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.