HMCS Kapuskasing (J326)
| Career (Canada) |   |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kapuskasing |
| Namesake: | Kapuskasing, Ontario |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Navy |
| Ordered: | 12 December 1941 |
| Builder: | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ontario |
| 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[2] |
| Fate: | Expended as target 1978 |
| Notes: | Colours: White and dark green |
| Badge: | Blazon pert, shakefork couped, barry wavy argent and azure[3] |
| General characteristics [4] | |
| Class and type: | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 990 long tons (1,006 t) |
| Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 3-drum Yarrow-type boilers 2 × 1,250 shp (932 kW) triple expansion engines 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 107 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Type 271 radar |
| Armament: | 1 × single 4 in (100 mm) HA anti-aircraft gun 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar Depth charges |
HMCS Kapuskasing was an Algerine-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The vessel was primarily used as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. Following the war she saw service as a hydrographic survey ship with the Department of Mines. She was named for Kapuskasing, Ontario.
Kapuskasing was ordered on 12 December 1941.[5] The ship was laid down on 19 December 1942 by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. at Port Arthur, Ontario and launched 22 July 1943.[5][6] The vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 17 August 1944 at Port Arthur, with the pennant J326.[6]
War service
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. 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.[6]
In November 1945, Kapuskasing underwent a refit at Halifax and upon its completion, was paid off into the reserve on 27 March 1946.[6]
Postwar service
In 1949, Kapuskasing was recommissioned and was assigned pennant 171. The vessel was loaned to the Department of Mine and Technical Surveys for use as a hydrographic survey platform. The ship was returned to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1972. On 3 October 1978, she was taken to sea and sunk as a naval target.[6]
References
- ↑ "HMCS Kapuskasing". www.readyayeready.com. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ↑ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Canadian Design Resource - Ship’s Badge HMCS Kapuskasing". www.canadiandesignresource.ca. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "ALGERINE Class". www.hazegray.org. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "HMCS Kapuskasing (J 326)". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces, 1910-2002 (3 ed.). St. Catharines: Vanwell Publishing Limited. p. 196. ISBN 1551250721.
See also
- List of ships of the Canadian Navy
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