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HMCS KAPUSKASING
J326 / 171
Algerine
Class Minesweeper
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Wartime jacket patch |
HMCS KAPUSKASING J326
Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax
Click on the above photo to view a larger
image
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Post wartime badge
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 19
Dec
1942
Launched: 22
Jul 1943
Commissioned: 17
Aug 1944
Paid
off: 27 Mar 1946
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Transferred
to Dept of Mines and Technical Surveys: 1949
Transferred
to Auxiliary fleet: 1972
Fate: Sunk as a target ship
03 Oct 1978
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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 27 March 1946. In 1949, she was loaned to the
Department of Mines and Technical Surveys and converted for hydrographic
survey work. Returned to the Navy in 1972 and based in Halifax KAPUSKASING became part of the navy’s auxiliary fleet (pennant number 173), manned by
a civilian crew until she was expended as a target on 3 October 1978.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
LCdr Angus Hetherington Rankin, OBE,
RCN - 21 Jun 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
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Bell,
Joe
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Blackmore,
S. Barry
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Clements, W.
James
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Constable,
Douglas F.
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Crowe,
Herbert D.
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Cunningham,
Ronald G.
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Favreau, Jean-Marc
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Hilchey, Amos
W.
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Kilford,
Roy
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Leary,
James |
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Lewis, David J.
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Malone, D.
Edward
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McHugh,
James C.
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Munroe,
Frank C.
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Paolini, Neil
A.
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Rousseau,
Charles H.
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Samoyloff,
George S.
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Thompson,
Herbert A,
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Trepanier,
Joseph B.
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Tribe,
Robert W.
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Williams,
Ronald J.
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Former Crew Members
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Bragg,
Percival Dean, Lt, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944
Favreau,
Jean Marc, SLt, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944
Ferguson,
Keith Allister, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 16 Mar 1945
Gardiner,
John Hamilton, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 05 Feb 1945
Greason,
James Wilfred, Lt (E), RCNVR - 07 Mar 1945
Hodgson,
David Yuile, Lt, RCNVR - 03 Apr 1945
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Lewis,
Zachery Westopp Traver, A/Lt, RCNVR - 05 Mar 1945
Morehouse,
Sidney Judson, Lt (E), RCNVR - 25 Jun 1945
Scott,
Wallace Andrew William, SLt, RCNVR - 22 Jul 1944
Turner,
John Russell, A/Wt (E), RCN - 01 May 1944
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Photos and
Documents
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Jacket patch for HMCS KAPUSKASING J326
From the collection of James (Jimmy) Leary
Courtesy of Gerry Leary |
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HMCS KAPUSKASING conducting a stern fueling with
a oil tanker while escorting a convoy
From the collection of Charles Rousseau
Courtesy of Pierre Rousseau |
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Sailors from HMCS KAPUSKASING J326 ashore in
Bermuda Oct-Nov 1944
Jim Laing first on left
From the collection of Jim Laing
Courtesy of Gerry Laing |
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HMCS KAPUSKASING J326
RCN Photo # M1065
Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum |
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The former HMCS KAPUSKASING being prepared to be
towed out to sea as a live-fire target - 03 Oct 1978
Courtesy of the Assistant Royal Canadian Navy
Heritage Officer |
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The former HMCS KAPUSKASING awaiting her fate as
a live-fire target - 03 Oct 1978
Source: Canadian Forces Joint Imaging Centre in
Ottawa
Courtesy of Don Smith |
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