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USMC – Air Units
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Dies & Das
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Canada – Royal
Canadian Navy / Marine Canadienne
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Destroyer
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DDH 282 -
HMCS Athabaskan
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HMCS Athabaskan (DDH 282)
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DND photo
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Type,
Class:
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Iroquois Class Destroyer –
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Builder:
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Marine Industries Ltd.; Sorel, Quebec, Canada
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STATUS:
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Laid down: June 1, 1969 Launched: November 27, 1970 Commissioned:
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Homeport:
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CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Crest
Motto:
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> We fight as One <
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament,
Aviation, etc.)
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see: INFO
>> Destroyer
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Information & History … |
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Built at Davie Shipbuilding
Ltd. In Lauzon, Quebec, HMCS ATHABASKAN, the third warship of her class, was
launched on November 27th, 1970 and commissioned on November 30th, 1972. Her primary weapons were anti-submarine
which included mortars, homing torpedoes and two CH-124 SEA KING helicopters
armed with torpedoes. The SEA KING is an all-weather aircraft, which can
operate at speeds of up to 150 knots. For defense against air and surface
threats, HMCS ATHABASKAN originally had the Canadian Sea Sparrow missile
system and a 5" 54 caliber gun. Both these systems were radar
controlled. August 24th, 1990, forty
years after her predecessor sailed for Korea, ATHABASKAN accompanied by the
destroyer TERRA NOVA and the supply ship PROTECTEUR, sailed for the Persian
Gulf to support a multi-national naval blockade following the Iraqi invasion
of Kuwait. There, as the flagship of Canada's naval Task Group, she enforced
UN sanctions and later participated in Operation Desert Storm, the campaign
to liberate Kuwait. In April 1991, ATHABASKAN
returned to Halifax to commence her TRUMP conversion, which prepared her for
modern day warfare. |
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