HMCS CHALEUR 164 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS CHALEUR 164

HMCS Chaleur 164 - 07 Nov 1959

Laid down: 20 Feb 1956

Launched: 11 May 1957

Commissioned: 12 Sep 1957

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.

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.

Commanding Officers

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
C-D
Carle, Richard 1926-____ 1st Commanding Officer	Cormier, Clarence Noel 1938-2016
E-F
Esbaugh, Thomas Jerome 1952-2012
G-H
Gordon, Raymond Turner 1929-2015	Hayward, Robin Blakeney 1920-2006	Hoskins, William Birnie 1941-2009
K-L
King, Terry ____-2017	Lewis, Keith Dunham 1926-2011 2nd Commanding Officer
M-N
McArdle, Christopher Charles 1934-2017	McIntyre, Earl L. 1934-2016
Q-R
Roggeveen, Paul Adrian ____-2014
S-T
Scoville, William Clifton ____-2016	Siddons, John ____-2006	Spencer, Alan 1930-2016	Staicue, Roy ____-2017	Taylor, Richard Keith 1954-2006 Served in Chaleur as XO
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Walter, John Ross Terry 1933-2012	Woolner, Wayne K. 1945 - 1983