HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)

History
Canada
NameAthabaskan
NamesakeAthabaskan
BuilderDavie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down1 June 1969
Launched27 November 1970
Commissioned30 September 1972
Decommissioned10 March 2017
Refit4 June 1994 (TRUMP)
HomeportCFB Halifax
Identification
MottoWe Fight as One
FateScrapped 2018
NotesColours:White and Scarlet
BadgeBlazon On a field argent, a North American Indian clad in buckskin breeches, leggings and beaded moccasins, but bare to the waist except for a necklace of bear's claws and blue shells, and ear ornaments of the last. The Indian wears the full-feathered headdress and is mounted bareback upon an Indian pony being halted from the trot. The Indian holds a red bow and arrow in the "ready" position, the latter pointing down.[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeIroquois-class destroyer
Displacement5100 t
Length129.8 m (425.9 ft)
Beam15.2 m (49.9 ft)
Draught4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Propulsion
Speed29 kn (53.7 km/h)
Range4,500 nmi (8,334.0 km)
Complement280
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Signaal AN/SPQ 501 DA-08 radar
  • Signaal LW-08 AN/SPQ 502 radar
  • SQS-510 hull sonar
  • SQS-510 VDS sonar
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters
Aviation facilitieshangar and flight deck
Foredeck, gun and bridge

HMCS Athabaskan was an Iroquois-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1972 until 2017. Athabaskan was the third ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or simply as the 280 class. She is the third vessel to use the designation HMCS Athabaskan.

Athabaskan was laid down on 1 June 1969 at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon and was launched on 27 November 1970. She was officially commissioned on 30 September 1972 and carries the hull classification symbol 282.

Athabaskan completed a refit known as the Tribal Update and Modernization Project (TRUMP) on 4 June 1994. At this time her classification changed from Destroyer Helicopter (DDH) to Destroyer Guided Missile (DDG). She was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) homeported at CFB Halifax.

  1. ^ "Official Lineages, Volume 2, Part 1: Extant Commissioned Ships". National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2014.