HMCS Athabaskan (R79)

	HMCS Athabaskan circa. August 1951 – February 1952, probably in Korean waters.
History
Canada
Name	Athabaskan
Namesake	HMCS Athabaskan (G07)
Ordered	April 1942
Builder	Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Laid down	15 May 1943
Launched	4 May 1946
Commissioned	20 January 1948
Recommissioned	25 October 1954
Decommissioned	21 April 1966
Identification	Pennant number: R79; later DDE 219
Motto	"We Fight as One"
Nickname(s)	Athabaskan II
Honours and; awards	Korea 1950
Fate	Sold for scrapping 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,850 tons (standard),; 2,520 tons (full);
Length	377 ft (114.9 m)
Beam	37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, steam turbines, 2 shafts, 44,000 shp
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Range	5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 524 tons oil;
Complement	190 (219 as leader)
Armament	8 – 4 in L/45 QF Mk.XVI guns, 4 × twin mounting HA Mk.XIX; 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.V; 4 × single 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.III; 1 × tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 1 × rack, 2 × throwers for depth charges;

HMCS Athabaskan was a Tribal-class destroyer that served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the immediate post-Second World War era. She was the second destroyer to bear the name "Athabaskan", after the many tribes throughout western Canada that speak Athabaskan family languages. Both this ship and the original HMCS Athabaskan were destroyers and thus this one became known as Athabaskan II.

Built too late to see action in the North Atlantic, Athabaskan II served in the Korean War and played an important role in Canadian postwar naval reform following a crew protest in 1949.

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