HMCS KAPUSKASING J326 / 171

 

Algerine Class Minesweeper

 

 

 

Post wartime badge

HMCS KAPUSKASING J326

Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax

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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

Transferred to Dept of Mines and Technical Surveys: 1949

Transferred to Auxiliary fleet: 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 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

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

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

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

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

KAP001

KAP002

KAP003

KAP004

(KAP001) Jacket patch for HMCS KAPUSKASING J326  //  From the collection of James (Jimmy) Leary  //  Courtesy of Gerry Leary

(KAP002) HMCS KAPUSKASING conducting a stern fueling with a oil tanker while escorting a convoy  //  From the collection of Charles Rousseau  //  Courtesy of Pierre Rousseau

(KAP003) 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
(KAP004) HMCS KAPUSKASING J326  //  RCN Photo # M1065  //  Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

 

Post Second World War photos

 

KAP100

KAP101

(KAP100) 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

(KAP101) 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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