HMCS Kapuskasing
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Canada | |
Name | Kapuskasing |
Namesake | Kapuskasing, Ontario |
Ordered | 12 December 1941 |
Builder | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur |
Laid down | 19 December 1942[1] |
Launched | 22 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 17 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 March 1946 |
Identification | pennant number: J236 |
Recommissioned | 1949 |
Decommissioned | 1972 |
Identification | pennant number: 171 |
Honors and awards | Atlantic, 1944–1945[4][2] |
Fate | Expended as target 1978 |
Notes | Colours: White and dark green[2] |
Badge | Vert, shakefork couped, barry wavy argent and azure[2][3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draught | 12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament |
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HMCS Kapuskasing was an
Design and description
The reciprocating group displaced 1,010–1,030 long tons (1,030–1,050 t) at
The reciprocating ships had two
The Algerine class was armed with a
Construction and career
Kapuskasing was ordered on 12 December 1941.
After commissioning, Kapuskasing was sent to Bermuda to work up. Upon the vessel's return to Canadian waters, she was assigned to the Western Escort Force as Senior Officer's Ship of escort group W-1. As Senior Officer Ship, the commander of the escort would be aboard her during convoy missions.[9] Primarily used as a convoy escort, the ship remained with the group until the end of hostilities in the Atlantic Ocean. The group was disbanded in June 1945 and she was placed in maintenance reserve at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[8]
In November 1945, Kapuskasing underwent a refit at Halifax and upon its completion, was paid off into the reserve on 27 March 1946.[8]
In 1949, Kapuskasing was recommissioned and was assigned pennant 171. The vessel was loaned to the
See also
- List of ships of the Canadian Navy
Notes
- ^ "HMCS Kapuskasing". www.readyayeready.com. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ^ a b c Arbuckle, p. 53
- ^ "The Canadian Design Resource – Ship's Badge HMCS Kapuskasing". www.canadiandesignresource.ca. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Lenton, p. 261
- ^ Chesneau, p. 65
- ^ a b "HMCS Kapuskasing (J 326)". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Macpherson & Barrie, p. 196
- ^ Burn, p. 242
References
- Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). Badges of the Canadian Navy. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.
- Burn, Alan (1999). The Fighting Commodores: The Convoy Commanders in the Second World War. London: Leo Cooper. ISBN 9780850525045.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (3 ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.