HMCS Wasaga

HMCS Wasaga underway
History
Canada
Name	Wasaga
Namesake	Wasaga Beach, Ontario
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver
Laid down	3 September 1940
Launched	23 January 1941
Commissioned	1 July 1941
Decommissioned	6 October 1945
Identification	Pennant number: J162
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944, Normandy 1944[1]
Fate	Sold 1947 for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement	672 long tons (683 t)
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) oa
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Draught	9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	83
Armament	1 × 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt HA gun 1 × QF 2-pounder Mark VIII 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns 40 depth charges as escort

HMCS Wasaga (pennant J162) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Entering service in 1941, the minesweeper took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and the invasion of Normandy. Following the end of the war, the vessel was sold in 1946 and broken up for scrap in 1947.