HMCS KAPUSKASING J326 / 171 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS KAPUSKASING J326 / 171

Post wartime badge

HMCS Kapuskasing J326

Battle honours and awards: Atlantic 1944-45

Laid down: 19 Dec 1942

Launched: 22 Jul 1943

Commissioned: 17 Aug 1944

Paid off: 27 Mar 1946

Re-commissioned: 1949

Paid off: 1972

Fate: Sunk as a target ship 03 Oct 1978

Commissioned at Port Arthur on 17 Aug 1944, Kapuskasing arrived at Halifax early in Sep 1944 and on 01 Oct 1944 proceeded to Bermuda to work up. She returned to Halifax in mid-Nov 1944 and was assigned as Senior Officer's ship to EG W-1 of Western Escort Force When the force was disbanded in Jun 1945, she was placed temporarily in maintenance reserve at Sydney, then taken to Halifax for refit in Nov 1945. On completion of the refit she was paid off into reserve on 29 Mar 1946. In 1949 she was lent to the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys and converted for hydrographic survey work. Returned to the navy in 1972, she was expended as a target on 03 Oct 1978.

Commanding Officers
LCdr Angus Hetherington Rankin, OBE, RCN - 17 Aug 1944 - 02 Sep 1945	Lt G.M. Kennelly, RCNVR - 22 Oct 1945 - unk

In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
A-B
Bell, Joe ____-2014	Blackmore, S. Barry ____-2002
C-D
Constable, Douglas Franklin 1925-2010	Cunningham, Ronald George 1924-2006
K-L
Kilford, Roy 1920-1992 Served in Kapuskasing as a Stoker
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McHugh, James Chase ____-2014	Munroe, Frank Charles 1922-2014
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Rousseau, Charles Hector ____-2005
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Thompson, Herbert A, ____-1999 Served in Kapuskasing during WW 2