HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280)

Iroquois in 2009
History
Canada
Name	Iroquois
Namesake	Iroquois
Builder	Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel
Laid down	15 January 1969
Launched	28 November 1970
Commissioned	29 July 1972
Decommissioned	1 May 2015
Refit	3 July 1992
Homeport	CFB Halifax
Identification	MMSI number: 316126000 Callsign: CZGD
Motto	Relentless in chase[1]
Honours and awards	Atlantic, 1943; Arctic, 1943–1945; Biscay, 1943–44; Norway, 1945; Korea, 1952–53,[1][2] Arabian Sea[3]
Status	Scrapped
Notes	Colours:Gold and black[1]
Badge	Or, the head of an Iroquois brave, couped at the base of the neck, properly coloured and wearing two eagle feathers in his hair and a gold ring pendant from the ear.[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Iroquois-class destroyer
Displacement	5100 t
Length	129.8 m (425.9 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (49.9 ft)
Draught	4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Propulsion	COGOG – 2 shaft 2 × Allison 570-KF cruise gas turbines (5.6 MW) 2 × Pratt & Whitney FT4A-2 boost gas turbines (37 MW)
Speed	29 kn (53.7 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,334.0 km)
Complement	280
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	29 × VLS, Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA SAMs 1 × 76 mm/62 OTO Melara 6 × 12.75 in tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Block 1) 6 × M2 Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried	2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters
Aviation facilities	hangar and flight deck

HMCS Iroquois was the lead ship of the Iroquois-class destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy, also known as the Tribal class or the 280 class. The second vessel to carry the name, she carried the hull number DDG 280. Entering service in 1972 she was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and was homeported at CFB Halifax. Iroquois was deployed overseas for blockade and anti-terrorism duties, including participating in Operation Apollo in 2002–03. Taken out of service in 2014 and paid off in 2015.

Iroquois was an area air defence destroyer. She served on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. Iroquois was deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations. She has also deployed on counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Basin. The destroyer participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).