Posted by Lost Yooper on November 20, 19101 at 13:46:21:
In Reply to: Wreck to be Scuttled in Kingston Onterio posted by Lost Yooper on November 13, 19101 at 17:00:20:
: I got this off another board and thought a few people around here might be interested.
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: Talked to some folks in the Kingston Ecnomic Development group today and got some information on the Canadian Destroyer that is being planned to become a new dive site in Kingston.
: She is the HMCS Gatineau (DDE 236) - Restigouche Class There have been two Gatineaus who served under Canadian colours One was a WW2 destroyer ( I thought that she was the one, she was not - wrong again). It is the more modern one.
: Here are the facts on the ship:
: Her call sign was CGWF
: Laid down in Apr 1953 (Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Lauzon PQ)
: Launched in June 1957
: Commissioned on 17 Feb 1959
: Refitted (Improved Restigouche) Apr 1971
: Refitted (Destroyer Life Extension) Nov 1982
: Decommissioned on 24 May 1996
: Ships Compliment was 12 Officers 237 Crew
: She is 370 ft long (beam) by 42 ft wide (Breadth ) and drew 2,300 tonnes in 14 ft of water
: She could run 28 Knots when her twin steam turbines generated 30,000 hp
: Carried fore 2X3" gun mount, Homing torpedoes , Limbo, and ASROC
: Some of her deployments - Part of USS Ranger's Carrier Battle Group in 1979; UN Bosnia in 92, UN Embargo of Haiti in 93
: She is currently in Halifax NS and will have to be towed up the St. Lawrence. - which probably won't happen before freeze up. Then 9 months of cleaning - Volunteers are welcome and required. Butch and I am in. (Butch has been volunteered to drill the last hole by me )
: Then the big day - soon to be announced.