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Crews re-float sabotaged coast guard ship in Nova Scotia fishing village

The Canadian Coast Guard has refloated one of its ships after it was cut from its cradle at a Nova Scotia shipyard over a week ago. The CCGS Corporal McLaren had been partially submerged with 2,600 litres of diesel fuel in its tanks and 400 litres of hydraulic fluid on board after it was allegedly sabotaged in an incident reported to police Nov. 17. Keith Laidlaw, the Coast Guard’s deputy superintendent for environmental response, says the operation started Monday afternoon and was complete by late evening, after the shipyard and salvage team pumped thousands of litres of water out of its hold. >click to read<10:47

PHOTOS: Coast guard ship partially submerged after sliding loose at Sambro shipyard

A Canadian Coast Guard ship that was undergoing a scheduled refit in Sambro is partially submerged Saturday after coming loose overnight, and police consider the incident to be suspicious. The CCGS Corporal McLaren “was released from its secured cradle” at the Canadian Maritime Engineering Ltd. shipyard and slid down the slip, according to the coast guard’s Twitter feed. >click to read<16:57