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HMCS CHALEUR
164
Bay
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS CHALEUR 164 - 07 Nov 1959
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Laid down: 20
Feb
1956
Launched: 11 May 1957
Commissioned: 12
Sep 1957
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Paid off: 18
Dec 1998
Fate:
Sold for private use. Last sighted Dec 2021 sunk at her moorings on Little Potato Slough
off the San Joaquin River near Stockton, CA.
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Built by Marine Industries
Ltd., Sorel, she was commissioned on 12 Sep 1957. Her
specifications when built: Displacement: 396 tons, Length 152 ft, Beam 28
ft, Draft 8 ft, Speed: 16 knots, Complement: 3 officers and 35 men,
Armament: 1-40 mm. CHALEUR, along with five of her sisters, was a member of Training Group Pacific until
paid off for disposal on 18 Dec 1998. She was later sold and
converted for private use being delivered to San Francisco in 2002/2003.
As of Jun 2017, the CHALEUR is located on Little Potato Slough off of the
San Joaquin River near 15138 W. 8 Mile Road, Stockton, CA at coordinates
38.057599, -121500654. The Stockton Maritime Museum, which is helping to
restore the USS Lucid (MSO-458) museum bought parts from the previous owners
who were "scrapping it out" and had removed the after deckhouse.
The current owners have plans to renovate the ship and use it either for
treasurer hunting or as a prepper haven. A google maps satellite and
street view image dates Dec 2021 shows that she sank at her moorings outside
the "Aurora" in the Little Potato Slough.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Richard Carle,
RCN - 12 Sep 1957 - 27 Jun 1959
LCdr Keith Dunham Lewis,
RCN - 28 Jun 1959 - 29 Mar 1951
Cdr Robin Blakeney Hayward,
RCN - 30 Mar 1961 - 23 Jul 1963
Cdr William Herbert Wilson,
RCN - 24 Jul 1963 - 20 Mar 1964
LCdr
Dorroch Norman MacGillivray 14 Apr 1967 - unk |
LCdr
Robert Goldie Campbell, RCN - 14 Apr 1969 - unk LCdr
Arthur George Schwarts, LCdr - 15 Apr 1970 - unk LCdr
Dave V. Adamthwaite -1978-1979  Lt
(N)
R. Girouard - 1996 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Carle,
Richard
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Carroll,
James D.
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Cormier,
Clarence N.
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Dunwoody,
Samuel G.
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Esbaugh,
Thomas J.
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Frizzell,
Wayne
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Gordon,
Raymond T.
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Hayward,
Robin B.
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Hoskins,
William B. |
Jennings,
Thomas C.
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Joyce, Kenneth
J.F.
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King,
Terry
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Krywy,
Marcel
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Lahey, Murray |
Leslie,
Gerald G. |
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Lewis,
Keith D.
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Logie, David
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McArdle,
Christopher
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McIntyre,
Earl L.
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Roggeveen,
Paul A.
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Saker,
Donald
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Scoville,
William C.
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Siddons,
John
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Spencer,
Alan
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Staicue,
Roy
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Taylor,
Richard K.
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Veniot,
Ralph E.
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Walter,
John R.T.
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Woolner,
Wayne K.
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Former Crew Members
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Abbott,
LS - 1978
Arbuckle,
Slt - 1978
Bakody,
David, LS.ER2
Eaton,
MS - 1978
Femia,
PO - 1978
Hutchings,
MS - 1978
Johnson,
MS - 1978
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Jordan,
MS - 1978
Lueck,
LS - 1978 March,
AB - 1978 McCullough,
LS - 1978 McDonald,
AB - 1978 Parker,
CPO - 1978 Plant,
Dan, Stoker (METTP) |
Shestopalski,
PO - 1978
Smith,
LS - 1978
Sorsdahl,
Lt - 1978
Thistle,
MS - 1978
Tiffin, Rick - 1985-1986
Watts,
Randall John
Weatherby,
PO - 1978
Webster,
LS - 1978 |
Photos and
Documents
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HMCS CHALEUR 164 - date unknown
From the collection of Sid Dobing
Courtesy of Brian Dobing
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J.R. Terry Walter (right) on HMCS CHALEUR - other
officer unknown
From the collection of Terry
Walter, Lt (N), RCN / C.A.F.
Courtesy of Bruce Walter
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HMCS CHALEUR 164
Courtesy of John McDonald
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Former
HMCS CHALEUR 164 (outboard ship) located on Little Potato Slough off of the
San Joaquin River near 8 Mile Road, Stockton, CA circa Jun 2016 - last
sighted in same area in Jun 2017.
Courtesy of / © 2016 Jack A. Frost,
LCdr, Medical Service Corps, United States Navy (retired)
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(Below) Google Satellite and Street view
image showing the former HMCS CHALEUR 164 having sunk at her moorings - Dec
2021
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