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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS GRILSE
SS71
Former
USS BURRFISH
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HMCS Grilse SS71
Source: City of Vancouver Archives.
Photographer Walter E. Frost
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Laid down: 24
Feb 1943
Launched: 18
Jun 1943
Commissioned:
13 Sep 1943
Paid
off: 11 May 1961
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Commissioned in the RCN: 11 May 1961
Paid off: 02
Oct 1969
Returned to USN:
02 Oct 1969
Fate: Sunk
as a target on 19 Nov 1969
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Commissioned as USS Burrfish on 13 Sep
1943, she was borrowed
from the USN and commissioned as HMCS Grilse on 11 May 1961 at New
London, CT. After
she was paid off she was returned to the USN. On 19 Nov 1969 she was
sunk as a target off San Clemente Island, CA.
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Commanding Officers |
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LCdr Edmond Gilbert Gigg,
RCN - 11 May 1961 - 02 Dec 1962
LCdr G.C. McMorris,
RCN - 03 Dec 1962 - 27 Sep 1964 LCdr J.
Rodocanachi,
RCN - 28 Sep 1964 - 09 Sep 1966 |
LCdr M. Tate, RCN - 09 Sep 1966 -
20 Aug 1988 LCdr Carl Edwin Falstrem, RCN
- 20 Aug 1988 - 02 Dec 1968 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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A-B
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Barker,
Michael John
1940-2007 |
Bell, J.C.
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Commissioning crew as P1FC4 |
Bell,
James Duncan
1926-2015
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Bond,
John Vernon
1937-2015
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Brown,
William DeWitt
1930-2017
Commissioning crew as LSEM2
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Button,
Fred John
1935-2013
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C-D |
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Dykes,
John Russell
1938-2008 |
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E-F |
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Fahey,
Robert Gary
1940-2013
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Fast,
Allen
1934-2017
Commissioning Crew as ABRM2
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Fisher,
Brian John
____-2017
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Fitzgerald,
James O'Neill
____-2017
Commissioning crew as a Lt |
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G-H |
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Gibbard,
Douglas Hawley
____-2003
Commissioning crew as P1SN4 |
Gigg,
Edmund Gilbert
1924-2013
1st Commanding Officer
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Hinde,
James R.
1932-2017
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Holland,
Orville Derrick 1929-2016
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Huzzey, G.
____-____
Commissioning crew as P2WU2 |
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I-J |
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Irvine, Kenneth George
1936-2001
Served in Grilse 1964-1966 and
1968 |
Jennings,
Brian
1937-2003
Commissioning crew as ABSN1
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K-L |
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Kirk,
Peter
1935-2017 |
Langlois,
Howard Francis Sr.
1931-2002
Commissioning crew as P2CK3 |
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O-P |
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Orton, R.
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Commissioning crew as LSET3 |
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Salaga,
Steven A.
1932-2018 |
Therrien,
Bert
1938-2011 |
Thompson,
Roy George
1927-2012 |
Thomson,
William G.
1933-2016 |
Tudor,
David T.
1926-2008 |
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Turner,
Henry M. 1935-2017 |
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W-X |
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Wavryk,
Walter Lawrence
____-2015
Commissioning crew as LSSN3 |
Webster,
Harry Alexander
1936-2017 |
Woolgar,
David E. 1930-2017 |
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Y-Z |
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Zerbin,
Helmut
1927-2016 |
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Former Crew Members
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Brower-Berkhoven, Isaac
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Scott, Jim, MA |
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Photos
and Documents
Links
HMCS
Grilse - Commissioning Book
HMCS
Grilse - Submariners Association of Canada East
History
of USS Burrfish
Through
A Canadian Periscope - Canada's Submarine Heritage 1914-2014
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