HMCS Nootka (J35)

Nootka underway
History
Canada
Name	Nootka
Namesake	Nootka Sound
Ordered	23 August 1937
Builder	Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt
Laid down	1 February 1938
Launched	26 September 1938
Commissioned	6 December 1938
Decommissioned	29 July 1945
Renamed	Nanoose 1943
Identification	Pennant number: J35
Fate	Sold for commercial service 1946.
General characteristics
Class and type	Fundy-class minesweeper
Displacement	460 long tons (470 t; 520 short tons)
Length	163 ft (49.7 m)
Beam	27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Speed	12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	38
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk IV gun[1]

HMCS Nootka was a Fundy-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938–1945. She saw service during the Second World War as a local minesweeper working out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was named for Nootka Sound. In 1943 she was renamed HMCS Nanoose to allow the unit name Nootka to be used by the destroyer HMCS Nootka. Following the war the ship was sold for mercantile use, becoming the tugboat Sung Ling. The ship's registry was deleted in 1993.