DDE 234 HMCS Assiniboine

1963 to 1988 - St. Laurent DDH class DDH 234 HMCS Assiniboine

1956 to 1963

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St. Laurent class
DD - Destroyer

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History of DDE 234 HMCS Assiniboine
1952-may-19	Laid down
1954-feb-12	Launched
1956-aug-16	Commissioned
1963	Decommissioned
1963	Refit	as DDH
History of St. Laurent DDH class DDH 234 HMCS Assiniboine
1963-jun-28	Commissioned
1976-sep-1	Deployment	Assumes patrol from HMCS Fraser in the BRUIN WATCH while Soviet Navy ships search for a crashed TU-95 Bear D in the Grand Banks, near Newfoundland
1979-nov-16	Refit	DELEX
1988-dec-14	Decommissioned
1989		Harbour training ship at Halifax
1995	Fate: sunk	sunk as an artificial reef in the Caribbean

Specifications

from St. Laurent class
249	crew
2800	full load (tn)
113.10	length (m)
12.80	beam (m)
4	draught (m)
4750	range (nm)
28	max speed (knots)



3	Naval Engine boilers
2	Naval Engine steam turbines



2	Naval Gun Mark 33 3/50 inch (twin 76 mm)
2	Naval Gun single 40 mm
2	Rocket Launcher ASW mortar Mk 10 Limbo

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