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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS CHALEUR
164
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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 Jun 2017 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.
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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
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R. Girouard - 1996 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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C-D
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Carle,
Richard
1926-____
1st Commanding Officer |
Cormier,
Clarence Noel
1938-2016
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E-F
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Esbaugh,
Thomas Jerome
1952-2012 |
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G-H |
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Gordon,
Raymond Turner
1929-2015
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Hayward,
Robin Blakeney
1920-2006
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Hoskins,
William Birnie 1941-2009 |
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K-L |
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King,
Terry
____-2017
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Krywy,
Marcel
____-2018 |
Lewis,
Keith Dunham
1926-2011
2nd Commanding Officer |
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M-N |
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McArdle,
Christopher Charles
1934-2017 |
McIntyre,
Earl L.
1934-2016 |
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Q-R |
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Roggeveen,
Paul Adrian
____-2014 |
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S-T |
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Scoville,
William Clifton
____-2016 |
Siddons,
John
____-2006 |
Spencer,
Alan
1930-2016 |
Staicue,
Roy
____-2017
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Taylor,
Richard Keith
1954-2006
Served in Chaleur as XO |
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W-X |
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Walter,
John Ross Terry
1933-2012 |
Woolner,
Wayne K.
1945 - 1983 |
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Former Crew Members
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Abbott,
LS - 1978
Arbuckle,
Slt - 1978
Bakody,
David, LSER2 - 1971
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
Weatherby,
PO - 1978
Webster,
LS - 1978 |
Links -
Ship's
company photos for HMCS Chaleur
Photos and
Documents (below)
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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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