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National Magazine of the Naval Officers Association of Magazine nationale de l’association des officiers de la marine du Canada www.navalassoc.ca 2 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 hand accountoflifeaboard which hasservedintheKorean theatre. Alltold, with theUNinFarEast.The14-monthtourofoperationsjustcompletedby HMCS OUR COVER–HMCS 28 27 25 22 18 16 12 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 OBITUARY RESEARCH PAST PRESIDENT DEPUTY PRESIDENT HISTORY &HERITAGE CHAIR ENDOWMENTFUND SEC’Y/COMMUNICATIONS COORD. MEMBERSUPPORT Telephone: 613-841-4358 PATRON ARCHIVIST NAVAL AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Obscure &Offbeat NavalOddities Obituaries andInMemoriam Reassessing History~SSNereus andSSProteus The ReadingRoom~BookReviews The ~DefendingtheFriendlyIslands Days ofEndeavour~EpisodeXVI Schober’s Quiz#55 The BriefingRoom We’re ROYAL Again~theMARGEN Front Desk From theBridge~What’s inaName…Plenty! Opinion ~CanadianShipbuilding FuelOptionsfortheUSNavy Alternative The EdmontonProtocol 2012 NOACNationalConference/AGM NOAC Regalia Canada’s NationalNavalMemorial SITREP Orleans ONK1E3M4 IN THISEDITION [email protected] 308 KennedyLaneE

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------is to the is National Constitution is not a Victory as a memorial of understand that Sackville Halifax Project — she is the Naval Memorial for all and many of our active get volunteers are and el ting tired The current derly. Commanding Offi for example, is cer, in the ninth year of what he terms “the job busiest unpaid and in the Navy,” volun our of many well teer guides are Sackville However, it is important. that you important. it is However, number of things need to be done in A naval equivalent of Vimy Ridge — a me morial to those lost at sea with no known served have who those all as well grave, as and continue to serve at sea off our shores and far abroad. She should be as signifi HMS as cant to Canadians and the USS of you will is to the United States. Some have visited one or both of these ships, into their eighties. to manage order the is She be operated. should stature her tingent dedicated sailors. of skilled and to the challenge of unfamil They rose iar technology and ancient equipment to number of outstanding complete a large maintenance issues, and they enjoyed do young many see gratifying to is It ing it. some of serving sailors joining the Trust, them as Life Trustees. - - - - - , who provided a large con- con- a large , who provided Toronto By Doug Thomas Doug By ployments. Especially noteworthy this noteworthy Especially ployments. past year has been the contribution of HMCS Navy, which helps in many ways, such as helps in many ways, such which Navy, by making young sailors awaiting train ing available to man the ship during the summer months under the supervision of our dedicated volunteers. Under the the of an MOU with the Trust, provision with tug services, RCN also helps greatly winter maintenance and periodic docking. of assistance Another important source comes from ships in refit or between de and dues from about 1,000 Trustees across across about 1,000 Trustees and dues from the country — quite a few from NOAC branches. We are finding that young ci vilians, some of them descendants of and cor becoming Trustees veterans, are great A support. providing porations are the Royal Canadian is of assistance source the ship, with the dedicated participa the ship, with the of local volunteers tion of a small number SITREP

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Sackville A Trust (CNMT), to maintain and operate (CNMT), to maintain and operate Trust continues to operate the ship. The Trust fine old ship from the breakers, and estab thefine breakers, old ship from later lished the Canadian Trust, the Canadian Naval Memorial renamed naval memorial since 1985. NOAC was saving this in the early 1980s in very active home to be repaired and fight another day, day, another fight and repaired be to home but further attacks against her convoy. able” U-boat kills. Later it was learned these German had limped enough to tentative ly award with two “Prob another with shell fire. Both incidents spectacular were to the surface with to the surface and depth charges damaged seriously close encounters close with U-boats in one day! She blew one In her most memo In her most in July rable action three had 1942, she corvette as “The Queen” in his clas sic memoir commanded by Alan Easton for a time and for Easton Alan by commanded and spirited new to the reliable he referred important vessels served in the Royal Ca II. War nadian Navy in World herself had a finewar record — she was 4 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 of theRoyalCanadian Navy, highlighting history, development and achievements CentreNaval Heritage wouldpresent the vice totheCanadianNavy. An adjacent dedicated to those who have died in ser would belocatednearaMemorial Hall maintenance anddocking.The newberth taken totheDockyardand be foressential annual Battleofthe Atlantic observances in suchactivitiesas moved toparticipate cess theharboursothat visitors year-round,will ac a gate but this graving dock and be available for Halifax Waterfront. the on berth summer current her near — graving dockintheNavalHeritage Area water-filled a in berth covered permanent CNMT’s Memorial Project willconstruct a midity. Inorder toaccomplishtheseaims, protection from precipitation andhighhu distorted. Itisalsonecessarytoprovide water oritwillbecome be supportedby tions andthestudytellushullmust preserva other of experience — dry and plans, it is now clear the ship cannot be high to earlier Contrary fittings. and tailed studywasmade of historic shipswere investigatedandade the future. Methodsforpreserving other how best to extend the lifeof the ship into into study a completed recently staff, tory conjunction withHMCDockyard Labora Research andDevelopmentCanada,in drastic measures are necessary. Defence ship inperpetuity, andinorder todothat ing volunteers. the assistance ofseveralourengineer conducted bythenavaldockyard, with rioration of the hull. This work will be the dete in factor significant most the is from within, as moisture inside the ship winter monthstokeepherfrom rusting coming done duringthe work willbe but sound, quite still is She denied. be cannot — 1941 30th, December commissioned was she — age advanced ship’s the and of sonnel. Thatiswhatweneedfor tive naviesandoperatedbyserviceper- which are commissioned into theirrespec Sackville The intent is that she willremainis that The intent in TrustThe aimofthe istopreserve the While theissueofcare andcustody isimportant,timemarches on, Sackville Sackville’s Sackville canbe hull ------. a majorwaterfront attractionandadesti- recognized NavalMemorial,whichwillbe and internationally- chitecturally-striking by Naval Reserve units across the country. coasts, and soon in the Arctic, supported forces withbasesandoperationsonboth one oftheworld’s mostprofessional naval during World Warinto IIandevolving also symbolizesourNavycomingofage row-on-row, inFlandersFields. sacred tomanyofusasthosecemeteries, as “The Soul of the Navy,” and she is as been referred toonanumberofoccasions has She sacrifice. and courage service, to and asymbolofenduringcommitment as modernsailors. well as generations previous of sacrifices will give thema deep appreciation of the provide visitors with anexperiencethat simulation, and film archives, artefacts, of use the through and, questions these tre isintended to helpprovide answers to Cen Heritage planned The queries. other he washurtinaction,”plusamyriadof or, “howwould he havebeentreated if out whatshipsmygrandfathersailedin,” find I can “how Atlantic,” North the in tors, “whatwasitliketoserveincorvettes our guides report beingasked by thevisi and thechallengestheyfaced.Manyof the experiences of those who have served HMCS The Trust isstrivingtoprovide an ar Necktie NOAC /RCN NOAC Plaque Medallion Neck Decorations Medallion LapelPins Cuff (NOAC) Links Small Large Blazer Buttons (NOAC) $17.50 Blazer Badge (NOAC) $18.50 Ascot each each $28.00 each Sackville is both a memorial isboth Ready for engraving Gold, Silver, Bronze Executive Director.Executive Cheques payable to “NOAC National” All prices include taxes andshipping. Send orders to the NOAC REGALIA Sackville - - -

and mannedbyordinary Canadiansfrom country duringthedarkdays of WWII this in built corvette a — Memorial val our NationalNa and allCanadians,that of Parliamentthatitisimportanttoyou, more isforyoutoinformyourMember a Trustee. Butwhatwereallyyou becoming needeven and support financial do? reality plantofillthatvoid. working tomaketheMemorial Project a thing of their maritimeheritage,and those young peoplewouldliketoknowsome since thenorare servingnow. Many ers are related tothosewhohaveserved Navy duringWorld War II,andmanyoth nadians havearelative whoservedinthe itime Provinces. At leastonemillion Ca nation ofchoice for thosevisitingtheMar ciation ofCanada. Asso Officers Naval Scotia Nova the of dent Canadian NavalMemorialTrustand Presi is: Canadian NavalMemorialTrust website told tothisand future generations.The World Warof the Battle II,the Atlantic, be ably themost important campaignof the storyofhowwehelpedtowinargu and preserved, be — country our across http://www.canadasnavalmemorial.ca

We would certainly appreciate your What canyou,themembers of NOAC, Doug Thomas is ExecutiveDirector of the $27.00 each $25.00 each $95.00 each $5.00each $37.00 pair $23.00 each ------STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 5 . - Edmonton ENCC exists to support and unite the various naval groups and associations in associations and naval groups various and to develop area, Edmonton the greater groups these among corps’ an ‘esprit de and associations. The vision of ENCC is “We are the leadmark for unified naval Canada.” communites across MANDATE The mandate of ENCC is as follows: Unit, Cadet Instructor Cadre (Sea), Navy Cadre Unit, Cadet Instructor League of Canada and HMCS sends a rep possible, each group Where to a monthly meeting at which resentative events and made regarding decisions are issues of common interest. , - - - - - Nonsuch Commanding Officer Commanding Nonsuch , C&PO’s Alumni, Italian Na Alumni, , C&PO’s 1 Regrettably the Jenny Wrens in Edmonton have this year the Jenny Wrens Regrettably

1 decided to disband and amalgamate with the RCNA Edmon ton Branch. created on the spot, the Edmonton Naval on the spot, the Edmonton created com and (ENCC) Committee Community both a chair and clerical mitted to provide support. ENCC of all na composed ENCC is a group HMCS val units in the area: Naval Officers Association Jen Association, Royal Canadian Naval of Canada, ny Wrens Regional Cadet Support Association, val counter, the counter, - - - (LCdr Tim Khaner). The issue Tim (LCdr or some time now, numbers in Ca or some time now, have been nadian veterans’ groups At the same steadily declining. need to is still a great time, there

By Jim Humphries without question an event in which veter of that short en- As a result ans play a role. Nonsuch was lack of consultation on planning for Atlantic commemoration, the Battle of the Branch Presidents of the RCNA (Gordon (Gordon of the RCNA Presidents Branch met Humphries) NOAC (Jim and Wright) with the Commanding Officer of HMCS coasts and in communities across the land. the land. and in communities across coasts to these is response is Edmonton’s Here In the spring of 2002, Edmonton sues. support and promote the Navy both on the Navy both on the promote support and

How Edmonton Veterans’ Groups Participate in the Naval Community Naval in the Participate Groups How Edmonton Veterans’ The Edmonton Protocol… The Edmonton F 6 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 and enjoyedameet andgreet Fridayeve- Attendees came from alloverthecountry a three dayweekendinJuneoflastyear. party inCanadawas in Edmonton over Next to Esquimalt and Halifax, the biggest val Centennialcelebrationsin Edmonton. ment ofENCChasbeentheCanadian Na accomplish significant most the Perhaps CANADIAN NAVALCENTENNIAL the wholenavalcommunity. for expenditure areaccepted from being RCNA, however, inputand applications mately,spending decisionsrest the with composed of membersENCC.Ulti how the money is to beallocated, is also ceeds Committee,whowilldetermine members andveterans.TheUseofPro Navy LeagueCadets, currently serving spent onyouth,includingSeaCadetsand member unitsandtheproceeds will be of dollars.Theworkerscamefrom ENCC several tensofthousands casino netting A few months ago, RCNA held a two-day CASINO ENCC hasaseatontheSalutesCommittee. ued membersoftheEdmontonCapital Region. military andtheirfamilies personnel are val stability.enforces Itfurther message that the and abroad,and security towardworldpeace, tary communitycontributions,bothathome mittee promotes and recognizes our local mili Edmonton SalutesCommittee.( • community. naval the affect that issues and events ate • events. the Trafalgar Balland/orothernaval tation ofBattlethe Atlantic ceremonies, • naval community. • tion withinthenavalcommunity. • among andbetweenunits. • the navalcadetorganizations. • ton area. such and theNavyingreater Edmon •

Participate asamemberoftheCity Discuss andtakeactiononappropri Participate intheplanningandpresen Build a favourablepublicimageofthe Develop aspiritoftrust andcoopera Promote andenhancecommunication Support youthcitizenshipprograms in Support theinterests ofHMCSNon This com ) ------dedication ceremony held inJuly2011. (Ret.) RogerGirouard attendedthelatest Naden, NonsuchandGirouard. RAdm ton Gray VC, Walter Hose, Corvette Navy, Conestoga, Merchant Navy,Hamp Robert development includeBonaventure, Juchli, morials. Names honoured inthehousing mental inproviding thesenamesandme the deck of the ship. ENCC was instru on erected were plaques permanent and en tostreetshousing development inthe In addition,severalnavalnameswere giv STREET NAMING Legacy Park. tributed tothecosts of creating theNaval to thearea. Severallocalcorporationscon bronze Kisbyringatthesidewalkentrance regulation mast,anchorwithchainanda into thelake,anditisadornedwitha up ofthebowHMCS made lakecalledBedford Basin. A mock- area designatedandpartofthatisaman park has ‘VillageGriesbach’ The at nians. ally becalledhomeby13,000Edmonto several housingunitswhichwilleventu Canada LandsCompanyisdeveloping Since it isnolongerused for thatpurpose, recent decades,aCanadianForces Base. landmass in northEdmontonthatwas You mayremember Griesbach,alarge GRIESBACH NAVAL LEGACYPARKATVILLAGE street namingceremony onSunday. gala celebrationSaturday; and a naval a cadettattooandgaladinnerwithpost- ning, acity-sponsored pancakebreakfast, events. ENCC has hostedseveraltimes, units exchange invitations tomostsocial tion toattendingmeetingswith them. All monthly formore thanadecade,inaddi with theRCNA Presidents atleasttwice monton Branch President, I have spoken the otherstakeholders. As NOACEd cussions and face-to-face meetings with form waspreceded byengagement, dis in any together all ofusgetting is that ing munity Committee.Butthekeypointaris Protocol andtheEdmonton NavalCom These are thefacts around the Edmonton THE POINT Edmonton extends ------cooperation andconsensus has notalways in ENCC. And even though this spirit of as welltoprovide supporttoallunits mon eventssuchasparadesanddinners, to belong,planandparticipateincom tage, weare brought togetherbyadesire luncheon meetings. Having a similar heri attend theRCNAbers andthey monthly bers inEdmontonare alsoRCNA mem agenda. Twenty percent ofNOACmem there are itemsofcommon interest onthe representatives ofRCNA are invitedas to therest ofthemembership,andoften munity. NOACBoard meetingsare open Weepers are opentothewholenavalcom ent awards. HMCS attend cadetannualinspectionsandpres west coast.Representatives ofENCCunits the off vessel the in sails day enjoyed also Edmonton visitors from the ship’s company of HMCS ENCC Terms ofReference. [email protected] across Canada. in anynavalcommunitychange process dialogue provide and questions any swer an to prepared also are beneficial. We be them tolocalenvironments ifthiswould group ‘Edmonton Protocol’ and apply all of the experiences from our umbrella Readers arein anyor part invitedtotake THE FUTURE it istoday. the shiningexampleofnavalcooperation just plainhardhas made ENCC workthat encouragement, organizing expertiseand have provided countlesshoursofsupport, Don Stewartformer Officer in HMCS Lt(N) Terry King, former Administration Gordon Wright, former RCNA President. umbrella group wasoriginallytheideaof be named.FormationofsuchanENCC some are leftout;however, three must automatically means any to mention gin success of ENCCovertheyears.To be Many individualshavecontributedtothe KEY INDIVIDUALS Edmonton, ithasworkedwell. been theNavyway, inthe21stcentury Please feel free tocontactmyselfat , andlocalnavalveteranshave Nonsuch foracopyof the Nonsuch Nonsuch andCPO1(Ret.) Wardroom Coxswain, ------STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 7 ------Algae-based fuel 9 The algae, similar The 8 The plan for the Navy is The contract was to exam contract was The 4 11 10 Stern flaps are also being looked at in at looked being also are flaps Stern 12 13 On April 22nd, 2010, the US Navy dem April 22nd, 2010, On In a contract with the company Solarzyme, 7 such as corn used in the production of ethanol such as corn used in the production in brackish water, be Algae can grown fuel. the saltwater or on non-arable land, reducing of requirement fresh water. is being developed as an alternative to JP-8 and F-76 fuels. Hornet could F-18 Super that an onstrated con operate on a 50/50 blend of biofuel and ventional jet fuel. to attempt seventeen flights in the short term the viability of this mixed fuel blend. to assess proj biofuel research various to addition In working on also the Navy is underway, ects their reliance a number of initiatives to reduce on oil. Unlike oxygenated such as ethanol, fuels vegetable-based Converting their commercial vehicle fleet to hybrid. Converting their commercial turb- small power and geothermal power, Looking at wind Upgrading hull designs to use bulbous bows similar to Develop hybrid electric drives for their newer classes of ines on the sea floor to generate alternative energy for their facilities. shore-based fuel Evidently such designs can reduce vessels. commercial consumption by 4%. 6

Recent Navy contracts have also been awarded for R&D for R&D for awarded been have also Recent Navy contracts Y Y Y Y Camelina a evidently fraction requires of the water and fertil 5

cepted from the company in 2010, 20,000 gallons and placed a cepted from gallons. 150,000 an additional for new order with traditional crops to the plant camelina, does not compete ships. acquire an additional 150,000 gallons. 150,000 additional an acquire to related is plant selected The biofuel. as ine weed-like plants to JP- and is called camelina, to be used as an alternative mustard 5. izer for required other crops and can reduce carbon emissions by 84%. fuels behave like traditional jet fuel. algae-based biofuels. 1,500 gallons for air the Navy has allocated $8.5 million toward use. The Navy ac craft testing and 20,000 gallons for maritime - - - - - The 3 “Energy and US - 2 The Department 1

The dependence on fossil fuels creates a creates fuels on fossil dependence The The reliance of oil supply from the Mid- of oil supply from The reliance Increased oil consumption contributes to Increased The increasing cost of fossil fuels. In fiscalyear 2008, when potential supply problem in the future. potential supply problem climate change. a national security supp- dle East creates ly vulnerability. 31% to expeditionary forces and 5.5% to and 31% to expeditionary forces facilities. shore-based that of the Navy’s fuel cost increased $1.2 billion to $5 billion. year from oil reached $147 per barrel, the US Navy and Marines con- Navy and Marines the US $147 per barrel, oil reached sumed approximately 38.5 million barrels, with 38% allocated 38.5 million barrels, approximately sumed forces, to maritime to aviation, 25.5%

In 2009 the Navy awarded Sustainable Oils Company a $2.7 In 2009 the Navy awarded The Navy relies on three types of fuel. JP-8 jet fuel for shore- on three The Navy relies The US Navy is currently taking signifi

The green power initiative by Secretary Mabius is based on a power initiative by Secretary The green College at Newport, Rhode Island, entitled College at Newport, Opportunity.” and National Security: Vulnerability energy Ray Mabius, outlined his 2009 the Navy, of Secretary recently participated in a strategy forum at the US Naval War at the US Naval War participated in a strategy forum recently

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million contract for 40,000 gallons of biofuel, with the option to based aircraft, JP-5 for its carrier-based aircraft, and F-76, a distil F-76, a and aircraft, carrier-based its for JP-5 aircraft, based late fuel oil for its ships. lion acres of land, 72,500 buildings, 50,000 commercial vehicles, of land, 72,500 buildings, 50,000 commercial lion acres than 90,000 employees. Each 286 ships and more 3,800 aircraft, of fuel annually.” about 90,000 barrels ship requires sil fuels for the fleet and their shore-based facilities. The current R&D Navy budget various energy allocates about $200 million to has an inventory of “4.4 mil The Department currently projects. cant steps to break away from its reliance on conventional fos conventional on reliance its away from to break cant steps

lations that operate primarily on renewable electricity. lations that operate primarily on renewable number of key factors. policy at the conference in which he envisioned the ‘Great Green Green in which he envisioned the ‘Great policy at the conference carriers, hybrid electric biofueled sur Fleet’ made up of nuclear instal by shore-based supported and aircraft biofueled ships, face By Jeff Gilmour for the United States Navy Alternative fuel options I 8 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 W almost entirely bythem (and their partnersand suppliers). On build theshipswithouttheir‘payload.’ seemingly represent theoverallprogram costs, notjustcostto 30 billionandtheotheronly$8-10 billion?Note,theseamounts will be negotiated. So, why does one shipyard seem to get $25- contracts received, been have proposals the once and — Guard) for the non-combat ships (some for the Navy, some for the Coast Irving forthecombatships(forNavy, ofcourse) and Seaspan — ships respective the build actually to proposals detailed pare place, thegovernmentwill,overtime,askshipyards to pre sign ‘umbrella agreements.’ Oncetheumbrella agreements are in and the nextstepis that thegovernmentand the shipyards will shipyards havebeenselected bythegovernmenttobuildships Neither isquitecorrect, notyet. order of$25-30billion(for Irving)and$8-10billion(forSeaspan). Canadian shipbuilding… to reduce theircostsandreliance onfossilfuelsinthe future. ing Canada, will befollowingtheinitiativestakenbyUS Navy develop waysandmeanstobetterutilizebiofuelforthefleet. several yearsasresearch contractorsandacademic institutions fuels. However, suchrestrictions couldbereduced over thenext fective. Inaddition,suchfuelmustbemixedwithexistingfossil costs, itcouldbearguedbiofuel production that isnotcost-ef the Navyregarding biofuelstoreduce theircostsaswell. conducted by tests being looking closelyatthe companies willbe mercial R&D alternative fuelplans, although itis likely these operational prerequisites forthefleet. ference that he expects his energy policy will become part of the seriously.fuels very TheSecretarycon the stated at Navy of the I wouldexpect the shipstobebuiltbySeaspan willbebuilt My understandingofwhathasactuallyhappenedisthatboth Y It willalsobeinteresting toseeifotherNATO navies,includ At the present time, because of limited supplies and research forefrontat the seems tobe This newtechnology ofmostcom In conclusion, the US Navy is taking theissue of alternative

IN MYOPINION…BYKENBOWERING $180K peryear, pership. tested toreduce dragwiththepotentialofsavingupto consumption byabout6to7.5%. fuel reducing thereby water, of flow the alters and hull the are small extensions above thescrews and rudders that lengthen flaps These consumption. fuel reduce to design ship New anti-fouling hull andpropellerNew anti-fouling coatingsare alsobeing received, orareto receive about contactsworthinthe have — Vancouver in Seaspan and Halifax in Irving — shipyards the that is 19th October on heard we hat 15 14 - - - - - 15 14 13 12 2010. 11 10 Report 9 8 Review 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 FOOTNOTES tial portion(possibly 50-65%)oftheoverallship cost.Thus,from The systemintegratormighteven betheprimecontractor. equipment. and components system ‘mission’ other the as well radio communications,andcommand andcontrol systemsas comprised ofthesonarandradar systems,theweapon system’ ‘combat the i.e., — ‘payload’ ship’s the deliver would propulsion plants, seagoingfacilities, etc.; theothercontractor(s) and electrical with outfitted hulls, the — ships physical the build (Irving would system’ contractorsand/orasystemintegrator bat termined’ ‘com with ‘tobede ving working be builtbyIr will probably Irving by built ships tobe most ofthe would expect hand, I other the Calgary Branch. tary toCabinetinYellowknife, NWT, Heisamemberof years. twenty for ers Compensation Board, and DeputyMinisterto the ExecutiveandSecre Government, Chairman and CEO of the NWT Work Commander inHMCS

ibid ibid ibid ibid Congressional Research Service),11December2006,p.17. Use,” Background forCongress, ReportforCongress (Washington, DC, (Navy RenewableEnergy Symposium),Keyport,Washington, 3March 2010. ery toUSMilitary,” Solarzyme,15September2010. cent,” MichiganTech., June2010. Front ofthePack,” ive forFuture NavalForces”), JohnHopkinsPhysics Lab,23March 2010. AmongShipbuilders,” cerns “Is AlgaetheEnergy Future?” SecuringAmerica’s Future Energy, “Solarzyme CompletesWorlds Largest Microbial AdvancedBioFuelDeliv- Lt A.M.ChambersandS.Yetiv, “TheGreat Green Fleet,” M. Goodrich,“BiofuelforJetsCouldCutCarbonEmissionsOver80Per- S. I.Irwin,“Energy Challenge:IntheRacetobeGreen, NavyMovestothe R. Mabius,“RemarksbytheHon.RayMabius(ClimateandEnergy, Imperat- G. V. Jean,“Greening theFleet:Navy’s Energy ReformInitiativesRaiseCon- “Program Highlights,”NavalEnergy Forum,Maclean,Virginia, October2009. R. O’Rourke,“NavyShipPropulsion Technologies: OptionsForReducingOil L. Wright, “Navy Tests Biofuel-Powered Green Navy, Hornet,” mil. 22 April C. Tindal,“Presentation totheDepartmentofNavyEnergy Program,” The ‘payloadportion’ oftheshipwillaccount forasubstan gaut o Dlose a Sho ad omr eev Lieutenant- Reserve former and School Law Dalhousie of graduate A ., footnote4,p.24. ., p.6. ., footnote7,pp.70-71. . footnote4. , 5August2009. , Summer2011,p.66. - - - National Defence Scotian National Defence , Jeff served as ADM of Justice withthe ofJustice ADM as served Jeff , (December2009),pp22-26. (April2010),p.37. Naval War College Intelligence - - - STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 9 ------) it is a huge ) it is a huge and , and does not necessarily reflect that of the The author wishes to state his opinion piece that – opinion

his in the mid-1960s. I reiterate and emphasize that although the National organiza I reiterate that I am pleased with the level of discussion took place and Which brings me to our organizational name change from The name change from Which brings me to our organizational changing our in Niagara-on-the-Lake, AGM 2011 recent At our was held on October with all the Branches teleconference A Ken Bowering spent 21 years as a maritime engineer in the Canadian engineer in maritime a years as Ken Bowering spent 21 tion has changed its membership criteria and name (and is en doing likewise), the Branches couraging all Branches to consider and they Associations,’ of autonomous in our ‘Association are will individually decide on their membership criteria and name. well, the change by National in no way changes the relation As Branches the between financially) or organizationally (either ship and National, including our charitable tax status. phone calls and, surprisingly, a significant and thankful contribu thankful and significant a surprisingly, and, calls phone So, what’s in a name … tion to our Endowment Fund appeared. plenty! of Association Naval the to Canada, of Association Officers Naval Canada … how’s that for a segue! the followed logically and item discussion significant a was name level to open up membership at the national decision unanimous beliefs and missions, to those who accepted and upheld NOAC not all Regrettably, the organization. to ‘value added’ and were to change the able to attend and the resolution were Branches was adopted, subject to the name of the National organization ratification of the resolution by a majority of the Branches and sent to all of them for con after papers outlining the issue were sideration. following that 10 of 13 Branches, to report and I am pleased 11th, with the shift in name. with their membership, agreed discussion now underway to formally effect the change. Steps are first major shipbuilding programs to be offered to a west coast in there ships Navy built since the company its last commissioned (HMC Ships the early 1960s it Similarly, all of . Seaspan and for for ‘coup’ (apart from back to ship construction brings naval the Maritime Coastal Defence (minor Vessels warships) built by was HMCS The last major ship built there Irving in the 1990s. Annapolis EDITOR’S NOTE is exactly that, Seaspan. Coast Guard, PWGSC, Irving or Navy, He has served as the defence industry. 24 years in by followed Navy, Vice President for Maritime Affairs with The Navy League of Canada and is currently Director, Naval Affairs with NOAC Ottawa Branch. His paper entitled “Military/Naval Procurement in Canada: A Flawed Process,” was published by the Conference of Defence Associations In stitute in 2008. ------name incorrectly name incorrectly last bridge Ken Summers National President [email protected] From the

THE WARDROOM name despite repeated attempts to correct the error and even the error attempts to correct name despite repeated

As one who has endured many similar occurrences (Somers/ occurrences similar many endured has who one As Thus, what might appear to be lopsided — based on the initial the on based — lopsided be to appear might what Thus,

deed, his father, who served with distinction, received a com who served with distinction, received deed, his father, recently received an email with the above title from a long- an email with the above title from received recently endured quietly had family whose Member Associate standing In misspelled. name having their rather simple history on a Somner/Summer), I could only sympathize. His annoying frus sympathize. His only could I Somner/Summer), in minutes with a couple of tration was all too easily corrected offering to make a donation to the Association if amended! In to me. in an email exasperation, he vented his familial frustration after years of quiet family frustration with the last name, he fi the line when the NOAC continued to misspell his nally drew first spelled. Disappointed, he refused to put the award on his wall his on to put the award refused he Disappointed, spelled. en lawyer, and instead gave it to his son. The son, a prominent dured the same name misspelling fate quietly for decades. But mendation from the King, but with his mendation from What’s in a name … Plenty! … in a name What’s to both shipyards in terms of jobs in the shipyards, and money of jobs in the shipyards, in terms to both shipyards (taking comparable will be relatively that stays in the shipyards the these are Since account). into number of ships ship size and be built by Seaspan. media reports — is not quite that lopsided as the actual benefits the Coast Guard recapitalizes its fleet, it is expected they could have more ships built under the program — and these (if over be expected to would icebreaker) a second 1,000 tonnes such as this timeframe, but the remaining ships might not be started for might ships the remaining but this timeframe, be built in and they could now eight to ten years from perhaps batches over a twelve to fifteen year period. In the meantime, as ule to build the ships, the ships to be built the ships, the ships ule to build by should Seaspan be completed about eight years after work begins. The first six be built in be expected to also Irving could to be built by ships what closer in dollar value (perhaps $3-5 billion for Non-Combat billion for Non-Combat $3-5 in dollar value (perhaps what closer in the than what’s been indicated billion for Combat) and $8-12 sched the government’s current addition, based on media. In simply a ‘cutting steel’ point of view — the construction work ac work construction the — view of point steel’ ‘cutting a simply tually to be done by both Irving and Seaspan — should be some I 10 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 M for-profit organizations such as ourselves, so the work will serve will work the so ourselves, as such for-profit organizations not- affecting legislation the to revision major of time a at pening making thenecessarychangeshappen. Thechangeforusishap of Directors meetinginNiagara-on-the-LakelastJune. Board National the at approved and tabled Motion the quiredby 11th.October teleconferenceon cial held was ratification re This the changeduringaspe in amajorityoftheBranchesratifying support theRoyalCanadianNavy. Thediscussion culminated who people to application broader our reflecting and title the of out “Officers” the dropping Canada, of Association Naval the to capable Navycontinues. As youwellknow, astrong Navyis needs tobeheard acrossto ensure thecountry a viableand that the delicatestateof funding for naval programs, the naval voice ment Process announcement,giventhenationaleconomyand ence atourmeetingsalllevels. Canadians onnavalissues. And, I seeagreater uniformed pres Navy andinturn,allowsustospeakwithinformed conviction to that allowsustokeepbetterinformed of importantissues to the Navy,and the and Reserve.IforeseeRegular both arelationship that willfurthertherelationship andsupportbetweenourselves RAdm Norman.Weideas andletters willsoonbeexchanging Viceby particular as well as Donaldson, and Maddison Admirals in Ottawaat ing as was evidenced by comments made at theendofSeptember adopted sofar. Theirstrongpleas statedsupportisparticularly Navy inuniformhasbeenmostpositivetothechangeswehave sistance, clarificationoranswerstoquestionsthatmayarise. please donothesitatetoaskforanyas in theirdeliberationsbut them assist to Branches the to provided been has material ficient open andrationaldiscussion devoid of emotion.Ibelievesuf issue as it pertains to theirparticularBranch. Iwould ask foran continued discussion over the nextyearas Branches consider this am respectful ofallpositionstakenandI’msure there willbe With this decision all the membership will be involved in Notwithstanding therecent NationalShipbuildingProcure our of reaction the that telling quite and important it’s think I Bytown about thenamechangeofnationalorganization was heldbetweentheBranchesandtheirmembers are aware,summer considerablediscussion overthe uch has happened since my last Front Desk. As you bytheseniorleadershipofNavy, andin [email protected] National ExecutiveDirector Ken Lait Front Desk ------fluential, and make a much needed positive contribution to Cana Together withtheBranches,NACwillbecome stronger, more in ideals. and passions naval our share who persons influential and National andBranchlevelswillbringintoourfoldvalueadded the at both membership open and a vibrant that believe firmly recapture animportantoriginalpurposeoftheorganization. I membership criteriaisindicativeofthecoursewehavetoset Your proudand today’sRCNdemandyourfullsupport. heritage government focused on maintainingacredible navalcapability. and public the keep to effort concerted a take will It continues. crisis financial global the as uncertainty is there while the all and those yards andcontractsforconstruction havenotbeensigned, announcement ofintent. Agreementsmade with havenotbeen The recent NavalShipbuildingannouncementisjustthat…an government thenecessityofhavinganavalcapabilityinbeing. the Arabian GulfandLibyademonstrated toCanadiansandthe others inanincreasinglyuncertain world.RecenteventsinHaiti, to be ablewhen directed by thegovernment, to come to the aid of da’s future, tobeableprotect Canadiansandsupportallies, essential inorder tosecure theeconomic sea lanesso vital toCana ing closely with all Branches to implement the changes that wereing closelywith allBranchestoimplementthe changesthat active bytheendofOctober. the newlookwillbe dated simultaneouslyanditisexpected that National websiteandtheOttawa Branchwebsiteare being up website whileatthesametime savingtheBranchesmoney. The a maintain to wishing Branches to service added value offer to is the vision is to provide a hosting service for Branches. The goal the sitemodern and more relevant toourday-to-dayactivities, haul wasplannedbeforename change. Inadditiontomaking the a much-neededoverhaul.After manyyearsitisgetting Theover behalf tomakethisapositivestepforall. the executivewillbebusymakingtheserepresentations onyour of rest the and President The forthcoming. is clarification more a positivestepforward and someexpressing reservations until with severalorganizations, some having endorsed the changeas promote theRoyalCanadianNavy. Dialoguehasalready started termining thebestmethods of workingtogethertosupportand with thelike-minded organizations, explainingourintentandde By Laws(again). including amendingourLettersPatent,Constitutionand gations underthenewlegislation.Thecomingyearwillbebusy two purposes in makingthenamechangeandmeetingourobli proud navalpast. our in been has it as future the in capable and effective as be will dians andtotoday’sNavyensure theRoyalCanadianNavy So what’sinourname…plenty! A changeinournameand So, I look forward toaverybusy yearcoming up and to work Youis undergoingour website mayhavenoticedthat change. Also duringthistime,considerablediscussion will beheld I urge alltojoininthisendeavourand“makeitso.” ------STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 11 - - - VADM PAUL MADDISON SENDS BT upcoming issues, but I urge you to look to your calendars and and your calendars to look to you but I urge issues, upcoming and as bias Without and participate. to come in the time block capital our great to sharing I look forward of Ottawa, a resident with you. - and in Starshell again – making it official - the MARGEN it official - the again – making ROYAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. AS YOUR COMMANDER THE NAME CHANGE WILL BE LARGELY TRANSPARENT TO LIFE ON THE WATERFRONT AND THE CONDUCT OF TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT NAME CHANGE. FOREMOST WE ARE ALL MEMBERS YOU WILL REMEMBER THE OUTPOURING OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE NAVY LAST YEAR AS WE CELEBRATED IT IS NOT BY CHANCE THAT 16 AUGUST WAS SELECTED FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. IT IS NOT BY CHANCE THAT 16 AUGUST WAS ON THIS DAY IT TOMORROW THE WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC NAMES OF Before I close, I would like to remind everyone about the Con about the everyone remind like to would I close, I Before THAT MAKE OUR SERVICE ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST RESPECTED NAVAL FORCES IN THE WORLD. THAT MAKE OUR SERVICE ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST RESPECTED CAN SAY PROUDLY THAT YOU ARE IN THE . 6. FOR THE FUTURE - QUALITIES I AM PROUD TO LEAD A NAVY THAT EMBRACES ITS ROOTS WHILE PREPARING GRATE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF THE NAVY, ARMY AIR FORCE AND SPECIAL FORCES FOR JOINT ACTION AT HOME AND ABROAD. WE WILL MAINTAIN THE NAVY’S PROUD TRADITION OF QUOTE READY, AYE READY UNQUOTE, BUT WITH ONE SMALL, BUT VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. FROM TOMORROW FORWARD YOU COMMAND. ALL REFERENCES TO MARITIME COMMAND SHALL BE READ AS READING ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY. COMMAND. ALL REFERENCES TO MARITIME COMMAND SHALL BE READ 5. OPERATIONS. THE SUCCESS CANADIAN OF THE FORCES WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE IN ITS ABILITY TO INTE FOR THE INTERIM ALL CURRENT MARITIME COMMAND ORDERS, DIRECTIVES, RULES, INSTRUCTIONS OR SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS UNTIL AMENDED TO REFLECT REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT THE NAME CHANGE OF THE WILL CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND IN THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL EXAMINE WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS RESPECTED AND WELL-RECOGNIZED BRAND IN REACHING OUT TO CANADIANS. FUR THER WORK WILL BE REQUIRED EFFECTS ON WEBSITES, AS WE CONSIDER ITS ADMINISTRATION AND ORDERS. UNQUOTE WILL BE RENAMED QUOTE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY UNQUOTE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE NAME ROYAL INSTITUTION CANADIAN NAVY IS MUCH MORE THAN A COMMAND. IT IS ALSO THE TO WHICH EVERYONE WHO WEARS A NAVAL UNIFORM BELONGS, NO MATTER IN WHICH COMMAND THEY SERVE. RESTORING THE TITLE RCN AS A TREASURED NATIONAL INSTITUTION AND INSPIRE US TO CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN SERVICE TO CANADA. AND INSPIRE US TO CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN SERVICE TO AS A TREASURED NATIONAL INSTITUTION 4. OF THE CANADIAN FORCES. INSIDE THE CANADIAN CALLED QUOTE MARITIME FORCES, THE COMMAND COMMAND GENERATION INFORMS AND OUR HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS OF SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT. WE HONOUR THOSE WHO PRECEDED NOT ONLY IN OBSERVING US TRADITIONS, NAVAL CUSTOMS AND BUT ALSO IN THE SYMBOLS THAT ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF OUR CULTURE. THIS CAN ONLY HELP TO STRENGTHEN OUR IDENTITY BEHALF OF ALL CANADIANS, RESTORING HONOURS THE NAVY AGAIN TODAY WITH THE TITLE RCN, AN IMPORTANT AND RECOGNIZABLE PART OF CANADA’S NAVAL HERITAGE. YESTERDAY’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, FORGED IN THE SELFLESSNESS SACRIFICE AND OF PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF SAILORS, STANDARDS SETS THE FOR TODAY’S 3. THE NAVAL CENTENNIAL. THE REINTRODUCTION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE A TAN CURL WAS GIBLE HONOUR THAT LINKED OUR PRESENT SERVICE TO OUR DISTINGUISHED PAST. THE GOVERNMENT, ON THE HONOUR OF A NEW DESIGNATION. OUR NAVY STOOD WATCH AND FOUGHT FOR CANADA UNDER THE BANNER AND A UNTIL 1968 - THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS, THE KOREAN WAR QUOTE RCN UNQUOTE FROM THAT MOMENT LARGE PART OF THE COLD WAR. 2. KING GEORGE V BESTOWED 100 YEARS AGO THAT HIS MAJESTY ON CANADA’S THEN FLEDGLING NAVAL SERVICE 1. THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE. EFFECTIVE 16 AUGUST ROYAL CANADIAN 2011, THE NAME QUOTE NAVY MARITIME COMMAND UNQUOTE AS A COMMAND OF THE CANADIAN FORCES. UNQUOTE (RCN) REPLACES QUOTE > TO MARGEN 035-11-11 CMS 041-11 > UNCLAS MARGEN ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY THE HISTORIC NAME OF THE > SUBJ: RESTORING > R 151418Z AUG 11 > R 151418Z AUG > FM NDHQ CMS OTTAWA We’re ference and AGM being held in Ottawa 31 May to 3 June 2012. June 2012. Ottawa 31 May to 3 AGM being held in and ference You will find more information this in issue of set in motion at Niagara-on-the-Lake. motion at set in 12 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 P thor,and collaborated onseveral editor andhistorian,haswritten Ken Macpherson ofPortHope,.Ken, awell-knownau ered bytheirpeerstobeworthyofspecialrecognition. studies or the application of practical maritime skills are consid Their outstandingachievements in science, technology, academic affairs. maritime Canadian to contributions personal significant Foundation toasuitableindividualaspublicrecognition oftheir Medal’s Foundersjoiningin. Medal toKenMacphersonwithVAdm Nigel Brodeur (Ret),oneofthe LEFT to RIGHT Admirals’ Medalawarded toKen Macpherson For 2010,theindividual selected by the Awards Committee is Medal Foundation presents the antique silver medallion of the ORT2011 HOPE-12OCTOBER Home Fleet was exposed for the first time to concentrated and concentrated to time first the for exposed was Fleet Home Second World War.the when campaign, Norwegian the During to the pointed of the beginning shortly beforethe Admiralty Rear-Admirala was warships, against attacks of aircraft ap efficacy the for disdain greatest the expressing admirals,’ ship of seapower. arbiters ultimate the big gunswere their with battleships that admirals,’‘battleship so-called bythe held view whoargued more anuisance. craft werelittlethan general This wasthe soon-to-be-formed Royalto the Service Air Force. Toair him, Royalthe transfer to content quite was Fleet, Grand Naval Air QUESTION THE BRIEFINGROOM But the possible epitome of the British inter-war ‘battle inter-war of British possible epitomethe the But ~ In 1918, In ~ of the C-in-C RN, Beatty Sir David Admiral – RAdmMarkNormanpresenting theAdmirals’ By GeorgeS.Schober,NOAVI Schober’s Quiz #55 . Each year the . Eachyear Admirals’ - - - - - FOOTNOTES andANSWERonpage26 killed inactionduringWorld War II. officer Allied highest-ranking the being of distinction ancholy mel the achieving thereby — attack of air result a as life lost his enemy-held coastwithoutaircover.” off to operatean warships to send suicidal was it that accept would not … [He] were infactfarfromtruth and the perience, ex the had who officers those to unjust were ideas such that told when very badly took it he and resolution:and courage greater was effectively them with deal to needed was that all that insisted onwarships, dive-bombers of unopposed ly effect craft (A/A)gunnerybecameglaringlyapparent. heavily,suffered it anti-air of British ineffectiveness the and from — mainlydive-bombers air attack near-continuous RCMP is currentlyan interest taking the inthecase,although HMCS ber 22,1979.Thepaintingswhichappearonthefacingpageare: HMCS Photographs ofstolenpaintingssought of inCalgary. in theMacpherson Photographic Archive attheNavalMuseum him, andreposesgraph collectionwasdonatedby foralltoaccess Foundation andseniorrepresentatives oftheNavy. to KenonOctober12th,2011 bymembers of the Admirals’ Medal contribution toourmaritimeheritage.Themedalwaspresented time affairs in general, and together made an extremely important mously tothepublic’spositiveperception oftheNavyandmari ForcesNaval Canada 1910-2002 books abouttheRoyalCanadianNavy, including A Who washe? later question in officer the fate, of twist ironic an Through This Admiral, “who had no first-hand experience of the dead BRAVO ZULUKen...welldeservedindeed! 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s ’ Wardroom - “” and/ Wardroom Wardroom - “Lady Hamilton” Wardroom ton efore B amil H .” Prevost Bytown vening ady E “L he in situ – “T – TOP BELOW 1957-1979 HMCS or “Lady Hamilton.” 1951-1963 HMCS Any retired naval officers who attended any social events review their photos of such events: review (such as christenings, wedding receptions, mess dinners and oth mess (such as christenings, wedding receptions, asked to functions) in the following time-frames are er wardroom chances of recovery are slim, in the interest of continuing the re slim, in the interest are chances of recovery of required are photos additional INTERPOL, with pursuit covery the paintings “ 14 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 HMS and Naval Reserve the Newfoundland both of significance cal and Labrador Branch, the storyboard commemorates the histori Newfoundland Canada, of Association Officers Naval the of ber val Reserve was unveiled. Spearheaded by David Baird, a mem commemorating HMS east endofSt.John’sHarbour,Hill atthe low Signal astoryboard on thenortheastcoastofNewfoundland. used asastoragehulk.Herhullstillexists,awashincoastalbay renamed HMS disbanded shortly aftertheendofWWI. ers were “thebest small boat menintheworld.” The Reserve the Beaumont-HamelNewfoundlandMemorialinFrance. Members oftheReservewhodiedduringWWIare honoured at ers served with the Naval Reserve in WWI, suffering 180 fatalities. a sailor holdingaspyglass. ed by Aof 1,964Newfoundland total representare Reserve Naval the of members Club, Officers Nest tional War MemorialinSt.John’s,locatedadjacent totheCrows throughout theRN.OnwestwingofNewfoundland Na unit duringWWI,themen of the NavalReserve were dispersed like theRoyalNewfoundlandRegimentwhichservedasanintact slow armedpatrol vesselwere thecolony’sonlywarships.Un tion ofNewfoundland’s shore andshipping. at theentrancetoSt.John’sharbour,ning artillery andtheprotec ers togowar. TheReservealsoprovided home defence,man shortly after the start of the war, the first group of Newfoundland over 100Newfoundland seamen were takenaboard HMCS The Reserveprovided crew forshipsoftheRNand interestingly, 400 answeredcall toarmsontheoutbreak the oftheGreat War. ments forjoining.Inlessthanayearthatnumberwasexceeded. require health and age the of some relaxed so do to and men, of Newfoundland,committedtoincreasingReserve to1,000 the strength of500-600men. late by members 375 1903. Priortotheoutbreak ofWWItheRNRmaintainedareserve had Reserve The RN. the of squadrons serve trained in winter withtheNorth American and West Indies pire. From 1900to1902,approximately 50membersoftheRe em defence ofthe assist inthe Newfoundlanders to to enable experiment toassistthe Admiralty inthe manningofships and On Friday, September9,2011, atFortWaldegrave locatedbe Sir Winston Churchill onceremarked thattheNewfoundland By 1914,over1,400seamenhadbeentrainedandmore than WalterWhen WWIbegan, Edward DavidsontheGovernor Calypso . Briton , was declared surplus in 1922and sold to be Calypso andtheNewfoundlandRoyal Na Edgar Williams, NOANL Calypso Calypso ca. 1883. HMS , havingbeen andasmall, Calypso Niobe ------

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Miyagi-ken 986-2261 Japan Onagawa Relief Fund c/o Youth With a Mission (YWAM Victoria) With a Mission (YWAM c/o Youth #102 - 527 Constance Avenue VICTORIA, BC, Canada V9A 6N5 Terence C. Milne and Nigel D. Brodeur, NOAVI with the notation in the memo line “For Onagawa Relief with the notation in the memo encourage your and your assistance you for thank again We Individual donors wishing to receive a Canadian charitable Individual donors wishing to receive Cheques or money orders must be made out to: A postal address also is now available to organizations or indi to organizations also is now available postal address A Although this phase of the relief fund has now been complet has fund of the relief this phase Although Sender to Receiver Information: Swift Code: Intermediary Institution: Beneficiary Account: Beneficiary Customer: continued support for Onagawa. tax receipt can forward their donations through the Town of Es the Town their donations through can forward tax receipt quimalt’s designated Onagawa Relief Fund coordinating group: Victoria). (YWAM a Mission Victoria With Youth toria” Fund,” the donor’s must be included and the name and address donation mailed to: viduals wishing to mail bank or postal money orders directly to directly viduals wishing to mail bank or postal money orders Office: the Onagawa Town has been provided in supporting their immediate needs, and we and we needs, immediate their in supporting provided has been by has contrib members and your you feel the provided support ties and the friendship of to the strengthening uted immensely Canada. Onagawa and that exist between organizations or other Canadian you, your members ed, should Ona contribute further to the to wish aware, are you which of Onagawa the to directly wired be can donations effort, relief gawa Kimura, Toshikatsu Mr. Coordinator, Relief official Government’s the RBC Royal information extracted from by using the following our to wire used successfully been has which form Transfer Funds were funds be noted that those (It should to Onagawa. donations Japanese yen, in wired exchange charges.) minimize currency - - - - - ] The ] Onagawa Bay in the final days of WWII and which Amakusa http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencer

OAVI would OAVI like to thank most sincerely all those who do [ nated in support of the Onagawa Relief Fund.

The scale of the tsunami devastation suffered by Onagawa can Onagawa by suffered devastation tsunami the of scale The None of the pictures or videos we have seen so far come as we have seen so far come or videos None of the pictures NOAVI has NOAVI written to acknowledge and provide tax receipts other communities devastated by the tsunami; but we can assure other communities devastated by the tsunami; but we can assure the help that of appreciative most are there you that the people be sensed from that video. It will take a long time and an enor long time and It will take a that video. from be sensed many the and Onagawa in normal to return to life for effort mous this video taken from a school yard on a hill overlooking the town yard a school this video taken from Sanriku: South of report/tsunami_japan_1.html close to capturing the step-by-step, moment-by-moment, devas close NE Japan as of the terrible tsunami that struck tation and horror and they would like to express their appreciation for that effort on effort that for appreciation their express to like would they and behalf of the citizens of Onagawa. to all individuals who have donated $50 or more to the fund, but to all individuals who have donated $50 or more been involved have organizations that several aware also are we about the fund, either in donating or informing their members realize a total of CDN$6,950.84 (or 561,968 Yen), all of which was Yen), a total of CDN$6,950.84 (or 561,968 realize bank account. to Onagawa Township’s directly wired led to him posthumously being awarded the Victoria Cross. Ed. Cross. awarded the Victoria being posthumously him to led of the accounting auspices under administered was which fund, received a total NOAVI, of 36 donations from three provinces, to was, of course, made famous in Canadian naval annals as the location attacking while died RCNVR Gray Hampton Robert Lt pilot navy where the Japanese destroyer meeting with Mayor Nobutake Azumi to extend Canadian concernsmeeting with Mayor Nobutake Azumi to extend and condolences. Captain(N) Bruce Walker, the Defence Attaché to the Canadian Em Captain(N) Bruce Walker, visiting Onagawa following the tsunami disaster, bassy in Tokyo,

Status of NOAVI’s Onagawa Relief Fund Drive Fund Relief Onagawa of NOAVI’s Status N 16 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 B leave the car with my good friend and Squadron Secretary Charlie of amilliondollars now(1996)! As itwas,weendedhaving to quarter a least at worth is house That was! I opportunity.great a missing was I feeling uneasy the with offer the declined fully we would have to find a tenant, arrange a lease, etc., etc. I regret around foramortgage(andIknewlittleaboutsuch matters!) and just leavingforatleastthree years,there waslittletimetoshop were we as Unfortunately, sale. quick a for price, good very a — $25,000 for place the by could we that us informed suddenly agent whohandledthehousewewere rentingon FalklandRoad passports, etc.Inthemiddleofallthis, getting in Kingston, and sellingsomeoftheappliances,attendingJinny’sgraduation way most peoplecrossed the Atlantic in1964!), storing furniture passage over to the United Kingdom by ship (because that’s the of June, 1964.Inaddition,arrangementshadtobemadefor the 6th the until activities its and Squadron the for sponsibility the otherchildren toseesomethingoftheirothergrandparents. us to experiencesomethingof and the Continentand for stored, thecarsold,etc.Itwashowever,for agolden opportunity practice aftergraduation. Also, our furniture would have tobe be alongwayfrom Jinny inKingston,orwherever she chose to would we and university at education his finish to behind stay less! There were drawbacks, of course. Michael would have to no London in — overseas stint a by followed coast west the on job Captain’s seagoing a First, off. paying really was Ottawa in Headquarters Naval at work hard my all that appeared It one! arriving homeinEsquimaltonMay5,1964. Orient, the and Pacific South the to him took which cruise a of mander,Escort Squadron SecondCanadian andattheconclusion completed hisassignmentasCom Episode 15endedasSkinny The nextcoupleofmonthswere verybusy. Iretained there CANADIAN NAVAL HERITAGE nounced. Iwasleavingareal ‘plum’jobforanother High Commissioner in London,England,hadbeenan Canadian the of staff the to appointment next y thetimewereturned from ourFarEastjourney, my Episode Sixteen:BacktoEngland&Unification H. ‘Skinny’Hayes,OMM,DSC,CD**,RCN(1919-2006) Selected excerptsfrom thememoirsofCaptainGodfrey Days ofendeavour - - - - briefed forthisnewjob.This process consisted of payingan of a shipforBritain. board to Ottawa, via Montréal, for off took we and sell, to Jessop phen lostmuch ofhisNorth on. David, early American twang Ste and accent London’ ‘South the up picked quickly very She a public“Council”school just around thecorner from our house. to went Liz and School, Grammar a as classified College, manuel The twoboyswithus,Steveand David,were accepted atEm right near the “All England Tennis Club” of international fame. event, weeventuallyfoundavery nicehouseinsouthLondon, any In system. different entirely an has Britain since schools by point of view. A place tolivewas at thetopoflist,followed ing toanewcountryaccentuatestheseconcerns from thefamily professional aspects, butalsotheinterests ofone’s family. Mov changing! experience. It’s a good thing we did because the times were every nightinFirstClass!” And we did! We allenjoyedthenew warned thatIshould take adinnerjacketbecause“one dressed I was passengers, Class First as sent were officers Since elling. of oceantrav old fashioned,rathergraciousage end of the the good passage overtoLiverpool. Lookingbackonitnow, itwas allowed tostandintheway! already plannedandrecalcitrant admirals were notgoingtobe was unification, or integration, know,that didn’t was I course, of What Staff. Naval the of Chief made been just only had he cause I gotbackfrom myappointmentintheUK.Iwassurprisedbe Herbert Rayner, Admiral whotoldmethathewould be retired bythetime Staff, Naval the of Chief the with visit my during me to home brought was This “integration.” or “unification” words the middleof1964wewereto hearthosedreaded justbeginning liaising withourRoyalNavycolleagues.Itseems to me that by in do to me wanted they what just out find to directorates staff the of some visiting and Staff Naval the of Chief the to call ficial I was required to stop in National Defence Headquarters to be to Headquarters requiredDefence was National I in stop to The normalconcerns on takingupanewjobinvolve notonly We joinedtheCunard linerSS Carinthia in Montréal and had a had and Montréal in ------STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 17 ------TO BE CONTINUED After careful weighing of the realities regarding pension regu regarding weighing of the realities After careful I ever decisions the cleverest one of this was In retrospect, Early in 1967 to I Headquarters returned in Ottawa for a brief one Captain to only promoting forecasting In fact, they were I have to admit this information was a bitter pill to swallow Back home a great upheaval was happening throughout the throughout happening upheaval was a great home Back lations, ages of children, requirements, etc., I decided to stay in acceptable. Every com the Navy for as long as the jobs I got were and the thought of going to my pension add pleted year would out into the world to look for a new field, or go back to sea in the Service at age 48, did not intrigue me! Merchant made. in line with the Air Force base concept, and worst of all, a new a all, of worst concept, and base Force Air line with the in This production! in was and approved been had uniform unified was not an inspiring time for the Navy! ing and got the firstreal inkling if what was going on. During this brief visit I met with the Officer Personnel Director and was for me. The rationale would be no further promotion told there offered was that with the currentreduction (?) in the total force senior ranks. to the more would be many fewer promotions there had or four years. Since in 1967 I over the next three Commodore age, retirement compulsory reaching left before years only seven a younger Cap sense to promote that it made more I had to agree Commodores more tain (of course, in the event we ended up with than before). Admirals and for someone who was as ambitious as I and who had served the to Navy with such single-mindedness for so long. On my return vague a in knew, I options. my considered carefully I London sort of that way, quite a few of my contemporaries were leaving the Service as a consequence of unification. I did not know until as there months later that most of them had been asked to resign for them.” was “no promotion the early traumas of integration and unification of the forces was in the ‘in not involved was one hand, one On blessing. mixed a fighting’ which apparently went on, but on the other hand one position in light to establish one’s was not able changes, of the new organizational of the the development and new philosophy structures at home. Our jobs as ‘Liaison Officers’ with the Royal Navy suffered because although they were obviouslyknew one no Canada, in organization defence changes in the basic making long-term intentions, going or the government’s were we where and therefore we could not discuss them when questioned. could not personally support the philosophy of a unified service, I per My lack of loyalty showed. and I suppose that fundamental Navy did not with my contacts in the Royal sonal relationships suffer, but,by and large the warm association between our two somehow. services seemed to cool being was The whole organization Forces. Armed Canadian Air An pattern. Force’ an ‘Air to us to what appeared changed Force officer was chosen as the Chief of the public rela Air Force main spokesman for the Minister was an Defence Staff; the being reorganized Canada were tions man; military bases across ------pal, Conway and as Canadian Naval Member Naval Member and as Canadian was a commissioned ship on pa was a commissioned Niobe Niobe About a year after and after I took up the job in London, many During this time I also reconnected with my old During this time I also reconnected We saw We quite a bit of Pam’s parents who were both hale and It was a good time to have an appointment in London. The It was a good time to have an appointment My new appointment was as “Chief Staff Officer to CANAV The net result was that I became the head of the reduced Naval the reduced of the head became I that was net result The Staff and my boss was sent home. Being out of Canada during reduced reduced to one Commodore, a single administrative staff and a without done not was This officers. liaison of group smaller much acrimony fostered by the selfishness of one of the senior officers. rumours rumours of cuts and reorganizations, the Defence Liaison Staff was restructured and reduced. The three separate staffs, each headed by an officer of Commodore’s rank, were combined and ley-on-Thames, worked for the Regional Health Authority in his Authority worked for the Regional Health ley-on-Thames, estate in the town. speciality and had invested heavily in real George Ogilvy. He had become a dental surgeon, moved to Hen moved He had become a dental surgeon, Ogilvy. George quently. ‘Tan House’ was ‘Tan quently. a very old thatched and half-timbered had completely (‘black and white’) cottage which the Marsdens years old! hundred I’m told that it was over three restored. hearty. They visited us in Wimbledon a number of times and we They visited us in Wimbledon hearty. fre reasonably House) (Tan up to visit them in Shropshire drove propriate and convenient. I also visited most of the major bases and convenient. I also visited most of the major propriate the Canadian Navy had people serving on loan in England where or on course. Norway and Denmark. In addition, the whole family went to Sar Norway and Denmark. In addition, the whole were Andy and Bina holidays. separate for to and dinia most ap a visit there stationed in Malta at the time which made contacts with whom we had most dealings. My small NATO job NATO dealings. My small we had most with whom contacts involved at least one trip a year to the capital city of one of the France, , years we visited , my three allies. In NATO were good and we also got a ‘representational allowance’ as in good and we also got a ‘representational were tended to cover the expenses involved in the side of the liaison parties for our Royal Navy and job. It mostly went for lunches RCN was building three submarines in England and there were were there and in England submarines building three RCN was living allowances The two navies. involving our other projects Agency for Standardization, based in London, and I the Canadian Agency for Standardization, on that staff. Naval Representative per but was really the naval administrative body for all Canadian per but was really personnel in England. I was the Executive Officer for that func the Military called organization NATO was a small tion. “MAS” was in fact the Senior Naval Liaison Officer heading up a staff of staff. that of Chief the was I and fields, naval various in specialists naval style, HMCS In true with their opposite numbers in the Ministry of Defence and keep in the Ministry of Defence and keep with their opposite numbers and inform our in the British Forces of developments abreast headquarters of any important items. My boss, CANAVBRIT, dian High Commissioner in London had, as part had, as part of his team, the London in Commissioner dian High Defence Liaison Staff. This was made up of personnel from the was to establish contacts whose job it Air Force Army and Navy, BRIT and Executive Officer Officer Executive and BRIT The Cana for Standardization.” Agency Military to the (NATO) the rugged individualist, on the other hand retained his Canadian Canadian his retained hand the other on individualist, the rugged away. whole time we were accent the 18 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 W communists would beunabletomake useofcertainwaterfront port of Yosu onthesouth coastofKorea. Inorder toensure the centrated inthePusanperimeter. Enemytroops had captured the dian warshiptofire ashotinangerduringtheKorean conflict. 1950, 15th, The easytimewasshortlivedhowever, whenonTuesday, time. August quiet relative a as regarded was this speaking, Generally in screening, escort, interdiction andbombardment patrol duties. the UNoperationasindividualunits. for somereasonsuggested that serve Canadians couldbetter the a unit.Thereason forthis wasnotallthatclear, butitwasoften away from Canadausuallyapproached tentotwelvemonths. HMCS were — threesome and tours two least at completing all — times various side ofKure. primary base. The Canadian Army had a military basejust out Commonwealth occupationforces andshipsusedKure astheir the primaryportforshipsfrom theUSNavy, whiletheBritish rotated betweenSasebo and Kure, Japan. Sasebo was bridgehead. Fromday onuntiltheendofwar, that Canadian for thePusan Japan. Theyarrivedjustintimetojointhebattle Division Pacific — the preceding ships entered Sasebo harbour in on theafternoonofJuly5th,1950. baskan ers tosupporttheUNforces. HMCShips nadian Navywasimmediatelycalledupontosendthree destroy cally flew out special parts or supplies available only in Canada. The following article dealing with the involvement of RCNdestroyers, involvement whoperiodi Director Maritime Affairs, Calgary USAF Branchandaregularcontributor tothe pagesof with the ‘Starshell.’ and dealing All photosby theauthorunlessotherwisenoted. Ed. RCAF the lo article on following the The The part. for majority oftook the photographs Canada. are,ships and unless Canadianotherwise noted, from the responsible his personal collection,which trains, and providein special onlyinsight in into activities his busting’experiences. was fleet ‘train Fred including is the actions he bombardment Navy exciting many Royalthe period available describing avoids and deliberately orsupplies this Navy During US parts special on out 1952. entirely flew depended 9th, cally which July ship returning the and of 1951 support 2nd, gistic August Esquimalt HMCS destroyer departing Tribal-class waters, the aboard rean Officer Supply the as served Fowlow Fred KoreanThe War… Defending theFriendly Islands Land fighting, at the time the at fighting, Land In theearlydaysofwar, ourshipswere primarilyinvolved Throughout theKorean War, Canadianshipsrarely workedas Other Canadian warships which rotated intothetheatre at Destroyer Canadian the designated officially — 30th July On comprised a division which sailed from Esquimalt harbour Nations’ so-called“policeaction”inKorea,Royal Ca the United the in fight to deployed be would troops ground hile Ottawawas trying todeterminewhetherCanadian Athabaskan’s Haida, Crusader, Nootka,Iroquois sistership Cayuga Cayuga wentintoaction,wascon , became the first Cana first the became , Cayuga and , Sioux By FredR. Fowlow Huron and . Time Atha ------HMS warehouses bordering on the harbour, force to expended ammunition sufficient saw bombardment of period a tendayperiodontheeastcoast of Korea, oneshortbutintensive pended 1,050rounds of4-inchand590rounds of40 mm.During placements. Inonefortydaypatrol periodHMCS laying junks,guerillatroop transports and shore basedgunem trains, garrisons, the inshore ‘gunboatnavy’ comprised of mine and 40mmrounds into enemytroop concentrations, atmoving 4-inch of rounds of thousands off sent warships War,Canadian next three yearsin-theatre. tions in which Canadian destroyers would participate duringthe efforts metwithsuccess. hours, during which both ships bombarded the harbour. Their to destroy thesestructures. Theoperationlastedforsometwo interdiction directed toward destroying militarytargets behind west coastblockading force, they provided close support and through diplomaticchannels. neutrality, itwould be arelatively simple matter tosettletheissue her ships, or a Commonwealth ship, accidentally violate Chinese resentatives inRedChina.Itwasvisualizedthatshould oneof political reason as well, inthatGreat Britainhad diplomatic rep this was tactical innature. There was, however, a veryimportant the US Navy lookedaftertheeastcoast. The primereason for the RCN)assume responsibility forthewestcoast of Korea, while structure sawBritishCommonwealthships(includingthoseof was revised. The principleincorporated in thenewcommand Korean theatre, thecommandorganizationUN navalforcesof the underway. It is safe to say that throughoutIt issafetosaythat Koreanthe durationof Cayuga Canadian warshipsdidasuperb jobinKorea. As partofthe Concurrent withthearrival oftheCanadiandestroyers inthe Athabaskan Mounts Bay ’s bombardment was the first of hundreds of such ac such of hundreds of first the was bombardment ’s Athabaskan toleavethetarget area andre-ammunition while (aRoyalNavyBay-classfrigate),wasordered 2d drn te hps eod or n Ko in tour second ship’s the during (2nd) Cayuga , togetherwith Athabaskan ex ------

STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 19 - - RCN/National Defence Photo O-4310 ‘TRAIN BUSTING’ BOMBARDMENTS RAILWAY RAN ALONG RAILWAY THIS COAST AND WAS THIS COAST AND WAS FREQUENT TARGET OF FREQUENT TARGET PATROL AREA PATROL ‘WORTHINGTON’ ROUTE ‘CIGARETTE’ is shown above in this Navy Public Affairs image ‘BENTLEY’ PATROL AREA PATROL Athabaskan HMCS photo is the While harbour. Tokyo in a jetty alongside comes as she after theatre tour in the Korean undated, it was taken during her third Fred had left the ship. This was noted as the first visit of theship to the Japanese capital. As evident in this map (taken from “Thunder in the Morning “Thunder in the Calm” by As evident in this map (taken from com Korea of coast northwest the 1992]), [Vanwell Meyers C. Edward subjected of which were all small islands, series of a continuous prised with the car guerillas. RCN ships together to attack by North Korean defending these islands. rier element TE 95.11, assisted in the task of added by editor.) areas (Patrol ------sailed discovered that that discovered Athabaskan in Calgary — was miss Athabaskan Tecumseh It was during one of these strong windstorms with windstorms It was during one of these strong The west coast climate also did little to make up did climate also west coast The Water conditions along the west coast contributed along the west coast conditions Water Once the peace talks commenced, the Once the peace talks commenced, occupation Clearly, the conditions on the west coast were favor the conditions on the west coast were Clearly, Geography, hydrography and climate on the west on the climate and hydrography Geography, Long periods at sea were the norm and were the were norm and at Long periods sea were RCN through HMCS RCN through and weighed anchor immediately warship The ing. that it was decided to return to the leeward shelter of shelter to the leeward to return decided that it was Once anchored, the island. Able Seaman Robin J. Skavberg — who had joined the snow squalls from the northwest, that northwest, the from squalls snow a potential Island to cover the shelter of Cho-Do from sea was so strong The wind running invasion route. and blinding snow squalls. for the unfavorable hydrographic conditions that pre conditions for the unfavorable hydrographic gales with occasional fairly cold were vailed. Winters numbers of magnetic, acoustic and pressure mines, the numbers of magnetic, acoustic and pressure place for west coast would have been a very dangerous the operation of blockading forces. to the ease of mining by enemy forces. The tides and to the ease of mining by enemy forces. currents made the floating mine an ongoing potential large ship-killing weapon. Had the enemy possessed and hence, the importance of the offshore islands, be came a prime concern. and even the large scale transport of invading troops to scale transport of invading troops and even the large islands. the mainland and the many offshore and from vigilance was called for by our ships and supporting of infiltration the prevent to were they if aircraft, carrier and guerillas enemy agents, the movement of supplies task of navigating in these unpredictable waters. task of navigating in these unpredictable utmost craft. The of small use able for the clandestine nels are formed, obliterated and reformed with remark and reformed obliterated formed, nels are Such conditions did able not frequency. make easy the our forces would engage in action when enemy forces forces enemy when action in engage would forces our hit the mud flats. High, strong tides of over 30 feet in chan new and bottoms muddy the scour areas, some shoals. Some of the islands are connected to the main connected are the islands of Some shoals. land when the tide goes out — a time when guerilla forces would elect to make their raids — a time when the Canadian ships. The Korean west coast is ragged is west coast Korean The the Canadian ships. shallow the water is extremely and heavily indented, and rocks flats, mud water low islands, with dotted and carriers and Royal Navy cruisers. carriers and Royal Navy for challenges frequent own their created Korea of coast achieved as a consequence of regular at-sea refueling Auxiliary ships, aircraft Royal Fleet evolutions from provided escort support for the carrier and rescue ser and rescue for the carrier escort support provided or crashed shipborne aircraft when guard), vices (plane sea. ditched at enemy lines. When the Canadian vessels worked worked vessels Canadian the When lines. enemy they Sea, Yellow in the force carrier the aircraft with 20 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 Embarking provisions aboard ejected from thegun. targets alongthewestcoastofKorea. Theshellcasingisseenbeing Athabaskan’s tation onthesideofhelicopterread: “TheRamblingWreck!” and a prayer” bore added significance here, especially since the no Padre isshownmaking‘ParishRounds.’Theoldsaying,“Onawing Padres were scarce inKorea andshared betweenships.Here the ‘X’ gun, a twin 4-inch mount, commences firing against Athabaskan atSasebo,Japan. - North Korea. and Chongjin, run themain railway lines and the roads of Through theseplains,especiallyinthearea between Wonsan there are aseriesofnarrow plainsbackedbyhighmountains. northernmost end,isalmost unbroken. Along theeastcoast the wateris deep, islands few, andthecoastline, except atits Here different. very are conditions hydrographic the ever, her intoportforafifteenday repair period. phoon Ruth.Damageto HMC Ships 1951, InOctober strike. to least onetyphoon can expectat which ourshipshadtodealwith. abandoned. AB Skavberg wasneverfound. gard oftheenemyshorethe search batteries, wasregretfully disre defiant in projectors signal and searchlights using ter it impossibletolocatethemissing sailor. Two hourslater, af seas andviciouscurrentstide, made causedbythefast-ebbing areadashed backtothe tosearch forSkavberg,heavy the but fensive than aself-initiatedprogram of attack.Theair force This increasedwas more activity inthenature ofcounter stepped uptheiractivitiesduring thelattermonths of 1951. event ofanearlyarmistice. tempts toseizegroundwould havetobereturned that inthe operations. There was clearly nopointinlosing troops in at thirty dayperiod, ground forces on bothsides curtailed their shore islandsanimportant issue. off of occupation the made This truce. of line final the for line wouldbetakenasthebasis days, theexistingbattle thirty marcation. 1951, agreement hadbeenreached onaprovisional line ofde peace talks,someprogressNovember 26, wasmadeandby to change.IntheearlydaysatPanmunjon events began and generallyharassing everything andanythingthatmoved! the carriergroup, providing closesupportforground troops the majorityoftime spent on the westcoast, working with broke the routine of west coast patrolling. As it developed, game known as‘Trainthe to play tunity Busting.’Itcertainly along theeastcoast. Crusader, Haida rean theatre, theysucceeded in makingnames for themselves. east coast on oneoccasion during anormal tour intheKo coast wasdirected. that theweightofUnitedNationsnavalattackoneast The eastcoastclimateissimilartothewestcoast,how During thesummer orapproaching earlyautumn,one The west coast had another interesting characteristic Unlike thelandforces, thenavalandairforces inKorea the during fire cease a on agreement no was there While It was agreed that should an armisticebesignedwithin Once thetruce negotiationscommenced inOctober1951, Deployment totheeastcoastwasregarded asan oppor Although Canadian ships were usually only sentto the It wasagainstthesevulnerablelinesofcommunication Sioux and and Athabaskan Athabaskan Sioux was extensive enoughtosend allmanaged to destroy trains suffered at the hands of of hands the suffered at Ty ------STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 21 officers and Athabaskan’s Conrad Bouffard and Public Archives Canada PA-183937 Canada and Public Archives Conrad Bouffard An unknown Greek Master, Lt. Ben Weber, Lt. Ben Weber, Master, An unknown Greek twin 40 mm Bofors ‘barks’ into action. L to R: photographed off the North Korean coast on New Cayuga Athabaskan’s HMCS Day 1952. Year’s Despite the exigencies of war, some of Despite the exigencies of war, on their guests enjoy a lighter moment as they celebrate New Year’s the eve of 1952. Lt. Paul McCulloch and the author. unknown Scottish Master, One of ------un ]. It was was It ]. . The memorial . The see map p.19 map see Tecumseh ] in erecting a Korean Memo a Korean ] in erecting were to become involved in a naval a in involved to become were Cayuga on October 2, 1952, LCdr John Quinn, as well John Quinn, as on October 2, 1952, LCdr patrols, lasting from November 1st to December November 1st to December lasting from patrols, and Iroquois

alties were relatively small. As a consequence of a hit on hit a of consequence a As small. relatively were alties y the end of the Korean ‘police action,’ the Royal Canadi y the end of the Korean Casu Korea. to men and officers 3,500 sent had Navy an Korea has often been described as Canada’s forgotten war. war. has often been described as Canada’s forgotten Korea For Canadian destroyers, Korea was a peculiar war. Hav a peculiar war. was Korea destroyers, For Canadian The proximity of enemy aircraft and the likelihood of be of enemy aircraft The proximity It was as a result of this shift that the Canadian destroyers of this shift that the Canadian destroyers It was as a result

in Calgary where it was re-dedicated on September 18th, 2011, on September 18th, 2011, it was re-dedicated in Calgary where Association. by members of the Calgary Naval Veterans their former site adjacent to HMCS their former site adjacent Mu the new Naval of to the location relocated recently was Trail Crowchild on Military Museums Alberta at The of seum As a consequence, NOAC Calgary Branch was successful [ successful was Branch Calgary NOAC consequence, a As Ed. der the leadership of the author, Alberta at rial which was placed beside the of Naval Museum targets. killed. A number of others were wounded. Other casualties number of others were A killed. all etc. Collectively, at sea,’ in the form of ‘missing appeared ships fired a total of over130,000 shells at a wide variety of HMCS were M. Burden A. Baikie and Wallis Elburne Able Seamen as to Canada. Epilogue shoals and mud flats of the Korean west coast. Itis no small happy when the so-called United wonder our sailors were ships could return Nations’ ‘police action’ was over and our hazardous blockade or island defence patrols. They were of They were defence patrols. blockade or island hazardous in the limited ten called upon to complete these operations visibility of snow squalls and biting winds, among the rocky ing come out of World War Two as an effective anti- effective an as Two War World of out come ing our ships suddenly found themselves engaged in the navy, and missions monotony of interminable carrier screening enemy positions. ing attacked from the air, dictated that our ships could not dictated that our ships could the air, ing attacked from during daylight hours. They did, however, operate in the area under cover of darkness and bombarded move into the area reach of the enemy’s Manchurian airfields, were attacked and attacked were airfields, Manchurian enemy’s the of reach fell to North Korea. Athabaskan’s located a short group, 1951, the islands of the Taewha-Do 11th, and within easy islands controlled Communist distance from Athabaskan design. During one of the Communist campaign to frustrate chiefly the western islands in the waters patrolled by Com ships that monwealth and Canadian the Communists wished to capture. to seize some of the more important UN-held islands in what islands UN-held important the more of to seize some “Cigarette” the area, patrol to as the “Bentley” was referred [ area patrol the “Worthington” and route was countering a sudden increase in enemy air activity. The air activity. in enemy increase a sudden was countering navy was resisting a determined effort by theNorth Koreans B 22 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 M C A reviewby FraserMcKee for study. From JohnNapier(1550-1617),inventoroflogarithmsand serious pioneers, often landsmen, perceiving newneeds and problems naval architecture asalearnedprofession. ofearly work mathematicians and philosophers, and would eventually givebirthto the from benefited analysis thoughtful Such Baltic. instance, his concern for shallow draft stabilityin vessels plying the a great stepforward from thetraditionalhalfmodels,indicating,for detailed drawings were David Balfour for the Danish king. Balfour’s modern approach toshipbuilding,citingtheworkofScot, lowing entries. Ais includedattheendofbook. usefulbiography is introduced by ashortessaysettingthehistoricalscene for thefol to 1800, the rest dealing with fifty year segments up to 2000. Each part times classical stretches from these of first The sections. five into vey individuals analyzing andsolvingdesignproblems, dividinghissur proving watercraft since ancient times. Hegivesbiographiesof136 the manyadvancesinshipdesigntopresent day. wrights, mariners,scientists and privateindividuals contributing to and their evolution,and of his admiration for the oftenunsungship interestof his lifelong is simultaneouslyacelebration book inships naval architect attheNationalMaritimeMuseum, Greenwich, andhis the occasion ofits150thanniversaryin2010.Theauthorisresident A reviewbyPeterWilliamson After 1600,then,shipbuildingattractedanincreasing numberof The authorpointstotheyear1600asbeginningofamore Walker shows the varied backgrounds of those concerned with im sented as a tribute totheRoyalInstituteofNaval sented asatribute Architects on learly alabouroflongdevotion, THE READINGROOM of their official histories, official their of any yearsagoI ordered from the ItalianMinistryof Marine two THE LITTORIO CLASS:Italy’s Last SHIPS &SHIPBUILDERS: and LargestBattleships1937-1948 Pioneers ofDesignand By ErminioBagnascoand Augusto de Toro Construction Translation byRaphaelRiccio By FredM.Walker, RINA I Cacciatorpediniere Italiana Naval InstitutePress, Annapolis (2011) Naval InstitutePress, Annapolis (2010) 356 pp,B&Wphotos,charts(2fourpagefold-out), org plans, drawings,tables,appendices, sources,bibli hardcover, US$45.95(USNImembersUS$36.76), ography, index, hardcover, 10”x 12”,US$85(USNI members US$55.25),ISBN978-1-59114-445-8 ISBN 978-1-59114-788-6.

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waspre on the - - - - - by thetripleexpansion engine and scotch boiler. The often-abused the Britishcoasts and, on a larger scale, around the world, driven Mansfield’s plied ‘dirty in British increasing coaster’ numbers around from thistime,from observationofnavalrambows.More visibly, fuel needs of ships. The twentieth centurybulbousbowdeveloped and testing increasingof navalarchitects ability topredictperformance and the hull scientific of inception the with era, Victorian later The useofrivetingandstronger steelswere vitalhere. hull lines, longitudinal sections onthe centrehull lines,longitudinal space details,aswell line, views, external covering charts out fold two-page four are there — from Italian artandliterature. Apart from the impressive appearance less in idiomatic English. Very much up to the quality one might expect states, “abletofollowmaritimeinterests.” HeisamemberofNOAVI. retiredas anacademic.Heisnow ing thirtyyears in Victoria and,ashe then wentonto university inOntario and theUnitedKingdom before spend Marconi’s wireless, bothinvaluableinenhancingsafetyatsea. and covers hatch cargo steel of invention the be must significant As designs havesavedmanylives. tional Lifeboats,whoseself-righting unit. More altruistically, weread ofRichard Oakley, surveyorofNa cally, RudolphDiesel,whose engineeventuallyedgedoutthesteam fastest ship afloat, with a speed of 36.9 knots in 1900, and less dramati Charles Parsons, whose turbine madethedestroyer HMS players suchasSir sketches wemetkey esthetics. Inthebiographical its ever-larger shipsand,dictatedbyaccountants,asaddisregard for with expansion ofshipping of theglobal two worldwars,andthen century,twentieth the into moves the first, of areoverviews we given tory loadlinesnowseenoneveryfreighter. As ships andtheresultant scams, was responsible in1876forthemanda Samuel Plimsoll,whosecampaigntocombattheoverloadingofcargo mariners drewof anotherlandsman,thephilanthropist theattention The rate of technological and scientific progress accelerates in the in accelerates progress scientific and technological of rate The Peter spentseveralyearswiththeNewZealandShippingCompany, and www.usni.org www.usni. - , nel’s prescient to buildevenlarger ships,asshown in Bru ability the by followed 1800, in Québec in as side came increased efficiency of shipbuilding to keepvitalworldorder. Onthepractical to expandworldtrade,andthenavalvessels neers focusedonlarger, more complexships Revolution came a hostof scientists and engi ical tables, thelistis long. With theIndustrial and compass correction, plusvitalmathemat 1862), whoproduced studiesofmagnetism calculations ofstability, toPeterBarlow(1771- skilful, literate and as far as I noted, flaw noted, I as far as and literate skilful, the translationbyRaphaelRiccio is also published in2010.Notably,edition being the quality of the original series, the Italian printed inChina,isstillverymuch up to PressNaval Institute the published by and Canadian! This volume, although now to discoverthatamountedabout$8.00 at thecost, about4,000lire. Muchrelieved useful references, although Iwas appalled cruisers. Bothwere superlativelarge and ers, and history oftheirtorpedoboatsanddestroy Gli Incrociatori Italina Great Eastern Ships &Shipbuilders and Great Britain ontheir Viper the ------.

STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 23 ------Note bene Bismarck! US mobilization and conduct of the war. Lac US mobilization and conduct of the war. and ey contends that the actual mobilization plans used bear little re material production work. He further semblance to Wedemeyer’s contends that US Army Chief of Staff George Con not arrive at the Casablanca did Marshall in 1943 advocating for a Second Front ference knowing that this was not possible. that year, Roosevelt’s President that US asserts also He in targets production ostensibly impossible is efforts herculean to industry American spired as is the long-held myth that the aver incorrect, standard their sacrifice to had consumer US age of living for the war effort: in fact, consumer As a result of a thorough research of relevant primary sources, the sources, primary relevant of research thorough a of result a As Probably of more interest to a general naval reader is the detailed is naval reader to a general interest more of Probably worth well valuable book, in this case and fascinating Altogether a Fraser is a Canadian naval author of note, a former editor and frequent www.usni. seemingly innocuous document did what the US military was not support to produce to able was US the what identified it that in to able its own war efforts as well as Allies, those while of not the neglecting US domestic concerns. In what is a damning indictment of prewar military planning, the author concludes that, “The simple fact was despite years of planning and having sent hundreds that the military, no idea absolutely had College, Staff Industrial the to officers senior of on the eve of war of what the services would need to fight.” May’s work was completed not a moment too soon as his findings were de In the Harbor. Pearl days before 1941, three on 4 December livered this is in December 1941) that US (remember end, May concluded spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) actually Domestic Product of Gross spending as a percentage during the war. increased two of up made was program Victory actual the that concludes author Opera Naval of then-Chief the by written memorandum a first parts: R. Stark, which, with the collaboration of Gen Admiral Harold tions, and which eral Marshall, eventually its way to the President made recommended that the US adopt, “…an eventual strong offensive in the Atlantic as an ally of the British, and a defensive in the Pacific.” of this book, the critical ele The second part, and for the purposes ments of the Plan, Victory was essentially a spreadsheet prepared by Department. This the civilian statistician Stacy May of the US War layouts on the foc’s’le, plus a narrative text. Finer detail drawings, for for detail drawings, text. Finer a narrative plus on the foc’s’le, layouts etc. in the magazines, storage show shell instance, includes This put into service. three history of each of the operational commanders the ships’ various movement of them, charts of every the and attack on Taranto Arm Air of the Fleet the Italian views and battle off Sirte, one of the few actual fleet engagements with Admi ral ‘ABC’ Cunningham’s Mediterranean fleet. All supported The by a results. tables of and the actions of charts photos, multitude of ‘Comparisons and Con 11-page book with ends a very readable, with the RN’s King made and charted Comparisons are clusions.’ and classes various USN’s the Bismarcks, German the V-class, George The Littorios tended to be very Yamato-class. Japanese the monstrous not that is distance available for fuel load; ‘short-legged’ in RN terms, Despite the occasional burst, Navy. for the Italian a major problem few A their was about speed their average for comparative group. sys auxiliary rudder ships’ these as such interesting, are items small was damaged. rudder tems in case the main but dipped into and continuously, the cost. Not necessarily to be read taken up for entertainment and education. Branch. of Toronto He is a longtime member contributor to ‘Starshell.’

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, 266 pp, appendices, hardcover, US$35.95 US$35.95 , 266 pp, appendices, hardcover, 491-5. (USNI members US$22.72), ISBN 978-1-59114- org Naval Institute Press, Annapolis (2011) Annapolis (2011) Naval Institute Press, By Jim Lacey World War II War World MEN: How US Economists Won Won MEN: How US Economists KEEP FROM ALL THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTFUL ALL FROM KEEP , was launched as a hull but never completed. completed. a hull but never , was launched as Imperio . The latter was sunk by German aircraft after the armistice aircraft sunk by German latter was . The was badly damaged by during the Taranto raid, as during the Taranto by torpedo badly damaged was

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Conventional historical wisdom generally holds that the so-called generally holds wisdom historical Conventional I must admit that the subtitle of this book gave me pause. At a pause. this book gave me that the subtitle of admit must I This book, though not a work of naval or maritime history The second section of the book covers details of the design, all of the design, details section of the book covers second The t was the late Dr. Barry Hunt, history professor at the Royal Military Hunt, history professor Barry t was the late Dr. in me a con College of Canada in Kingston, ON, who inculcated Estimate of Army Ground Forces”) developed in September 1941 by Forces”) Army Ground Estimate of provided the basis for subsequent then-US Albert Major Wedemeyer, for the former. However, while the book is packed with its fair share is packed with its fair share while the book However, for the former. its overall thrust. this did not detract from of facts and figures, Study Requirements Ultimate “The fact, actual (in Program” “Victory pivotal moment in my childhood (Grade X in NL, as I recall), I had the (Grade X in NL, as I recall), pivotal moment in my childhood an elective. Having struggled as or Economics of either French choice out the best, I opted and not having always come with numerology lay the invasion of Europe until 1944 — based largely on work done by civilian economists, quite frankly. so-called “true story” emerges. story” emerges. so-called “true debunking long- the task of himself the author sets into that vein: falls de to decision Allied indeed and the US surrounding myths standing history in general was that it was not a static art; that it was often only with the passage of time and new documents coming to light, as well as through the diligent effortsof thatresearchers: modern the tinuing interest in naval history. One thing he always stressed about One thing he always stressed in naval history. tinuing interest A review by Colonel P. J. Williams review by Colonel P. A ing large tables of gunnery firingrecords— hits, misses, failures and are makers there and timing. For model even, for gunners, “spread” and bridge details, paravane extensive close-up photos of upper deck Littorio well as two older battleships. technical specifications, development construction, and trials, includ and way to an assembly point. Allies in mid-1943 while on the with the The fourth, ion, probably the most handsome of the battleship designs among all among of the battleship designs handsome the most probably ion, the nations — UK, USA, France, Japan and Germany — in this Lit ever completed: were torio Class. Only three from the war and in some of them made major modifications, from re from modifications, major made them of some in and war the from When bows and sterns. units, to rebuilding propulsion placing entire to be a major player in the naval game a new it became obvious that battleship design was their required, staff came up with, in my opin the post-First War era, the the and post-First requirements problems War created by the to equal least at be to efforts ongoing Italy’s and treaties, naval various remaining had several battleships negotiations. They France in those as two types of aircraft and various paint and camouflagelogi and complete very schemes is ships impressive three these of story the — of on Italian naval policy with a section authors open The cally told. I 24 STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 H other words, eachthermonucleardevicepresents anincredible threat by the US is 23 megatons, 1,533 times the power of that first bomb. In plosive poweroftheHiroshima bomb. Thelargest bombevertested submarine-launched ballisticmissileis600kilotons,40timesthe ex nitude. Forexample,thestandard nuclearwarhead foraPoseidon the ‘H’bomb,raisedlevelofdestruction byseveralorders ofmag the bookpointsout,introduction ofthethermonuclear warhead, son probably thinksaboutwhentheythinknuclearwar. But,as weapons are compared. Thatisalsothemeasurethe averageper that out thebookthisyieldisusedasabenchmarkagainstwhichother 100,000 people and devastated an area of five square miles. Through yield of 14 kilotons, equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT. It killed close to power anddevastationcapabilityofmodernnuclearweapons. and counterforce versuscountervalue.Healsointroduces us tothe attack, nuclear for targets the select who Staff) TargetPlanning tegic JSTPF (JointStra forms theplanfordeliveryofnuclearweapons, such thingsastheSIOPPlan) that (SinglesIntegratedOperational warfare andweaponscontrol. Heusestheseexperiencestointroduce nuclear of questions the on consultant finally, a and being targeter to weapons nuclear a to command, fleet a to weapons, nuclear deliver to qualified aviator naval a being from range experiences His States. volved in thebuildupofnuclearweapons capabilityoftheUnited in issues the view to position unique a in is Vice-Admiral(Ret) USN A reviewbyGordonForbes eventual dateagreedhistory shows,spring1944wasthe atCasablanca convinced ofthestrengtheventually of theeconomist’scase,andas both sides of theargument, MarshallandtheUS government were hidden fromexposed to been men.” Having eyes ofthoughtful the senior US general stated that theapplicablereports, “…be carefully Not allagreed withMay’sandhiscolleaguesanalysis,atleastone same targetsplan wasbasedonthe summer 1943. achieved by being of Europe couldonlybeachievedbythespringof1944.Wedemeyer’s mobilization andproduction targets toenableacross-channel invasion The originalatomicbombdropped onHiroshima, Japan,hada is the question when it comes to reading this book. Jerry Miller,Jerry book. this reading to comes it when question the is istory, text book,personal recollection? All of the above? That By KennethG. Cox Tracing Your Canadian Military Ancestors A CALL TO THECOLOURS From theeditor’sshort list… STOCKPILE: TheStory Behind 10,000Strategic Nuclear Weapons By JerryMiller Naval InstitutePress, Annapolis (2010) www.usni.org hardcover, US$37.95(USNImembers US$30.36), ISBN978-1-59114-531-8. (Ottawa Branch) , 352pp,photos,illustrations, ------B that resulted bythetimeSovietUnioncollapsedin1990. Staff inNDHQOttawaandafrequent reviewer in‘Starshell.’ approve. believe there’s nothing newunderthesun!IbelieveDr. Huntwould half ofthebook.Highlyrecommended, particularly forthosewho make upalmost hensive anddetailedNotessection,whichtogether (including Wedemeyer’s Study referred to above)as well as a compre for OperationOverlord, theinvasionofNormandy. flicts in our history is exciting. When you find a family name on a on name a family find you When exciting. is history our in flicts Weapons Officer(see: HMCS aboard fire and sion question ofnuclearwarfare: past,present orfuture. at hand.Thisisaveryinteresting bookforanyone interested inthe always appearrelevantsented againandagain,they tothesubject facts crammed between itscovers. Although some of thesefactsare pre significant many with written well is It three. all as succeeds and theirreasons maysurprisesomereaders. recent US mid-term elections.Nonetheless,some of thesepredictions the of result the of because question in already is which of one ture, fu near the for predictions seven makes finally, he And shaped. be nuclear response and how the deterrent posture of the future should a require may ones which determines threats, current the analyzes use ofnuclearweapons.He for any the USshouldgoinplanning Russian leaders. Finally, theauthorlooks into thefuture tosee where resultUS presidents offace-to-facemeetingsbetween andSoviet tion inarms. The only meaningfulreductions have come about as a reduc significant any about bring to failed singularly disarmament dedicated bureaucracythe out howandwhy nuclear concernedwith abruptsuch plan.Hepoints Soviet Unionvetoedany end whenthe an to brought was that move a — Nations United the of auspices the feredcontrolunder international all nucleartechnology toput through Second Worldgoing onsincetheendof been War whentheUSof Colonel Williams is Director Current OperationsontheStrategicJoint appendices, basedonprimarydocuments The bookcontainseight Gordon Forbes is the author of “We Are As One,” the story of the explo the of story the One,” “WeAreAs of author the is Forbes Gordon So, isithistory, textbook orpersonalrecollection? Itactually The authoralsoanalyzestheattemptsatarms control thathave 978-1-55488-864-1. Also availableasanepub for$11.99 photos, notes,bibliography, index,paperback,$26.99,ISBN Dundurn Press, Toronto (2011) discovery that anancestor served during one of the major con to performsome form of militaryservice, often as militia. The eginning in Canada’s earliest days, our ancestors were required towardof mutualassured thestate destruction (MAD) thor pointsoutthateach,initsway, playedtheirpart trations in contributing to this state of affairs. The au gress, and thevariousPresidents andtheiradminis custodians ofallthingsnuclearintheUS;USCon by themilitary; Atomic Energy Commission, the stockpile was justified and achieved. The parts played primary theme running through thisbook.How this and thedeliveryvehiclestousethem. the SovietUnion each had over 10,000 such devices of devastationandunthinkablelosslife. It isthismassive build-up ofweaponsthatisthe And at theheightof the stockpile,bothUS and www.weareasone.ca Kootenay www.dundurn.com in 1969 when he was serving as her as serving was he when 1969 in ). , 344pp, ------STARSHELL AUTUMN 2011 25 - - - . after Proteus Proteus . In that ship and Jason and spent five years Nereus on investigations into one of Proceedings date unknown but when serving as USS Proteus Canadian Military Medals & Insignia Journal Insignia & Medals Military Canadian SS Thus the records should probably loss by be changed to show should probably Thus the records The author is a retired high school principal, has published articles articles has published principal, high school is a retired The author of nobody bet Dundurn, I could think from of this book On receipt ships would have encountered, with little warning, first high winds He of about half the ships’ length between crests. seas then rolling as laden beyond their marks, that the ships likely, much more claims, up right simply broke permitted in wartime with heavy bauxite ore, The minutes. in down went and wall fire room engine forward the at to sail in ships to acknowledge they had allowed authorities, reluctant albeit to the German enemy, an unsafe condition, attributed the loss with scant evidence. but palatable to those who lost family, “dangers of the sea.” Not more accurate record. at least a more journal and in the USNI USS these ships’ sister, commands, his previous lost his hammer had chipping rust he noted in 1932 that a seaman through the hull. On probing why, the that the and it in places, light through showing indeed the hull was ship’s officers then noted flanges of the large longitudinal strengthening I-bar stringers in the ef almost completely eaten away by the corroding hold were ship’s noted that the ship when coal. He had already fect of the sulfurous at sea even in glassy calm had an odd rippling motion. Suspecting in been further advanced had the problem then looked at weather Adm van Deurs another eight or nine years, 1941. He found that al in November-December for the area reports fast-moving 30 to 40 were there storms, no severe were though there knot winds which outran the seas they tended to kick up. Thus the in the in the elementary school and wrote a team that developed working with and social studies. geography guides in history, curriculum than my to the amateur genealogist and assess its value ter to examine the genealogical researching She has years of experience wife Gloria. of both military, families, including those who served in the our roots While Society. Alberta Genealogical the of longtime member a is and times of its value, to me many the book Gloria commented reading indispensable aid for it as an recommending and doesn’t hesitate in their family’s Canadian military roots. anyone wishing to research ------Pro had on 8 Nereus Operation Paukenschlag Operation SS Nereus and SS Proteus SS Nereus and Reassessing History Reassessing . Built in 1912-1913 at Newport News Built in 1912-1913 . provides the archival, library and comput archival, the provides Proteus and loading coal at Nagasaki, Japan, April 1916. n many lists of Canadian merchantmen sunk during the n many lists of Canadian merchantmen seamen’s of at least 115 the loss in this case with war, lives, appear the names of these two elderly steamers, Nereus Nereus

sailed from St. Thomas on 23 November 1941 and St. Thomas from sailed SS By Fraser McKee By

At first it was presumed they had been sunk by German U-boats, Obtained from the USN by the Canadian Government Merchant Government Merchant by the Canadian the USN Obtained from A Call to the Colours Call to A sabotage explosions, no saboteurs detected. Then between 1970 and in an engineering van Deurs reported American RAdm George 1974, then assessed as due to German-induced sabotage at St. Thomas. And then assessed as due to German-induced sabotage at St. Thomas. ap these two vessels in those lists where thus it has been recorded for this checking has indicated no reason recent more However, pear. second assessment at all — no other examples of ships lost due to not yet begun and no claim of sinking was ever made by the Kriegs marine. Subsequent investigation indicated there were no German was at that time. So their loss U-boats or surface raiders in that area sailings. No survivors or identifiable wreckage was ever found. sailings. No survivors or identifiable wreckage campaign coastal American although their operated by Saguenay Terminals Limited, carrying bauxite from St. carrying bauxite from Limited, operated by Saguenay Terminals Thomas, BVI to Portland, Maine, for aluminum smelters there. teus following their two days trace with no went missing Both December. from the mid-1930s. from to be sunk, they were tonnage already Marine in 1941 to replace Shipbuilding in the USA, they had served as colliers for the US Navy they had served as colliers Shipbuilding in the USA, laid up were and no longer necessary, and to be too old until judged ly illustrated with examples of the sorts of artefacts and documents of the sorts of artefacts and documents ly illustrated with examples you can find. er resources that can be employed to explore your family’s military your family’s that can be employed to explore er resources uniforms, photographs, documents, as old using items such history, The book is generous to guide the search. medals and other militaria ancestors faced challenging events beyond the scope of ordinary liv ordinary of the scope events beyond challenging faced ancestors ing. There are ways to trace their journeys and thus flesh out a more family. of the history of your complete story Loyalist muster roll, a Canada General Service Medal with an ances with Medal Service General a Canada muster roll, Loyalist attestation papers, War tor’s of First on it, a set engraved name World your of that one realize you medals, War World Second box of a or O Answer to Schober’s Quiz No. 55 on page 12…

ear Admiral (later Acting-Admiral) Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan The fate of Force Phillips, GBE, KCB, DSO, RN (19 February 1888 to 10 De- Z is well-known and AUTUMN 2011

Rcember 1941). needs no repeating. Nicknamed “Tom Thumb” on account of his diminutive size, It is noteworthy, “Phillips was a very able, hard-working staff officer, but not a however, that hav- patient or tolerant man. He was indeed subject to fits of violent ing been shadowed anger if he thought his ideas were being obstructed, or if he by Japanese aircraft STARSHELL did not agree with some proposal. Pound [First Sea-Lord] had since dawn on De- complete confidence in him…”.3 A feeling not shared by Phillips’ cember 10th, Phil- battle-hardened peers — especially when he was appointed to lips did not request command the Eastern Fleet with the rank of Acting Admiral — the emergency air cover consensus being that he had no sea-going experience and “was a from the RAF until prisoner of his fiercely expressed convictions … to the effect that 1115 — two minutes bombers were no match for battleships.”4 into the first attack Phillips duly arrived at Singapore on December 2nd, 1941 by the Japanese air- and hoisted his flag as C-in-C Eastern Fleet. Six days later the craft. The British Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The same day, intelligence re- fighters arrived on ports indicated that the fast-moving Japanese were set to invade the scene minutes Admiral Phillips (right) with his Chief of Staff, RAdm Palliser (later Adm Sir Arthur Francis Eric Palliser) in the Malayan peninsula. Consequently, on December 8th Phil- after the last enemy Singapore, December 2nd, 1941. lips sailed with his fleet, designated ‘Force Z,’ consisting of his planes turned for flagship, the modern battleshipPrince of Wales, the obsolescent home, having successfully accomplished their task. For the loss battlecruiser Repulse and four destroyers, intending to interdict of only three of their number, the Japanese had sunk two British the reported Japanese landings. capital ships, one of them virtually brand-new. (The chivalrous Prior to departure, the RAF had informed Force Z that air Japanese flyers left the destroyers unmolested in their rescue cover during its sortie would not be available due to other press- work.) ing commitments. Nevertheless, true to his unshakeable beliefs The official RN Battle Summary reads dryly: “Once again the regarding the futility of air attack against warships, Phillips de- lessons of Norway and Crete had received tragic confirmation; cided to sail anyway. After all, his flagship was virtually brand fighter support for surface forces operating where there is a pos- new, of the most modern design and bristling with an abundance sibility of strong enemy air attack is a prime necessity. of the latest A/A weapons — a ship which, ably handled by his As though to point the lesson, two months later two German Flag Captain, John Leach, would successfully repel any degree capital ships, heavily screened by fighters, were to brave the of air attack. might of the Air Forces in the United Kingdom within 20 miles of Or so the Admiral thought. its shores, and to get away unscathed.”

EPILOGUE “Bomber” Harris (Marshall of the RAF Sir Arthur Travers Harris, C-in-C Bomber Command 1942-45) was a good friend of Admiral Tom Phillips, but disagreed with him on the need for air cover and the vulnerability of warships. Once when Phillips insisted that if Italy entered the war the Royal Navy would still have free use of the Mediterranean regardless of the strength of the Italian Air Force, Harris exploded: One day, Tom, you will be standing on your bridge and your ship will be smashed to pieces by bombers and torpedo aircraft. As she sinks, your last words will be “That was a bloody great mine!”5

FOOTNOTES 1 Until the introduction in May 1943 of the VT (Variable Time) or “Proximity” fuze, the effectiveness of RN A/A gunnery was notori- ously poor. From the outbreak of war until May 1943, a total of 252 RN vessels of all types were lost to air-attack, while during the same period a paltry 72 enemy aircraft were shot down by RN A/A fire. A new high-angle (A/A) fire-control system for RN destroyers and sloops, the so-called “Fuze Keeping Clock” (FKC) was introduced to the Fleet in 1938. In 1952, the Flotilla Gunnery Officer of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla based at Hong Kong, discovered that the FKC suffered from a basic design fault. RN destroyers and sloops had fought the entire Second World War with a flawed A/A fire-control system! A term-mate, who was the Gunnery Officer of one of the 8th DF ships at the time, informed me of the foregoing, ending his account with “if you did everything right—you were bound to miss.” 2 Stephen Roskill, “Churchill and the Admirals,” (Collins, 1977) p.119. 3 ibid., p.198. 4 ibid., p.199. 5 Henry Probert, “Bomber” Harris, (Greenhill Books, 1985)

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