HMCS Ojibwa (S72)
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Name: | HMCS Ojibwa |
| Namesake: | Ojibwa people |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard, England |
| Laid down: | 27 September 1962 |
| Launched: | 29 February 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 1998 |
| Fate: | Awaiting scrapping 2005 |
| Badge: | Blazon Azure, an escallop shell erect argent irradiated by nine ears of wild rice or, all issuing from two barrulets wavy of the last, in base. |
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| Class and type: | Oberon-class submarine |
HMCS Ojibwa (S72) was an Oberon-class submarine in the Royal Canadian Navy, later Canadian Forces. Built Chatham Dockyard.
Spent most of service life in the Atlantic, but for part of 1997 was on the coast of British Columbia.
In May 2005, the Halifax Chronicle-Herald announced that the Royal Canadian Navy was looking to sell Ojibwa for scrap metal, along with three other Canadian Oberons. The RCN's disposal co-ordinator stated that the submarines were not in suitable condition to be used as museum ships, and predicted that each submarine would sell for between C$50,000 and C$60,000. [1]
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[edit] References
- ^ "For sale: 4 submarines, not shipshape", CBC Online News, May 25, 2005. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
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