308 Cougar and served as a training vessel for regular and reserve forces until she was removed from service in 2007. She was sold in 2011 to private interests.

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References

  1. ↑ "DND/CF : Backgrounder : The YAG 300 Replacement Project". 2007-03-11. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. ↑ "Yard Auxiliary General Info". Yard Auxiliary General. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "CFAV Caribou YAG314 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  4. ↑ "YAG 306 (GRIZZLY) - For Posterity's Sake". www.forposterityssake.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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