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Vol. 3 No.4 THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE February, 1951

LADY OF THE MONTH HMC5 HHURON/' from point of service the veteran of the RCN destroyers now in com­ CON TEN T S, mission, is on her way from Halifax to the Far Page East, where she is scheduled to relieve HMC5 H fC Cayuga in the Korean theatTe. First com­ RCN News Review ~ , .2 missioned in July 1943, the HHuron n saw wartime duty off the coast' of Norway and on The ChilJnampo Alfair · 4 the North Russian convoy route, and distin­ guished herself in actions in the English Channel. Paid off into reserve after the war, she was The Metn 01 the Month 7 later refitted and re-armed preparatory to her being re-commissioned last February. The H Hall.. Yearly 'Pro~otions 9 fC Huron left Halifax January 22 and is due in the Far East early in March. (DNS-3242). Lower Deck Aclvancements 10

Where's tlEsther?" , . 11 Negative numbers of RCN photographs reproduced in The cCCrowsnesf' are included with the caption for the benefit of persons Alloat ancl Ashore 12 wishing to obtain prints of the photos. ' This they may do by sending an order to the The Navy Meets ttCae/e/y!". 18 Superintendent of Photography (Navy), Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, quoting the negative number of the photograph, giving the size and The New Ore/nance School 19 type required, and enclosing a money order for the full amount, payable. to the Receiver Looking Astern .. .., 21 General of Canada. .Size and finishes available, with prices, follow: How Wrong Can You Be? 23 4 x 5 glossy finish' only $ .05 5 x 7 glossy or matte finish...... 15 The BulJetin Boara 24 8 x 10 " " " " .... '...... 30 11 x 14 matte finish on·ly...... 50 14 x 17" " "...... 80 The Navy Plays, . 26 16 x 20 " ...... 1 .20 20 x 24 " ...... 1 .50 , Prep Scllool/mpressions ...... 30 30 x 40 " ...... 3.00

SUBSCRIPTION RATE The "Crowsnest" may be sub­ scribed For at the rate of $1" for 12 issues. Cover Photo - Dawn on the West Coast of !{orea is the title Persons desirous of receiving their own private copies by mail of this picture sho,ving a United Nations naval force engaged in should send their orders, accom­ the ceaseless vigil for enemy lTIOVeluents by .sea. The central panied by cheque or.money order Capt~in made out to the Receiver Gener.1 figure is HMCS "Cayuga,'.' whose cOlnmanding officer, o'F Canada, to:- J. V. Bl·ock, was in command of this particular force. The 'photo THE KINGtS PRINTER, was tal~en from HM~S !'Athabaskan." (CA-323). 75 ST. PATRICK STREET, OTTAW.A,ONT., R.C.N. News Review

"Sioux" Coming Home, waters, is scheduled to be replaced in A summary of the three destroyers' "Huron" Westward Bound late April by a ship yet to be nomi­ activities showed that' they had The change-over of Canadian de­ nated. steamed a total of more than 105,000 stroyers serving under United Nations miles since leaving Esquimalt last command in the Korean theatre began Destroyers Complete Sixth July, while their days at sea had . on January 14, when HMCS "Nootka" Month Under UN Command averaged slightly more than 20 per arrived at a UN naval base in South On January 12 the "Cayuga," month. Japan to relieve HMCS "Sioux." "Sioux" and "Athabaskan" com· Mostly their work consisted of long The "Sioux" didn't waRte any time, pleted their sixth month under the and tedious sessions of patrol and but sailed that same day for home. UN flag. The occasion found them blockade. But there were more event~ She arrives at Esquimalt February 4, at their base' in Japan, in port ful moments: The Inchon landings in seven months less one day from the together for the first time in nearly September . _. . bombatdments of dateshe left there in company with the two months. enemy positions along the west coast "Cayuga" and "Athabaskan" for It was, in fact, th~ first time the . .. landings on islands in enemy-held Pearl Harbor and points west. "Cayuga" had been alongside since territory ... the stormy November On the same the day the "Sioux" November 20. From then until Jan­ voyage to Hong Kong ... the with­ reaches Esquimalt, another rlestroyer, uary 9 she had been continuouslv on drawals from Chinnampo and Inchon. the "Huron," will be steaming toward patrol on the west coast of Korea, There was also the matter of mine San Pedro, California, her last North setting what was believed to be a destruction, the three ships among American stop before she heads record-50 straight days at sea-for them disposing of 18. ' across the PaCific. The "Huron" is destroyers in the UN fleet. Not far due in the Far East ~arly in March, at behind was the "Sioux," with 44 "Ontario" Making Long 'which time she will relieve the days to her credit. The "Athaba.skan" Cruise to Antipodes "Cayuga." broke her spell on patrol at 33 days The "Athabaskan," last of the when she went to port for minor In late February HMCS "Ontario" three originals to remain in Korean repairs. will sail from Esquimalt on an extended training cruise to Australia and New Zealand. On the invitation of Prime Minister R. G. Menzies of Australia, the "Ontario" will take part early in April in combined exerCises with units of the Royal Australian Navy. . On her' way to Australia, the cruiser will call at Pearl Harbor and at two islands in the South Pacific. Following the exercise periods, she will make a series of visits to Austra­ lian and New Zealand Cities before beginning her return journey' to Canada. She is scheduled to arrive back at Esquimalt June 7 from the first peacetime cruise ever made by a Canadian warship to the Antipodes.

January Busy Month for Ships of RCN For the fleet. January was one of the most active months on record. Destroyers held the spotlight, with the "Nootka" completing her long journey to the Far East, the "Huron" starting hers, the· "Sioux" heading homeward, and the "Cayuga" and "Athabaskan" going into port for a well-earned rest before returning to Flames from burning oil tanks, supply._dumps, warehouses and other installations light the war zone. A sixth destroyer, the the face of Ldg. Sea. James Tyre, of Vancouver, as he stands by his 40mm gun on board HMCS "Micmac," sailed from Halifax in "Cayuga" in the harbor of Chinnampo. (CA-320). company with the "Huron" Cl-nd was Page two

------_.. ------_. Avengers Going to Sea jor Flying Training Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of the RCN will go to sea in HMCS "Magnificent" early in February for the first time since they were acquired last year from the US government. Since their arrival in Canada the Avengers have been ashore for modi~ fications to fit them for their special­ ized anti-submarine duties and for training purposes. The carrier will sail from Halifax February 5 for some seven weeks of flying training and exercises, mostly in the Bermuda area. HMCS "Crescent" will ser;ye as plane guard for the "Magnificent" and the "Mic~ mac," returning from her trip to the Canal Zone, will join company at Bermuda to take part in the exercises. Embarked in the "Magnificent" will be the 18th Carrier Air Group, which was recently re-formed to include one squadron of Avengers (826) and one squadron of Sea Fury fighters (883). This is what the anchorage at Inchon looked like in mid-December to a party of Canadian sailors from HMCS "Cayuga" who landed on the bomb and shell-scarred island of Wolmi Do Special Leave Appro1Jed in search of Chistmas trees. The West Korean port is now in Communist hands. (CA-352). for Korean Campaigners By authority of the Chief of the to go as far as the Canal Zone with On the East Coast, HMCS "Port­ Naval Staff, ofncers and men serving her. age" exercised for a week with US in the RCN Special Forc;e in Korean There were other busv units. Two Navy minesweepers off Yorktown, waters may be granted 14 days' West Coast frigates, the "Beacon Va., then sailed to Havana, Cuba, special leave on return to Canada. Hill" and "Antigonish," were away for a four-day visit before turning This is over and above regular for four weeks on a training cruise to homeward. annual leave and may be taken in Acapulco, Mexico. The Halifax-based frigates, "La conjunction with annual leave when Hulloise" and "Swansea," went on personnel can be spared. shorter trips, the former to New York In addition, transportation to and HWell Done" (for the second time in a month) and from home will be provided at the latter to Bermuda. Service expense. As HMCS "Sioux" began her homeward voyage from the Far East there arrived on board a message of the kind to make the hearts of her ship's company, and of their fellow­ Canadians, swell with pride. It was from Vice-Admiral Charles T. Joy, USN, Commander of United Nations Naval Forces in the Far East, and said: "We will miss the gallant 'Sioux' when she departs f1'01n the United Nations 1/.lJval forces tho,t have been so strongly united by the bonds of comradeship and single purpose. The perfo7lnance of the 'Sioux' in the Far East ho,s shown you are an e.tJective fighting unit and has brought the highest credit to the naval forces of your country. To the cap­ tain, officers and men I extend congratulations and a hearty well done. Vice-Admiral Joy, USN." In his !"eply, Cdr. Paul D.,,~ayI01;; --- -conunandlng-offieel~of-t;he-Sl()u*:i,~+----- said: In contrast to the two preceding photogniphs is this one of a group of chi!dren taking part "Thank you for your ·:message. in a Nativity play at "Cornwallis." They are children of naval personnel serVlIls at the estab- It has been our privilege and. our - lishment and the play presented in the new Protestant church at '''Cornwallis,'' was the high- pride. to serve as Ii unit ··.of:tlie ::light of the Christmas ~eason_ With adoring angels on either side are Mary and Joseph, acted by United N4tions naval forces- under :Sue and Mary Lou Ross. (DB-995-2). . your command." '.. The photo is reproduced here because we believe it depicts one of. the reasons why Canadiali sailOr's are serving alongside those of other 'United Nations nat'ies in far-off Korean waters. Page three Th'e', Chinnamp,oAffair by A. J. P. Though It Bred A Few Gray Hairs, Canadian-Commanded Withdrawal Was Completely Successful

' ITH THE CANADIAN DE­ But with the' army pulling up its Senior officer of the naval force was W STROYERS IN KOREAN stakes, Chinnampo was of no further Captain Jeffry V. Brock, of Winnipeg WA TERS ~ On, the afternoon of use. Rather than transport them over and Vancouver, commanding officer Monday, December 4, the Canadian the congested roads to the south, it of the "Cayuga" and commander of destroyers "Cayuga," "Sioux" and was decided to evacuate the army's the Canadian Destroyer Division. "Athabaskan" were on blockade duty, wounded, the supply centre's per­ Besides the "Cayuga," the de­ with other United Nations warships; sonnel and loyal Korean civilians by stroyers were HMC Ships "Sioux" off the northwest coast of Korea. sea. and "Athabaskan," HM Australian Ashore, UN land forces were falling ,The attack transports and LST's Ships "Warramunga" and "Bataan," back before the mass of Communist and the USS "Forrest RO)i'al." armie's and the warships' main concern which were to embark the evacuees was to prevent any amphibious move­ entered Chinnampo on the 4th. The Captain Brock immediately called ment orRed troops southward.' , warships arrived in the approaches in a conference of the destroyer captains Suddenly there arrived a priority the late afternoon and began fuelling and staff officers and plans were signal diverting the ships to a position from an oiler. made fOf the passage into Chinnampo. further south. They were ordered to Darkness had descended and some It was going to be a gamble. proceed to the mouth of the Taedong , ships were' still taking on fuel when Between the warships and the city lay river, which serves the west coast port an emergency signal was' received 40 miles of tortuous navigation of Chirtnampo. There they were to from the commander of the transports. through a shallow swept channel that stand by to give whatever assistance He reported the situation in the city was bordered by minefields, shifting was required, during an emergency as extremely grave and said de­ mudbanks and treacherous shoals, withdrawal from the city. stroyers were urgently needed to give and in many places was only a Chinnampo had been a supply gunfire support and protect the with­ quarter of a mile wide. centre' for the US Eighth Army. drawal against enemy attack. The scimitar-shaped route was dif­ ficult enough by daylight; on a moon­ less night, with winds and strong tides adding to the hazards, the odds swung heavily against the destroyers. But, in view of the circumstances, there was n() hesitation about taking what was, in popular military terms, "a calculated risk." Led by the "Cayuga," the six destroyers began the trip at midnight. They were not long tinder way when the "Warramunga" reported she had run aground ona mudbank. Half an hour later, as the ships probed their way through the pitch black night at ten knots, the "Sioux" nosed into the mud. She.backed off, but in doing so: 'fouled an unlighted buoy and go("the cable wrapped around one ()f her screws. The other four carried on, sweating it out as they negotiated one ticklish spot after another. In the "Cayuga" the navigating officer, Lieut. Andrew Collier, intently watched the radar scan, swiftly plotted fixes on his chart and passed a continuous flow of information from the plot room to Captain Brock on the bridge. Extra lookouts on the bridge and on "B" , .' lViklit:a,ryanc:\ pther i~stal.la~ions on the Chinnampo waterfront go up in smoke, while in the gun deck peered through the darkness, foreground 'a jtinkloadecl with Korean refugees heads 'away from the Communist-threatened eyes and senses alert for possible :ci.ty." UN destroyers under. Canadiancom,mand covere(f the withdrawal of more than 8,500 dangers. military'personnel and civilians from the port, then turned ,their guns on military targets ashore. .,~.C.~-316). ", , ' , " ',', , ,,': _..,_,When"th.~ J9.1!f, ~,h~ps nosed into the Pa'g'ejo1/,r harbor at 4 o'clock in the morning, a sigh of relief went up from all hands. But the job was just beginning. The crews were closed up to their action stations, prepared for enemy activity, but relaxed later on receipt of reports thatthe Reds wel'e not yet in the area. However, Pyongyang, less than 30 miles away, had fallen and the enemy could not he far. In the meantime, the "Sioux" and "Warramunga" had returned to the anchorage in the approaches and reported onl}' slight damage. Both were fit for operational duty and were understandably disappointed at having missed the big show. In Chinnal11po, Captain ,Brock and officers of his staff boarded the senior ship of theattacktransports, then went ashore to meet the army commander and organizethewithdrawal operation. They were told, "We're all set but need, naval gunfire to hold off the enemy and destroy equipment and port facilities the 'Commies' might find useful." After selecting targets for the destroyers' guns, the Canadians re­ turned to the "Cayuga" for a con­ ference of the commanding officers. Each was given a' particular as­ signment. Targets were allocated the "Cayuga," "Bataan" and "Forrest Royal" and the "Athabaskan" was despatched downstream to establish a 'defended anchorage for the de­ stroyers. Captain Brock decided that, if the job in Chinnampo was com­ pleted at nigllt, he would anchor the destroyers rather than risk a second night passage of the channel. Throughout the day, landing craft and smaller boats shuttled back and forth between the transports and the shore, ferrying evacuees to the ships. This dramatic photo shows dense columns of smoke rising from oil tanks, sllpply dumps and LSTs were loaded to the gunwales other targets blasted by UN destroyers following the Chinnampo withdrawal. (CA-314). with vehicles and equipment. Thou­ sands of Korean civilians lined the to go into action. The "Cayuga" to the enemy," Captain Brock said beaches, their belongings strapped to took on oil tanks, freight cars and later, "the gallantry of their rightful their backs. At low tide, some waded port facilities, the "Bataan" and owners, who refused to leave, was kne~-deep through mud to board "Forrest Royal" turned their guns sufficient defence to ensure their junks. on marshalling yards, ammunition safety." A US army lieutenant added a and stores dumps, factories and Within an hour the waterfront note of tension to the scene when he warehouses. was a mass of flames, and burning oil reported oli boarding the "Cayuga" The "Cayuga" opened up in im­ and wreckage, carried by the river that guerilla activity was starting pressive fashion, hitting an oil tank current, were spreading over the ashore: "There's occasional sniper with her first salvo. It burst into harbor. shooting uptown." flames. During the next 40 minutes With all the transports gone and By 5 o'clock all the transports and the three ships hurled nearly 800 shells demolition completed, the destroyers LSTs had been loaded and sailed out into the city. All salvos fell within steamed out of Chinnampo in semi­ of the harbor. In the former were the waterfront area where the targets darkness and made their way to the more than 7,000 wounded, non­ were concentrated. The residential defended anchorage. There the essential military personnel and section, set further back among the "Athabaskan," taking no chances, had Korean refugees. Hundreds of other hills, was untouched. shot up gun emplacements over­ Koreans fled in junks, fishing vessels Many motor fishing vessels and looking the area. and other small craft, under cover of junks that served as the only homes At daybreak on Wednesday, the the warships' guns. , of Korean families were spared. "Al­ 6th, the warships weighed anchored It was time, now, for the destroyers though these vessels may prove useful and headed down-river. On their way Page five ONE FOR THE BOOK "That's something for the Mariner's Manual," said a US Navy officer. He was referring to a feat of navigation performed by a UN destroyer force, under Canadian command, during the Chinnampo withdrawal early in December. His sentiments were shared by officers in other ships of the UN fleetllperating off the west coast of Korea. In their opinion, the enterprise was a classic of its kind. Much of the credit for the successful navigation of the treacherous 40-mile passage into Chinnampo went to Lieut. Andrew Collier,of Salmon Arm, B.C., navigating officer cif HMCS "Cayuga." The operation was under the command of Captain J. V. Brock,. in the "Cayuga," and his ship led the way, through inky darkness, into Chinnampo. During the four-hour trip, Lieut. Collier obtained 132 fixes, nearly all by radar, and passed a running stream of information to Captain Brock on the bridge. This information was passed, in turn, to the ships following astern. Lieut. Collier djd not realize until later that he had made so many fixes - an average of better than one every two minutes. Said Petty Officer Ray Graham, of Regina, one of the members of the plot room team, as he erased the markings and put the chart back in its folio: "It's a shame to do this - this should be put in a glass case and preserved for posterity."

they collected various craft that and patrol duties. either had grounded during the night A cryptic signal from Captain AB Eric Udle, of St. John's, Nfld., watches or were still poking through the a plane from HMS "Theseus" pass overhead channel. Brock to UN authorities told the as he stands his aircraft lookout watch on story in three words: board HMCS "Cayuga" in the harbor of Luck was with them. Hardly had Chinnampo. Military stores and installations the last vessel cleared the estuary "Withdrawal successfully completell." in the abandoned port city burn in the background. (CA-326).. when a blinding snowstorm struck, In reply there came from Vice­ cutting visibility to less than 200 Admiral Charles T. Joy, Commander performance of duty. We are very yards. The ships anchored for two Naval Forces Far East, the following hours to sit out the storm. proud indeed af all hands who took message: part." Then the transports and LSTs "Expeditious manner in wh-ich ships shaped course southward under escort. performed assignment in Ch'innampo The remainder of the warships formed operation just completed deserves up and returned to their blockade highest praise and commendation in IIBLONDESII Now AB "Mike" O'Malley Of the"Athabaskan's" crew, (Or maybe the"Cayuga's" Or was it, now, the "Sioux?") Had "signed up for duration" For Mike was mighty fond Of sloe-eyed Oriental girls, Provided - they were blonde.

Mike searched in every harbor, Combed the docks at every port, And he saw a heap 0' ladies, But they just weren't Michael's sort. Yes! At thought of blonde or red-head The he~rt of Michael leaps. (Like that soldier, up at Kobe, Who thought female Japs were jeeps.)

Mike O'Malley's steeped in mis'ry Michael hasn't found one yet. For it's true that in the Orient Every girl is a brunette. "Blondes is s~arce, oilt in Korea/' ~.__. Sqid our gloomy friend, O'Malley, "He:Jrd to find as Ogopogo Lieut. Andrew Collier, of .Salmon Arm, B.C., navigating officer of the "Cayuga," is shown with the chart on which he marked 132 fixes during the four-hour night passage to Chinnampo. In the Okanagan Valley." The channel starts near his left elbow and, following a rough semi-circle, ends beyond his right hand. (CA-334). Herman Lordly Page six Man oj the Month

I Athabaskans' Honor Diver Destl'oyel'men Cast Votes For 'I The 01'iginal 'Slinger' Woods"

MCS "Athabaskan," one of off Canada's west coast. "Incidentally," he adds, "we took H three RCN destroyers serving a training cruise that was pretty under United Nations command in When the RCN acquired the de­ much the same as the one the Special Korean waters, has chosen Petty stroyers "Vancouver" and "Cham­ Service Squadron made last fall. We Officer William (Slinger) Woods, of plain" from the Royal Navy in 1928, went to Norway, Sweden and Den­ Victoria, as Man of the Month for Voloods, then an AB, was one of the marIe It would have been nice to February. men drafted to England to pick up get back there this time, but here we "He's the original 'Slinger' Woods the newest additions to the Beet. He are in Korea." in this navy," said one of his mess­ returned to Canada in the "Van­ Shortly after the "Skeena" arrived mates. "All the rest are imitations." couver" and served in that ship until in Canada, AB (Seaman Gunner) The.40-year-old Woods was playing 1934, when he was on his way to Woods was drafted to "Naden" for a typically vital role in the ship's England once again. "On another a brief spell, then went back to the operations when the selection was pick-up job," as he puts it. This time "Vancouver." He was still serving in made. The hard-hitting "Athabee," it was the "Skeena." her in 1935 when his "first seven" as she is known throughout the was up. Korean patml fleet, was having "Before we took the Skeena over," he relates, "half the crew was drafted "I went outside and worked at trouble with the "A" bracket on her diving and rigging for a drydock screws, and PO Woods, who has been to the 'Nelson' and the other half to the 'Warspite' for a nine-month company in Victoria and then later a fully qualified diver since 1934, was for the fishery service. My diving making repeated dips into the murky trainingperiod." It wasduringhis time in the "Nelson" that he decided to training in the Navy paid off in waters of a sheltered anchorage off the helping me get those jobs." northwest coast of Korea, trying to have a fling at diving, and qualified find the reason why the main engines for his diver's badge. When the Second World War seemed to be misbehaving occasion­ broke out, "Slinger" Woods decided ally. to have a try at the Army. "Most of my working chums were joining the His careful examinations of the 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish and bracket allayed the fears of the ship's I went along." This was in early , commanding officer, Cdr. Robert P. Octoper of 1939. Weiland, and the engineer officer, Lieut.-Cdr. (E) Erik Revfem, and He did his initial training in army saved the "Athabaskan" from having ,camps in B.C. and then headed for to interrupt her patrol duty with a Camp Debert, in Nova Scotia, in trip to port. mid-194;O. . PO Woods, the destroyer's mess­ "I'd like to clear up one point that deck petty officer, has had a varied seems to interest many people," he career that has combined life in the said with a chuckle. "I wore kilts"and Navy, the Army and a four-year I. can vouch that the proper uniform civilian stint during which he worked for the Scottish does not include as a diver and rigger for a drydock tinderwear shorts." . company in Victoria and was with \Nhile at Debert, PO Woods decided the Pacific Coast Fishery Service. he wanted to get back to the sea. So Born in Liverpool, England, in when the army sent him to Halifax on 1910, PO Woods came to Canada a course, he welcomed the opportunity with his family in 1919 and settled in to visit the naval recruiting office and Victoria, which he still calls his home. begin proceedings for his tJ:ansfer to He attended public and high school the Navy. there and, on his 17th birthday, By August 1941 he had switched his presented himself at the naval re­ kilts for navy blue and was rated a cruiting office. A life at sea was what leading seaman. He requalified as an young Woods wanted. AA3 and then also requalified as a diver. He serve,d in a diving tender After his preliminary training, he attached to "Stadacona" until early was drafted to HMCS "Pati"ician" 1943, when he joined the mine­ and served under the late Commodore sweeper "Lockeport" operating off Ronald I. Agnew (then a Lieutenant­ Halifax and St. John's. Commander). He later joined the PETTY OFFICER WILLIAM (SLINGER) WOODS minesweeper "Thiepval," operating (CA-339l In June 1943 he was rated petty Page seven The Night Before' Christmas (Korea n Version) 'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the mess The middle watch scurried To get up an d dress. Their gear was all hung By their hammocks with care For fear that those commies Would strike from the air. While some in pyjamas And some in their skin Had crawled in their hammocks For a few'hours "in". When out on the uppers There started a flappin' We hit the deck quickly To see what had happen'. We tore through the flats Our Man of the Month, PO William Woods, is helped out of his diving mask following a And out to the break dip over HMCS "Athabaskan's" stern in an anchorage off the west coast of Korea. PO Woods went below to examine the destroyer's propellers. (CA-325). And what did we see? Well, for goodness sake! officer. He recalls his time in the We had come this far under own power "Lockeport" as "the usual routine and he wanted to take her all the way The night it was black duty, sometimes. monotonous." It into Chesapeake." . As the hole of Calcutta was-until January 1944, when he In September 1944, PO Woods left As up to the side came figured in one of the most bizarre A strange motor cutter. seamanship feats of the war. the "Lockeport" and took a Torpedo Coxswain's course at "Stadacbna." The "Lockeport" was bound for Two months later he was on his way Out stepped Saint Nick­ Baltimore, Md., for refit when the to England to join the frigate "Ma­ We knew it was he - condenser broke down, rendering the tane." He later transferred to the In his costume of red ship impotent some 400 miles off frigate "Annan" as Coxswain. "And And as fat as could be. Chesapeake Bay. The wireless had that's where I was when the war also given up, leaving her no means ended." . He opened his pack of senCling for aid. Next stop was Esquimalt, where he And there for each gob "We drifted about for a day. Then served until joining the "Warrior" Were a four-inch and Bofors the Coxswain, an RCNR chap, got in January 1947. He left the carrier in To help cine" the job. the idea of building a sail and really September and returned to the west sailing the ship into port. We all got coast. . He dished them all out busy sewing 60 or 70 hammocks ,Then turned with a jerk, together. into a giant sail. We braced PO Woodsjoined the "Athabaskan" the .mainmast with two extra stays the day before she sailed for the "That's all for this year, lads, and hoisted saiL" Far East. Like many others in the Get on with your work.'~ three ships, he made a pierh~ad jump To take advantage of all the canvas when ,tre destroyers were brought up "Next year in your homes on board, the boats were also turned to full war complement. You may be once again, out with sails hoisted. Throughout his naval career ,PO Do a good job out here "We clipped along at about five Woods has taken an active interest in And I'll fix you up then." knots, depending on the wirid. We sports, particularly boxing. In 1932 had gone about three days when <;in and '33 he was welterweight champion These last words we heard American patrol blimp spotted us and of the RCN; the next year he moved As he vanished from sight: passed a message back to the US into the middleweight division and "Merry Christmas to all Navy at Chesapeake. A tug came out and took that title. and towed us in the rest of the way. And to alia good night." PO Woods, his wife and three chil­ "But, you know," he smiled, "the dren - two boys and a girl - make -Ldg. Sea. M.e. old man didn't like the idea too much. their home in Victoria. - A.J.P. HMCS UCayuga" Page eight COMAfODORE COMMODORE CAPTAIN. CAPTAIN H. F. PULLEN, J. C. HIBBARD, D. W. PIERS, T. G. FULLER, OBE,RCN DSC AND BAR, RCN DSC,RCN DSC AND Two BARS, RCN(R) HALF.YEARLY PROMOTIONS Defence Minister Brooke Claxton Acting Captain Murray A. David­ Lieut-Cdr. Victor Browne, De­ on December 30 announced the pro­ son, Director General of Supply and puty Director of· Weapons and motion of 27 senior oftlcers in the Fleet Accounting, Naval Headquar­ Tactics, Naval Headquarters. Royal Canadian Navy's half-yearly ters. To be Commande1' (E) (1) promotions list. To be Inst1'uct01' Captain (1) Lieut.-Cdr. (E) Geoffrey Phillips, The RCN was represented by 15 Instructor Commander Martin H. Assistant Command Technical Oftlcer oftlcers and the RCN (Reserve) Ellis, Director of Naval Training, and· Assistant Command Engineer by 12. Naval Headquarters. Oftlcer, Pacific Command. The Jist of promotions follows: To be Captain (SB) (1) To be Commander (L) (1) ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY Commander (SB) John B. Roper, Lieut.-Cdr. (L) Louis A. Bown, To be Coml1zodo1'e (2) Assistant Chief of Naval Technical Command Electrical Oftlcel~, Pacific Captain Hugh F. Pullen, Com­ Services (Works), Naval Head­ Command, and Manager Electrical manding Oftlcer, HMCS "Ontario." quarters. Engineering, HMC Dockyard, Es­ Acting Commodore James C. Hib­ To be Commande1' (5) quimalt. bard, Chief of Naval Personnel, Naval Lieut.-Cdr. Edward T. G. Madg­ To be Ordnance Commande1' (1) wick, Commanding Oftlcer, HMCS Headquarters. Ordnance Lieut.-Cdr. John F. To be Captain (1) "Huron." Cosgrove, Staff Oftlcer Ordnance on Commander Desmond W. Piers, Lieut.~Cdr. Geoffrey H. Davidson, Deputy Director of Naval Training, Staff of the Naval Member of the Director of Naval Plans and Opera­ Canadian Joint Staff, Washington. tions, Naval Headquarters. Naval Headquarters. . To be Captain (S) (2) Lieut.-Cdr. C. R. Parker, Executive Acting Captain (S) Charles J. Officer, HMCS "Cayuga." ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY (RESERVE) DiJlon, Command Supply Oftlcer of Lieut.-Cdr. Charles P. Nixon, Naval To be Captain (1) the Pacific Command.and Manager Headquarters, for duty with Chiefs of Commander Thomas G. Fuller, of the Supply Department, HMC Staff Secretariat as Naval Member of Commanding Oftlcer, liMCS "Carle­ Dockyard, Esquimalt. the Joint Planning Staff. ton," Ottawa.

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CAPTAIN (S) . CAPTAIN (S) INSTRUCTOR CAPTAIN CAPTAIN (SB) SURGEON CAPTAIN C. J. DILLON, RCN M. A. DAVIDSON. RCN M. H. ELLIS, RCN J. B. ROPER, RCN R. K. C. THOMSON. RCN(R) Page nine To be Surgeon Captain (1) Surgeon Commander Robert K. C. LOWER DECK ADVANCEMENTS Thomson, HMCS "Nonsuch,'; Ed­ monton. Fol1owing is a further list of ad­ DIBNAH, Quentin H CtAW3 vancements of men on the lower DICKSON, Jack E. LSEMI. To be Commander (5) DIXON, Charles E PICM2 Lieut.-Cdr. Leonard D. Stupart, deck. The list is arranged in alpha­ DOLIHAN, Roy P LSNSI HMCS "York;" Toronto. betical order with each man's new DUCKWORTH, Roy W LSEMI Acting Commander Renault M. S. rating, branch and trade group DUMONT, Leo P LSNSI opposite his name. St. Laurent, HMCS "Montcalm," EDWARDS, Harold G LSNSI Quebec. . ALLEN, Frederick H C2VS3 Lieut.-Cdr. George P. Manning, FARRELL, Frederick J LSNS2 HMCS "Nonsuch," Edmonton. BAKER, James A P2ET3 BENNETT, John E. P2AW2 GAYDA, Edward H P2NS2 Lieut.-Cdr. George A. V. Thomson, BOOT, Norman F CIAW3 GLASSFORD, Lloyd H LSCMl HMCS "Malahat," Victoria. BOND. Jacques LSAWI GLOVER, David E P2PW2 ;Lie u t . - C dr. Gerald Lancaster, BROWN, Robert F P2CM2 GREEN, John D P2AW2 , BRUCE, William D PICM3 GUERARD, Joseph J LSSWS HMCS "Discovery," Vancouver. BUCK, Reginald c. CICK3 To be Surgeon Commander (1) BURTON, Richard E LSAWI HARVEY, George E CIAW3 Surgeon Lieut.-Cdr. Gordon P. CARRIER, Ephrem J P2PW2 HOOD, William J PITDI Fahrni, HMCS "Chippawa," Winni­ CARVER, Joseph E. G LSAN2 HOPKINS, William N P2ET3 peg. CHADWICK, Edward A LSEMI HUGHES, William R; .. LSCK2 To be Commander (S) (1) COLEMAN, William J LSVSl HURL, Kenneth M P2NS2 Lieut.-Cdr. (S) Reginald G. Harris, COOMBS, Clyde W P2AW2 IFE, Donald A PIMA2 HMCS "Naden," Esquimalt. COTTRELL, James T CIET4 CRUMP, EricA P2MA2 JACKSON, Kenneth D P2LA2 To be Chaplain (P) Class IV (1) CUTHBERT, Arthur C2NS3 JONES, David L. G P2CM2 Chaplain (P) Class III, Donald M. DAVIDSON, Hjalmar P PISW2 Sinclair, HMCS "Scotian," Halifax. KAISER, Ivan G, P2NS2 DAVIES, Ralp~ E C2CM3 KITCHEN, William G" .. PICM2 To be Acting Commander Whilst KNOX, John C: C2ET4 Holding Appointment. Lieut.-Cdr. Edward B. Pearce, LAMOUREUX, George H P2MA2 LANGLOIS, Real J P2AL2 HMCS "York," Toronto. LEVESQUE, Bernard J P2CK2 Lieut.-Cdr. George H. Parke, Com­ LOVETT, William A LSAWI manding Offic~r, HMCS "Star," LOVRIC, Peter P CIPW3 Hamilton. McGILL, John W P2CK2 McLAUGHLIN, John T PICM2 McLEOD, Neil A C1C03 Twelve Men Complete MacDONALD, James E PILRI Communications Course MacLEOD, Angus M LSVSl MAHDIUK, John LSEMI Twelve ordinary seamen recently MANNIX, George H PICM2 completed a communications qualify­ MEADMORE, William J PIC03 ing course at the Communications MOBERLY, Walter G LSNSI School in HMC.S "Stadacona," .Hali­ MORRIS, Dennis G C2RA4 fax. Those in the class were: Ordinary MUIR, James M P2CM2 Seamen Clyde Scanlan, Calgary; NOON, Leslie A CIPW3 Stanley Darowski, Leamington, Ont.; OSLAND, Leslie M LSMAI Neil MacAskill, Arvida, P.Q.; Alan Mallory, Windsor, Ont.; John Sinclair, PADDON, Bernard N LSSWS PASSMORE, Russell F CIAW3 Toronto; John Perennec, Port Col­ PIM, James G LSCKI borne, Ont.; George Burke, Sydney, POLLOCK, Richard A LSEMI N .S. ; Keith Hornsberger, Jordon POULTON, GelIrey LSCMl Station, Ont.l Glen Isaacson, Card­ RAFTER, John R CIGI3 ston, Alta.; Joseph MacInnis, RALSTON, Alfred E PICK2 Cobourg, Ont., and Sydney, N.S.; RAYSON, Thomas W C2PW3 John Hayes, Fergus, Ont., and RHODES, Philip L. LSMAI ~rantford RHODES, Charles H P2NS2 Frederick J aques, and RIVINGTON, James R LSRCS Toronto, Onto . ROGERS, Joseph H P2AW2 ROOKE, Kenneth L. CICK3 Two ABs Qualify SALLIS, NormanE PIER4 as PT Instructors SAUDER, Wilton H LSNS2 SCOTT, Claude V CICV3 Able Seamen Robert R. Curtiss, SHEPPARD, Lindsay E PICM2 of Tufts Cove, N.S., and Roland ]. SHEPPARD, Robert W LSAWI SMITH, Harold G CIPW3 Carroll, of Ottawa, qualified De­ SMITH, Lance V C2MA3 cember 15 as physical training in­ SOBCZAK, Carl P PINS2 structors in the Physical and Re­ STARKEY, Thomas J PIAAl CPO Lloyd Greenwood, of Toronto and STEED, Arnold L. C2AW3 creational Training School in Halifax. Halifax, receives the RCN Long Service and Their course began on August·28 Good Conduct Medal from Celr. A. B. STRAUGHAN, Robert F LSMAI and covered the playing, officiating Fraser-Harris, commanding officer of HMCS TRELEAVEN I Fred T LSVS2 "Nootka." The presentation took place at and refereeing of all sports, with the divisions held at Long Beach, Calif., during WALKER, Robert E PICM2 emphasis on PT and recreational the destroyer's stop tpere en route to the WEST, Victor H LS,NS2 training. Fai' East. (NK-394). WYNN, Howard A LSNS2 Page ten WHERE'S 'ESTHER'? 1---.-.: I '\ UN Destroyer Wardrooms Battle for Movie Star's Photo ON BOARD I-IMCS "CAYUGA" - Movie Star Esther Williams may not know it but she is the object of a minor civil war among Allied ships at a UN naval base in south Japan. The st01'y had its origin in 1.942, when the Australian destroyer "Nepal" received a number of photos of movie stars for pin-up purposes. The of-.ficers of the "Nepal" were particularly taken with a portrait of Esther Williams and established her as the darling of the wardroom. The photo was carefully placed in a water-proof, shatter-proof case and exhibited in the wardroom. Shortly after this, the idea came up to have Esther an object of wardroom com­ petition among ships of 'the Far East fleets. The idea caught on. The encased Esther was labelled "battle copy" and a set of rules was drawn up on a separate plaque. The rules in brief Lieut. J. B. Fotheringham, of HMCS "Sioux," holds a "battle copy" of the photo of Esther stated that wardroom of-.ficers of any \iVilliams which has become a competition prize among wardrooms of ships in the UN fleet. In ship in the Far East fleet could, "by the background is the plaque which lists the particulars of the competition and the holders of stealth or cunning," remove Esther the trophy. The "Sioux" took it from HMAS "Bataan," only to lose it to HMCS "Cayuga." from the wardroom of the holding (CA-306). ship. Esther, the rules went on, must But there is an epilogue to the "Sioux's" empty wardroom. He always be exhibited in a conspicuous story. The "Sioux" warriors held broughtEstheron board the "Cayuga" place. Esther in their wigwam for only one and placed her on the mantle, where Since that beginning in 1. 942 Esther week before the braves of the "Cayu­ she now reposes. has been the victim of daring raids ga" tribe came hunting. In the dark An assist in the raid can be awarded by Australian, American, British, and of night, 225-pound Lieut. Harry to Cdr. C. R. Parker, executive now Canadian, officers. TheAustralian Shergold slipped daintily across from officer of the "Cayuga," who engaged destroyer "Bataan" holds the record the forecastle of the "Cayuga", to the "Sioux's" quartermaster in idle with five separate captures of Esther. that of the "Sioux" while they were conversation while Lieut. Shergold The Canadians entered the picture secured at the same buoy at th.e UN made his way on board unnoticed to in early November 1.950 when Lieut. base, and made his way into the gain the prize. ]. B. (Pop) Fotheringham, of Toronto, one of several "Sioux" of-.ficers visiting the "Bataan," slid Esther under his jacket and calmly began walking over GOOD DEED ON CHRISTMAS EVE the brow. Christmas is a time for good deeds, and a Canadian destroyer acted accordingly. But disaster struck. Suddenly Last Chdstmas Eve HMCS "Sioux" was operating with the aircraft carrier Esther slipped from beneath his coat HMS "Theseus" is theYellow Sea. The carrier was just getting set to land on a flight and fell with a clatter on the deck. of Sea Furys returning from a strike against a Communist-held Korean port when one ofthe pilots reported he had engine trouble and was going to ditch. Lieut. Howard Clark, of Stratford, The "Sioux" went up to full speed and headed toward the incoming flight. The Ont., following right behind, picked Canadians sighted the plane spiral out of formation and splash in the sea about three up the fallen prize and threw a for­ miles ahead of them. ward pass to Lieut.-Cdr. Pat Benson, When they got closer, they saw the green marker dye and, in the middle of it, the pilot happily waving at them. Cdr. Paul D. Taylor, the "Sioux's" commanding of-ficer, of Winnipeg, who was on the jetty. brought his ship close to the pilot, Lieut. Douglas Kelly, of London and Dublin, and a He became the object of pursuit by heaving line was thrown to him. most of the "Bataan's" of-.ficers, in­ Lieut. Kelly was pulled aft to where a scramble net had been j'igged, and two cluding their 6-foot-6 First Lieut­ men, ABs George Ayotte, Prince Albert, Sasle, and Hamish Anderson, Calgary, climbed down and 'helped him aboard. The rescue action, from the time of sighting to enant, whose long lopes steadily the time of pick-up, had taken only 13 minutes. ' gained ground despite the pistoning Suffering slightly from exposure and shock, Lieut. Kelly was bedded down in the legs of the 5-foot-8 Benson. As he was sick bay and given hot drinks, while his wet clothing was turned over to the laundry being overtaken, Lieut.-Cdr. Benson staff. It was a surprised of-ficer who, a haU hour later, got back his garments, all cleaned, pressed and dried. The job had been done in the "Sioux's" spin drier and steam presser. hurled a lateral to Lieut. Neil Norton, Later Lieut. Kelly returned to the "Theseus" by jackstay alld the ships carried who tucked the photo under his arm on with their Christmas Eve operations. and raced on board the "Sioux" to safety. Page eleven Afloat and Ashore

PACIFIC COAST were the only two left in the battle. most bidders sent along the amount With a phone to each ear the man in of their bids anyway. The result was HMCS uCedarwood" the station control room passed the that the Solarium realized-more than results to the announcer, who relayed $100 on the one box of chocolates. A Victoria radio station, a ship of it to listeners: the RCN, a bowling alley and the In the morning, when the remainder spirit of Christmas waged a feverish "$13 from the Bowladrome." of the "Cedarwood's" 32-man crew Yuletide battle which in two hours "$14 from Cedarwood." returned to the ship and discovered brought in $32 for a Christmas party Finally, near' midnight, after a what their mates had been up to, for the Children's Solarium in Vic­ $16 offer from the "Cedarwood," they insisted on contributing their toria. the bidding was cut off. share. The program director of one of The sailors said they would pay HMCS UAthabaskat,t" Victoria's radio stations put up a the $16 but refused to accept the two-pound box' of chocolates for chocolates and suggested they be The patrols of last Sllmmer, when auction over the air. Among the many given to the Bowladrome if the latter the rig of the day was shorts and hundreds of listeners was the duty paid up to the last bid. The Bmvla: sandals (and even then the heat was watch of the oceanographic survey drome replied that· the navy could oppressive), have certainly become. a vessel, HMCS "Cedarwood," and keep the chocolates and they would thing of the past. Now the "Cayu­ the management of a local bowling equal the navy bid.' "Cedarwood" gans" wear toques, mittens, sea boots, alley. The first bid caine from the agreed but refused to accept the box. woollen stockings and, of course, the usual winter coats. At sea, appear­ "Cedarwood" and was topped quickly The happy ending? The radio by the Bowladrome. From then on ances don't matter - almost any­ station got $32 for the children's thing is permissible if it will help keep their calls were sandwiched in among party and it still had the chocolates. the many other bids coming over the you warm. two phones in the control room. Two nights later the chocolates "Alice", the ship's mascot, is being were auctioned for $11 but due to the well taken care of this winter. She has spirit shown by ·the "Cedarwood" As. the bidding got higher, the moved her place of residence from i'Cedarwood" and the Bowladrome and Bowladrome on the first night "X" gun deck to the starboard flats and has been issued with a sweater made out of a sleeve from a seaman's jersey. Apparently the "winter issue" has made a hit with the lady, for she hasn't chewed it into shreds, as is her usual custom. - J.A .B.

TAS Training Centre The TASTC of HMCS "Naden" saw many changes in staff during November and December. CPO Duncan A. Wallace accepted conditional advancement and is now at "Stadacona". CPO Eddie Bonsor joined the staff from the "Beacon Hill". . Fa John A. Cariou and PO Candide Decandido have relieved PO Edgar Carter in the "Ontario" and CPO Gerald Freeman in the "Antigonish", respectively. The latter two men pro­ ceeded with CPO Cecil Buckley at the end of December to "Stadacona" for a TAS Instructor's qualifying course. CPO William Sismey has returned from a "Cornwallis" leadership More than 1,000 ditty bags, provided by Canadian citillens through private subscription, were; assembled by the Navy League of Canada and forwarded to the Canadian destroyers course. servlllg under UN command. In the above photo, ditty bags are being distributed on board the PO George Hornet relieved CPO "Nootka" during her voyage to the Far East. PO Charles Wood, Fredericton, gets his well­ packed ba~ fro.m Lieut. (L) William Christie, Digby, N.S., while AB Henry Crockett, Saint Fred A. Jones on board HMCS John, awaits hls.tum. (NK.420)...... "Cedarwood" to enable the latter to Page twelve taking great interest in stripping and honor for the offIcial visit to "Stada­ Christmas Day Menu assembling the various weapons, and cona" of the Royal Thai Naval Mis­ In AtJ3ntic Command are getting expert advice on condi­ sion. Christmas fare served naval person­ tions to be expected in service at sea. The Commander's Daily Memo­ nel in the Atlantic Command was not Now that Les ("I heard a good one randum of November 28 carried the what one WOllld call scanty. last night") Cole has gone to pasture, following remarks: "The MTE is to In the interest of uniformity and to facilitate supply, all ships and estab­ the regulating duties have been taken be congratulated on thesmartbearing lishments in the command followed a over by CPO Tom Angus, who is of the guard of honor for the Royal Christmas Day menu which was laid rubbing up on the bosun's call. Thai Naval Mission". down by the Fjag Officer Atlantic Pettv Officers Donald Ross, Norman Lieut. (E) L. M. Evans was in Coast:. This was it: E. Br)~on and C. A. E. Drew have charge of the guard, assisted by BREAKFAST Chilled Half Grapefruit just completed a long course in the Petty Officers George Hue and Donald Assorted Dry Cereals United States and are just itching to Sutherland. Grilled Bacon and Fried Eggs get on with the job. In assigning the gunnery task to Toast Honey PO Charles W. Wheatley c10es the stokers, the Gunnery School ex­ Milk Coffee everything at the double now, having plained that with only one class under DINNER Stuffed Celery, Queen Olives just completed the llth leadership way in November it was forced to Fruit Cocktail course at "Cornwallis". He has so draw on stokers, electricians and Consomme communicators for ceremonial duties. Roast Young Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Giblet Gravy, Savory Dressing Potatoes HMCS "La Hulloise" Buttered Green Peas, Cauliflower, Cheese Sauce The "La Hulloise" has had a num­ Christmas Pudding, Brandy Sauce ber of interesting assignments of late. Apples, Oranges, Grapes, Mixed Nuts In November she sailed to Bermuda Tea Milk to meet the Special Service Squadron SUPPER and while there enjoyed the hospi- Iced Tomato Juice Cold Roast Turkey and Sliced Virginia Ham Potato Salad Sweet Pickles New Year's Menu Crisp Lettuce and Quartered Tomatoes In The Yellow Sea Mayonnaise Christmas Cake, Almond Icing For HMCS "Cayuga," New Year's Hot Mincemeat Tarts was just another day of patrol in the Tea Coffee Milk Yellow Sea. But the destroyer's imaginative supply staff introduced a bright touch when they laid on a special New Year's menu and dis­ tributed it, with their best wishes, in attend the Prep School. Petty Officers the various messes and the wardroom. Roy Davis, Charlie P. MacQueen and In formal tones which .promised the R. Eldridge are at "Stadacona" at­ great things to come, it said: , "The Supply Officer (Lieut. (S) tending a qualifying course for Tor­ Backstage at the Shubert Theatre in New W. )i:. Davis) and Supply Staff, PO pedo Detector 1st Class. York, Chief Petty Officers A. D. Chalmers and. C. J. Pefersen, PO W. S. James, PO In spite of all the changes, two Arthur L. Geizer, of HMCS "La Hulloise," E. M. Dauncey, PO J. D. Cragg, PO meet Anne Jeffreys, star of "Kiss Me, H. W. Stevenson, Ldg. Sea. F. G. qualifying classes are well under way Kate," the Cole Porter-Sam and Bella O'Leary, Ldg. Sea. A. W. Orrick, Ldg. in the school. A TD2's class and a Spewack musical hit. Tickets for the show are Sea. M. Zabrick, AB P. Sowassey, AB TD3's class completed in January. hard to come by but 300 were supplied for 9. L. Joynsell, AB R. F. Stewart; AB officers and men from the "La Hulloise" and w. E. Gordon, AB A. J. Watts, AB "Swansea," who were in New York for' two E. C. Meyers and AB E. L. Canuel days early in December. .(Photo by Talbot, ... wish the officers and lnen of HMC Ordnance School New York). H.M.C.S. 'Cayuga' avel-y happy New Year and present you the following Three of the school's senior in­ New Year Menu .... structors are now enjoying pension many muscles that he carried his own leave prior to retiring from the and PO Vernon Little's bags and BREAKFAST hammocks when they joined the Grilled Sirloin Steaks Two Fded Eggs service. They are Chief Petty Officers Soya Sauce Leslie Cole, Albert Sewell and Harry "Ontario" December 4. Fresh Baked Rolls Legett. Each has different plans on CPO John Pinkney was drafted from "Ontario" into "Naden" on the DINNER how he is going to make his first . Cream of Vegetable Soup million in civilian life, and to tl~em go same date. Roast Young Turkey Dressing Gravy their shipmates' best wishes for future Creamed Potatoes Cranberry Sauce success. But:teredCauliflbwer ATLANTIC COAST Steamed Fruit Pudding CPO Jack Fmst, who recently left Hard Sauce HMCS "Ontario," is now the senior Cake Candiee underwater weapons instructor and, Mechanical Training Establishment SUPPER working with CPO Peter Rigg, is The Mechanical Training Estab. Tangerine Juice busy showing the qualifying class the lishment, whose normal commitment Cold Hamand Turkey, Sliced Tomatoes intricacies of the "deadly Whitehead" is the training of engine mom person­ Lyonnaise Potatoes Cranberry Sauce Creamed Asparagus Tips and other potent equipment. nel, reached a milestone in the field of Fruit Salad Gunnery instruction is in the cap­ gunnery in November when stokers Canadian Cream Cheese able hands of CPO Stewart Mein and from the MTE donned belts and Tea Coffee CPO Jack Auslow. The classes are gaiters and formed a 48-man guard of Page thirteen tality of the Royal Navy. Later she took a staff of electricians and stokers visited New York while taking to sea numbering close to 100 to look after the navigation direction class of the Seasonable Serenade the guests, young and old. Junior Officers Technical and Leader­ Startles "Stadacona" Santa Claus (CPO John Tizard), ship Course for practical training in the No.1 man of any Christmas party, taking sights. At "Stadacona," the Christmas Spirit spread even to the parade square. doled out more than $1,500 worth of In New York the U.S. Third Naval presents to the children. The young­ On Friday, December 15, the District opened its arms of hospitality "troops" were mustered in impeccable sters ate heartily but even then there wide and everyone thoroughly enjoyed lines. The Commodore stepped ,off the were twenty dozen ice cream cups the visit. dais for his inspection. Then, to the left over. These were distributed to astonishment of almost all those patients in the RCN hospital. The In mid-December Chaplain (P) present, the hush of the drill shed, was Harry Ploughman christened the broken by chimes softly playing "Stadacona" ship's fund, which is infant son of Lieut. and Mrs. Peter "Silent Night." Soon the entire band derived from canteen and mess pro­ Chance on board ship with traditional swelled into a Christmas medley. fits, footed the bill for the party. naval ceremony. Eyes in the ranks twinkled as Com­ This year's affair was organized by modore Hope walked around the the Electrical School, whose members Commissioned Officer (SB) Phillip divisions to the tunes of "Rudolph, the Bourque, RCN(R), of HMc;S "Don­ Red-Nosed Reindeer" arid "0 Little took pride in setting up a large and nCl-cona," Montreal, has joined the Town of Bethlehem." elaborate number of devices for the ship for naval training and voluntary Afterwards, Commodore Hope de­ entertainment of the children. A link service after five years on the retired livered a Christmas message, outlining trainer from the school worked over­ list. the reasons for United Nations inter­ time in giving air-minded youngsters vention in Korea al).d Canada's parti­ cipation. He had a special word a simulated aerial voyage. In the HMCS ItStadacona" for naval families separated at Christ­ swimming pool, a radio-controlled Some 900 children packed the mas and mentioned, also, that the destroyer and submarine staged a "Stadacona" gymnasium December provision of Christmas hampers for mock battle. Electric trains shunted 107 married able seamen and ordinary and twisted on many feet of track. 22 for what was probably the largest seamen of "Stadacona" was not an children's Christmas party in Eastern act of charity but rather a "token from ' Clowns gambolled about. Canada. one shipmate to another." The hampers, One ordinary seaman dressed as a each containing the wherewithal to policeman "pinched" the Admiral The party has been an annual event prepare a full Christmas dinner, were since 1934 and has snowballed into a subscribed for by personnel serving in and shut him up in a pirate's cave for mammoth undertaking. In addition the barracks. "obstructing a line-up of children" in to the kiddies, there were some 900 front of the link trainer. parents in attendance this year and it Sailors dressed as cowboys and

Scenes such as these were repeated many times as thousands of children were guests of honor at Christmas parties held by ships, establishments and the naval divi­ 'sions across Canada. Clockwise, the photos show: (1) Magician Bill Kelly of Edmonton entertaining Lee and Wendy Wells, children of PO and Mrs. Gordon Wells, during the party at "Nonsuch." (2) Carol, Jackie and Joan Pierce, children of CPO John Pierce, of HMCS "Portage," examining the gifts uncler the tr'ee at "Scotian" during the Halifax Jill Tars Christmas party. (3) At HMCS "Hunter," Santa (PO Jack Mayberry) presents a gift to young Cam Gardiner while his helper, CPO Gordon Sears, looks on and Douglas Charbonneau sits soberly on his knee. (4) This is the pirates' cave at the "Stadacona" party. Pirates (Ord. Sea. Roland Chrzanecki and Douglas Gibbard) give a hand to wide-eyed David Haywood. (5) Roy Kelly goes for a horseback ride at HlVICS "Magnifi­ cent's" party. Indian chief is CPO Angus Welsh. (Negat·ive rmmbers of (2), (4) and (5): HS-13169, HS-13245, MAG­ 2711). Page fourteen Indians manned toy bucking horses which the children rode with delight. Others found candy "treasure" in the pirates' cave. Throughout the three hour affair the "Stadacona" band and a Hammond organ played carols and children's tunes. Late in the afternoon, as it came to time to depart, both young and old agreed it was "Stadacona's" best effort ever. HMCS "Cornwallis" The .close of 1950 found this new entry establishment with roughly double the personnel strength it had at the beginning of the year. A glance back over the previous 12 months shows the numbers of men under trair1ing fluctuated with the uncertainty of the times. Early in the year, the training commitment dropped to one quarter of the original Gone but not forgotten is the band espe~ially formed last August for the Special figure, then in the last four months it Service Squadron's cruise to Europe. Consisting of both RCN and RCN(R) personnel, it drew its members from many different points. Quickly welded into a unit by CPO increased to twice the original capa­ Herbert Jeffery, the band performed in outstanding fashion in its many appearances, city. on board ship and ashore, throughout the cruise. A total of 172 men successfully The end of the cruise also meant the end of the band, reserve personnel returning completed new entry training in to their homes and RCN musicians going back to their regular duties. However, in recognition of their collective efforts, the "Crowsnest" takes pleasure in publishing the December and departed from "Corn­ above photo, taken on board the "Magnificent" before the squadron's return home. wallis." Graduating divisions were Front row, left to right: Ldg. Sea. Kenneth Nelson, Drumheller,·Alta., and Keremos, "Algonquin," "Skeena" and "Sague­ B.C. j Ord. Sea. Jack Beatty, Saskatoon; Ord. Sea. Mark LaPlante, Beauport, P.Q. j nay." One draft of 64 new entries CPO Jeffery, Toronto, bandmaster; AB Barrington Moncur, Calgary; AB Robert Hordern, Saskatoon j Ldg. Sea. Donald H. Cameron, Winnipeg, and AB Kenneth arrived the first week of December. Hardy, Saskatoon. Back row: PO H. L. Coffill, Halifax; Ldg. Sea. Wallace Woodley, Training activities closed down Brantford, Ont., AB T. R. Lett, Edmonton; AB Henry Ladouceur, Ottawa; Ldg. Sea. over the Yuletide season for a spot John Bingman, Woodstock, Ont.; Ord. Sea. Cliff H. Finlayson, North Battleford, of leave. Christmas dinner was served Sask.; AB James Gilchrist, Windsor, Ont.; Ord. Sea. E. C. Guilbault, St. Boniface, Man.; Ord. Sea. E. J. Achtzner, Regina; Ord. Sea. John D. Collins, Chilliwack, B.C., in deluxe fashion to the 200-odd men and PO Ernest Piffero, Windsor, Ont. (.MAG-.?637) who remained on the base. A week before Christmas, the "Cornwallis" Sunday School presented a Nativity play in the new church. Wives of Preparations are made weeks in films shown to personnel under staff memberswere commended for the advance. Select operators are chosen training, and practical exercises were costumes they produced for the play to handle the ovedlow, and it is conducted at the school's various as well as for their efforts in decorating amazing the way traffic charts soar .mockups. the church for Christmas. The band to unpi-ecedented heights. Department of Transport merchant and choir presented a program of Some of the junior hands looked shipping officers were given a course Christmas carols for patients in the suspicious as they listened to veterans in damage control and ships' fire­ General hospital at Annapolis on·· of previous "rushes" state the amount fighting. This marked the first time December 20 and later the same of traffic they had cleared or received that civilian officers had atteilded evening performed in front of the in one watch. The vets just smiled' the school. Six:teen officers, including town hall. when their stories were questioned; captains, masters, !Stand 2nd mates they knew the "new boys" would Albro Lake Raclio Station and students received· two days' learn what's what all too soon. instruction in damage control and For most of those serving in the All in all, the "rush" is an experi­ three days' firefighting training. Atlantic Command, the festive season ence to look forward to, though Thanks to the loan of CPO John meant Chdstmas or New Year's post-season sighs of relief are hard­ leave, with a generous helping of Tizard's Santa Claus costume, PO earned. Leslie Coutlee, of the Firefighting Sunday routines or make-and-mends Our hockey team has proven itself in between. School, was able to ·brighten the no soft touch and deserves lots of Christmas concert, playing the part But at Albro Lake Radio Station credit. Bouquets go to the manager, the staff was battening down to of St. Nicholas and thrilling the coach and top goal-getter, Ldg. Sea. children of MacNab's Island School. weather the storm of Christmas Andre Baribeau - B.A.B. greetings and rush traf£c which surged A good time was had by all. over the air waves. Damage Control School CPO Sid Nettleton was recently Over and above the normal flow During the month of December drafted to the "Wallaceburg" and of traffic - enough to keep station several classes were under instruction the return. of the "Magnificent" from personnel "heads up" all the time­ at the Damage Control School. the European cruise saw PO Frank the annual. rush gains in momentum Training in damage control, ABC Casas approaching MacNab's Island and hits the station thunderously warfare and ships' firefighting was by. harbor craft to join the Fire­ ab(o)l\t a week befoi-e Christmas. carried out, lectures were given and fighting School. - L.C. Page fifteen NAVALDIVISIONS children's happy voices instead of the Lieut. (SB) H. A. Irish in getting this commands of a gunner's mate. project under way. A preview of the HMCS "Nonsuch" Films were shown, each yol.lllgster first reels of the film was held on (Edmonton) received'a gift and refreshments were board the "Sault" recently and favor­ In mid-December the drill hall was served. ably impressed the audience of officers the scene of two Christmas parties for Members of the ship's company and men. children. The chief and petty officers' held a smoker December 18 following "Malahat" and the "Sault. Ste. and seamen's messes entertained a the last reserve drill of the pre­ Marie'" combined efforts before group of 44 children from the Edmon­ Christmas season. The chief and Christmas to entertain their families ton Ex-Servicemen's Children'sHome. petty officers' mess, seamen's mess at a children's party in the dockyard After a round of movies, music, and the wardroom held the usual New Legion hall. - J.B.B.S. magic and clowning, Santa arrived Year's open house with a good atten­ with gifts for alL CPOs William dance in each case. HMCS IIHunter" Mundie, Arnold Parkinson and Ernest Two social functions were held by (Windsor) Melvin and PO John Ford were in the Naval Officers' Association, the More than 300 children of members charge of arrangements for this party. first being a cocktail party, the second of the RCN, RCN(R) and Naval Some 75 children of members of the a pre-Christmas d~nce. Both were at Officers' Association were entertained division were later feted at a similar "Queen" and were well attended.­ on board before Christmas at the party and this time Mrs. ParIPnson, C.E.B. division's annual Christmas party. Mrs. Melvin, Mis. Ford ariel Mrs. The drill hall was gaily decorated Mundie entertained the'mothers at 'a , HMCS '(Mil/ahat" (Victoria) for the Yuletide season by the RCN tea in the seamen's lounge while their staff under the direction of Lieut.­ children spent two happy hours on the "Malahat's" training ship, HMCS Cdr. D. Lloyd Davies, staff officer. drill deck. "Sault Ste Marie", wore a rear­ The boxing ring was transformed into Musical selections were provided admiral's flag in November when she Rear~Admiral W~ a horriey fireside scene and, there for the parties by Neil McNaughton , re..turrieCl B. Creery, Santa held forth and presented gifts on hisaccordian, while Magician Birr Flag Officer Pacific Coast, to Esqui­ to all the children iil attendance. Kelley, charmed,the children with his, malt from Remembrance Day ser­ 'vices ,in Vancouver. Although all hands were invited to bag qf tricks., ' bring along children who might not The wardroom of' "Nonsuch" was" 'The "Sault" has been kept busy carrying out a program of week-end be paid a visit by Santa, there were the scene of naval mess dinner on the still gifts left over. These were distri­ evening of November 30. This was' sea training for "Malahat" reserves. This, training includes night naviga­ buted to youthful patients in Windsor the 'first time such an event has been hospitals. carded 'out since 1946. Cdr. Geotge ' tion and pilotage for watchkeeping Mannjng was president of the dinne!' officers and for junior officers working On the drill night before Christmas with'Sub-Lieut: Harold Jackson for their "WKs". the chief petty officers were enter­ actihg as'vice-president. E. W.H. During the "Sault Ste Marie's" tained in the wardroom after evening cruise to San Francisco last summer, quarters in accordance with a custom HMCS,,',.'"uQueen' " a start was mad~ on what is hoped carried out in "Hunter." " (Regina) will become a documentary film of the Prominent citizens, associate mem­ ',' The usu~lly austere drill' deck' RCN(R) afloat. Lie!lt.-Cdr. John bers and members of the NOAC ~parkled w.ithtinsel, colored, lighJs ·Sturdy,RCN(R), Ret'd, who, first attended a New Year's Day reception and a gaily decor;;ttedtree for tile distinguished himself' in the field" of in "Hunter"'and toasts were drunk to annlial ,chilsIren'sparty the week movie making in the wartime pro­ His Majesty King George VI and to before Christmas, when the hall duction of the film ,"K-225", teamed the President of the United States.­ echoed to the,.sound of,.carols and with Lieut. (SB) W. J. Herbert and R.M.P. HMCS " Tecumseh" (Calgary) Officers and men of "Tecumseh" held Christmas parties for their fam­ ilies in the ship. The petty officers' mess had a gala Christmas tree for the members' wives and children and a week later a similar party was held in the wardroom, with Santa Claus (Captain Reginald Jackson) making his entrance via the fireplace. New Year's Eve parties were held in the messes and wardroom and on New Year's Day the officers held open house. Many offiters of the Army and Air Force, members of the NOAC and prominent citizens called to wish the ship the season's compliments. The training department was rein­ More than 200 persons attended the annual chief and petty officers' dance in the drill hall forced by the arrival of a racIar plot of HMCS "Nonsuch," Edmonton, November 30. Pictured above during an interlude in the dancing are, left to right, CPO A. H. Parkinson and Mrs. Parkinson and CPO V. W. Mundie and specialist, PO Donald SpeecI arriving Mrs. Mundie. CPOs Parkinson and MtlUdie and CPO Ernest Melvin were in charge of arrange­ from HMCS "Naden" to take over ments for the dance. (Photo courtesy The Edmonton JOltrnal). training of junior RP rates. "Tecum- Page sixteen seh" is specializing in radar plot swings and slides, ponies for aspiring HMCS //Donnacona il training and the division is now all Hopalong Cassidys and a miniature (Montreal) set to begin its training program.­ railway train which provided not only For some weeks prior to December A.W.S. a train ride but an opportunity for the 16, anxious eyes watched the recon­ young guests of honor to play the role struction job in "Donnacona". The HMCS " York" of engineer. burning question was, "Will the drill (Toronto) deck be ready for the children's Some 200 children of "York" per­ All in all, the party was the best Christmas party?" ever and received wiele notice in sonnel will long remember the fun \iVell, with the help of Providence they had shortly before Christmas at Winnipeg, not only in the papers but by means of a half-hour broadcast and the builders, the job was done and the division's annual Christmas Tree the party was an unqualified success. children's party. To CPO Wilfred emcee'd by Lieut. (P) Bill Walker, Franklin, who worked so hard to make RCN(R), of Station CKRC, and by a The division's officers and members the party a success, goes a hearty vote thorough description from a woman's of the Ladies' Auxiliary busied them- of thanks. Members of the ship's company ushered in 1951 with a New Year's eve party 011 board. A turkey S1100t Was induded in the ."York's" seasonal activities. Cdr. R. I. Hendy, training commander, won the toothsome gobbler. . A stag for the men's mess January 19 was organized by PO James Fleming and AB Charles Knighton, while the following evening the chief and petty officers' mess entertained members of the RCA sergeants' mess at an "At Home." - P.N. HMCS "Star" (Hamilton) McMaster University Naval Train­ ing Division has been most active of recent months. Under the direction the seniors, cadets have decorated their gun room and have organized a drum and bugle band which makes up in swing and volume for what it may lack as yet in quality. Several functions were held in the various messes in honor of Comman­ der S. F. Ross, RCN(R), who retired at the end of November as command­ ing officer of "Star". - C.SJ.L. HMCS "Chippawa" (Winnipeg) "Chippawa's" team placed second in a Christmas inter-service turkey shoot, while the division's own ranges When destroyers of the RCN are able to spend as nluch as 50 consecutive days on patrol, were busy over the holiday season as did HMCS "Cayuga" recently. much of the credit goes to the engine room staffs, on whom with competitors firing at hidden depends to a large degree the efficiency of their ships' performance. This photo was taken in No.3 boiler room of HMCS "Nootlm", 'during her long voyage from Halifax to the Far East. targets for more turkeys in a private Members of the watch are, left to right, AB William Squire, Port Rowan, Ont.; PO A. J. Smith, ship's shoot. North Bay, and PO Hugh Lyon, Hamilton. (NK-369). Highlight of the many Christmas and New Year's social activities was angle given by Kay O'Neill, local selves for several weeks lining up the children's party on December 16. women's commentator, onCBW. The Christmas trees, colored lights, Once again it took the form of a pirate problem now is - what shall be added swings, see-saws, the now-famous in­ party for children of reservists and next year? door slide and many other amusement naval veterans, as well as 50 under­ items. privileged youngsters. The attrac­ The Naval Ofiicers' Association As usual, one giant tree dominated tions' were similar to those of other held what must be counted as being the drill deck. The Electrical Depart­ years, only bigger and better and with its most successful gathering of the ment rigged and fitted the tree while some added features. year on December 21, while on New balloons, streamers, flags and Christ­ They induded motor boat rides on Year's Eve ship's company members mas decorations were provided by a "Chippawa's" pool, rides on a com­ played hosts to hundreds of their committee headed by one of the fortably padded breeches buoy, a friends who joined them in dancing on ladies. merry-go-round with colorful horses, the main deck, which started at The littleguests - children of mem­ fish pond yielding mysterious gifts, midnight. - L.B.Mel. (Continued on Page 32) Page seventeen At Last! The. Navy,Meets 'Caddy'! (or Vice Versa) Along with crumpets and tea, "Caddy" and a commander of the Royal He observed no gills in the head. The head "Caddy" is one of Victoria's trade­ Canadian Navy came face to face Sunday and body were covered with hair, brown in marks. "Caddy", or "Cadboro­ off Esquimalt Harbor. color. Neither liked what he saw. "Caddy" For 25 seconds the officer had a good look saurus", to give him his full name, is a blinked one of his big black eyes, snapped his at "Caddy". I sea monster who makes his home in jaws shut and headed at 10 knots in the "I don't mind admitting that I was terri­ the deep waters off Victoria and ,on direction of Albert Head. The naval officer was so terrified he high­ fied, especially when he snapped his jaws," rare occasions puts in brief, personal tailed it for shore. said the officer. "If I had had a camera I'm appea,rances for the natives and the The meeting took place at 3 in the after­ quite sure I wouldn't have been able to use it tourists. noon between Macaulay Point and Brothers as I was so fixed by the strange sight. I've Island, about one-third of a mile offshore. The been a scoffer at 'Caddy' but never again. Until recently, "Caddy" kept well officer was fishing from an open rowboat and I've seen black fish, whales and sea creatures of all sorts but I never saw anything like this clear of the RCN. He probably his lure was 70 feet out. There was a heavy before". remembered all the depth charges the swell and a stiff breeze. Visibility was excel­ lent. The Times has the name of the officer, who navy fired during the war and gave is well-known in Victoria, but agreed to with­ Esquimalt a wide berth. 30 FEET LONG hold it when certain representations were made. The officer took an oath that his story Quieter times must have made "Caddy" crossed the stern of the boat, inside the lure. He was 30 feet from head to was true. "Caddy" bolder. He has finally been tail and created a heavy wash. He surfaced spotted off Esquimalt, and bya navy about every 35 feet. Each tim!! he lifted his man to boot! head from the water he opened his mouth wide and showed two rows of large teeth, A certain naval officer, who wishes which had a saw-tooth appearance. Before he OFFICERS ELECTED to remain nameless, has seen "Caddy" dove he snapped his teeth together with a BY EDMONTON NOAC - of that he is convinced. terrifying sound. The officer said "Caddy's" head was shaped Eric A. D. McCuaig was elected The Victoria Daily Times first ran something like that of an ordinary garden president of the Edmonton Branch the story. The Times and "Caddy" snake. It was 18 inches across and two feet in of the Naval Officers' Association of length. The'eyes, jet black, were between two Canada at the annual meeting in the are old friends. It was that newspaper and three inches in diameter. and the managing editor, Archie Wills, "Caddy's" head, said the officer, sat on a wardroom of HMCS "Nonsuch" in who first put him on the front page neck about six feet long and where it joined December. He succeeds R. M. and made him an international figure the body there seemed to be shoulders. He Edwards, who was named honorary propelled himself with large flippers on either vice-president. ("Caddy,". that is, not the naval side and his enormous tail appeared flat like officer). Their story cannot be that of a beaver. It was not the fish type of Others elected to office were: Denny improved upon and, with the permis­ tail. Pearce, vice-president, and George sion of the Victoria Daily Times, here BROWN HAIR Field, secretary-treasurer. Executive is their interview with "Lieut.-Cdr. "Caddy's" body, said the naval man, had a members include S. S. Purvis, H. E. X." gradual hump, but in no part was it serrated. Homan, T. E. Thompson, T. A. Graham and E. P. Shaver. Mr. Edwards reported on the year's activities and the convention of the national association in Vancou­ ver. The Edmonton branch held its annual pre-Christmas reception December 16 at "Nonsuch."

Destroyers', Daughters There's going to be a difference of opinion some day in the family of Commissioned Gunner A. A. Butchart, of Halifax.

Page eighteen Tbe NeIN Ordnance Scbool Naval Armourers Learn Their Trade In West Coast Establishment lfC\O R any on e wi th a bent toward various spare parts, tools and stripped­ At the magazine, they observe J.[ the mechanical side of naval down pieces of equipment. methods of handling, storing, testing weapons, HMC Ordnance School, at Equipment buildings are divided, and repairing ammunition. Esquimalt, is the place. with working and stripping spaces In the MTE they receive instruc­ There he can delve into the mys­ along one side, equipment bays in the tion in machine work, mechanical teries of the torpedo, mine and depth centre and display model sections on drafting and other skills. charge, the squid and hedgehog the other side. In each practical Armourers are recruited at the mountings and projectiles, various section is a small class-assembly space petty o[iicer second class level from types and calibres of guns, and the where instructors conduct lectures on ' the Gunnery, Radar Control and instruments that control and fire these the actual "scene of action." Torpedo Anti-Submarine branches, agents of destruction. The whole organization is arranged and specialize in the type of weapon The school, one of the newer depart­ with a view to teaching mechanical maintenance for which their previous mental organizations in the RCN, has maintenance skills by "seeing and experience has made them best suited. as its main purpose in life the instruc­ doing," as opposed to purely theo­ The courses include basic educa­ tion of personnel, specializing in retical instruction. tion, mechanical training, damage ordnance, in the maintenance of the The proximity of the school to the control as it affects fighting effective­ navy's armament equipment. berths of HMCS "Ontario" and other ness, explosives, demolition, and small The operation of weapons and ships provides an easy opportunity arms and automatic weapons. After related instrtlluents is becoming more for classes to observe and train on completing these, the armourers carry and more mechanical and these, in installed and operating equipment. on in their respective specialties­ turn, are becoming more complex. The training curriculum also in­ gunnery, fire control and underwater Though this has reduced the human cludes periods in the Naval Armament weapons. element, and thus the chances of Depot in the dockyard, the naval mag­ Aside from the training of ordnance human error, it has increased to a azines at Colwood and the Mechanical personnel, the' responsibilities of the large degree the need for skilled main­ Training Establishment in "Naden." school's staff include the routine tenance. At the NAD, ordnance trainees are luaintenance of all armament in In recognition of this requirement, shown the wear and tear effect on "Naden," certain armament equip­ HMC Ordnance School was estab­ armament that has been at sea for a ment trials in ships completing refit lished early this year, in buildings long time, then see how it is over­ and, occasionally, installation and adjacent to the federal government hauled and modified in preparation maintenance of armament in western jetty at Esquimalt. In it are combined for its return to ships. naval divisions. the former Ordnance Training Centre, at Halifax, and the Ordnance Train­ ing Unit, at Esquimalt, neither of which was adequate for the needs of the expanding Ordnance branch. The school carries out a carefully mapped training program. Where its predecessors shared space with other schools, it has three buildings all its own - one consisting of administra­ tive ofnces, classrooms, assembly rocm and administrative stores, another occupied by a gunnery maintenance and ordnance machine shop, and the third devoted to fire control and underwater weapon maintenance. Theoretical and educational in­ struction arecarried out in theadminis­ tration building classrooms and as­ sembly hall, the latter serving as an ideal theatre and lecture room for larger groups. Visual and other in­ In the Torpedo and Unnerwater Vleapons structional aids are utilized to a large section of the Ordmnce School, Ord. Lieut. Harry G. Hohnes, mine disposal and under­ extent. water weapons training officer, CPO "Pat" In the practical training section, Rigg and CPO "Bert" Sewell, examine one representative types of armament of the layouts of the display and model area. Less than a year old, the school trains equipment have been assembled, and onlnance personnel in the maintenance 'of are supplemented by sectionalized the Navy's armament equipment by means models, display boards illustrating of a wide variety of instructional devices. (E-12712). Page nineteen 1950, she was placed in the hands of the Halifax Shipyards for reconversion and .on June 1 commissioned in Halifax under the command of Lieut.-Cdr. T. C. Pullen, of Oakville, Onto ~ So much for her history. As you will remember, it was decided to name the corvettes, frigates and most of the minesweepers built in Canada during the war after towns and cities across the country. For her name they turned to the city of Hull, across the river from Ottawa. The result was "La Hulloise," mean­ ing "The Lady from HulL" Her ship's company is proud of "The Lady" and, following the tradi­ tions of the coureurs de bois and the famous rivermen of yore, they chose a French-Canadian folk song, "La Bastrongue," and wrote words for it to suit the ship. The Navy's new Ordnance School takes advantage of all methods of instructi.on and training. The story of her current commission Checking over a wood and plastic working model of a 20-mm. gun are Ord. Lieut. George Y. is a simple one - plenty of training Moyes, gunnery maintenance tra.ini~g officer, and C;P9 J,!ck Anslow. The model enables and plenty of sea-time. (When the instructors to show what happens InsIde the gun when It IS bemg fired. (E-12717). ship returned from New York in December the Engineer Officer, Lieut. Heading the school is Ordnance ordnance officers began lectures. As (E) Jim Miller, asked for permission Cdr~ H. M. Walker. Other members more facilities are added, the training i~clude Lieut.~Cdr. to carry out his 20,000-mile check). of the staff Oid. commitment will be increased. There was the odd diversion­ H. A. Leonard, executive officer 'and . Those responsible both for the tracking down submarine reports, sen·ior instructional officer; .Ord. establishment and operation of the H~ st9re~ ferry trips between Saint John and Lieut. W. Mayne, main­ school are confide.nt that before long "Cornwallis" and "Exercise Home­ tenance arid·. medianical training its efforts will result in an even higher coming" - but most of the time the officer' Oi-d. Lieut.. H .. G. Holmes, standard of performance by the ship has plugged away steadily and mine disposal and underwater weap.-, weapons that are the final test of the faithfully at the job of providing sea ons; Ord. Lieut.. G. Y. Moyes, gun­ fleet's fighting efficiency. training for RCN(R) personnel and nery maintenance, and Ord. Lieut. occasional RCN classes. - J.O'C.M. R. .J. F. Donnithorne, fire control maintenance. Staffs of chief and petty officers handle . regulating, instruc­ tional, battery and shop duties.. (THE LADY' 'R!tirements The first class ofarinowers was Many have asked where and how Chief Petty Officer Alfred A. Zinck enrolled -Septem1)er' :5 and on No­ Rating: C2C03 vember 6 the first .. long course ·for sne got her name; where· she is from, Age: 40 and what she has done. To give the Address: 322 Morris St., Halifax. entire history of the ship is unneces­ Joined: June, 1932 as Officers' Cook 3rc1 sary at this time, but suffice it to say class. Served In: HMCS "Stadacona", "Saguenay", she was built by Canadian' Vickers in "Champlain", "Skeena", "Kings", Montreal, commissioned on April 10, "Avalon", "Peregrine", "Cha­ 1944, under the command of Lieut.~ tham", "Cornwallis", "St. Hya­ Cdr. John Brock, RCNVR, of Rothe­ cinthe", I'Bytown", "Scotian", "Niobe", "Warrior" and "Magni­ say, N.B., and ·,did her trials in the ficent". Kennebecasis River. Awards: Long Service and Good Conduct . She then sailed to Londonderry and, Medal, October 1948. after s~venil uneventful months, Retired: December 13, 1950. shared with HMC Ships "Stratha­ dam" and "Thetford Mines" in the Chief Petty Officer Frederick V. Coldham destruction of U-1302 on March 6, Rating:C2GI3. Age: 40 . 1945. On her return to Canada later Address: Calgary, Alberta. that year she went to Saint John for Joined: May 1930 as. an Ordinary Seaman. refit and was there when the Japanese Served In: HMS "Excellent", "Ferret"; surrendered. She sailed to Halifax and HMCS "Stadacona", "Cham­ plain","Saguenay","St. Laurent", paid off into reserve on September 2, "Skeena", "Restigouche", "As­ 1945. There she spent the next four siniboine". "Cornwallis", "By­ years. town", "Niobe," "Peregrine", In the summer of 1949 she was "Tecumseh", "Naden", and CPO Leslie Cole, until recently an instructor brought out of cold reserve and be­ "Queen". . in the Ordnance School, uses an epidiascope Awards: Long Service and Good Conduct (fancy name for a slide projector) during a came depot ship for the Reserve Medal, May 1945. classroom lecture. (E-12716). Fleet on the East Coast. On March 1, Retired: January 3, 1951. Page twenty LOOKING ASTERN

ESQUIMALT: A PORT WITH A PAST

GllrTIE port of Esquimalt, the Royal British fleet arrived with large num­ tion, with headquarters in Valparaiso, -JIL Canadian Navy's principal West bers of wounded. The ships had been wrote to Governor Douglas in Victoria Coast base and site of its Pacific engaged in offensive operations with requesting that some temporary hos­ Command I-ieadquarters, hasahistory the French fleet against Russia and pital facilities be provided to take of Spanish, British and Indian in~ had brought their wounded to Esqui­ care of casualties expected to result fluences. The mixture is evident today malt for medical attention. Unfor~ from operations planned against in the street and place names of the tunately, the young naval base had Russia in 1855. town and its mother-city, Victoria. no facilities and the ships sailed on to The governor immediately went The first European known to have San Francisco, where they landed into action. Lacking any suitable "discovered" Esquimalt was a their casualties. building, he had the Hudson's Bay Spanish naval officer, Sub-Lieut. After this incident, Rear-Admiral Company erect three wooden struc­ Manuel Quimper. He entered the Bruce, commanding the Pacific Sta- tures, at a cost of $4,000, on seven harbor on June 30, 1790, and named it Puerto de Cordova, after the Viceroy of Spain's Mexican posses­ sions. However, after the Spaniards bestowed a few names on the harbor and some of the surrounding land­ marks, they lost interest. It remained for the British, almost 60 years later, to appreciate and exploit Esquimalt's natural possibilities. In 1848, HMS "Constance" was the first of His Majesty's men-o'-war to d1'Op anchor in the harbor. Shortly after this visit, the first survey was started by Lieut. James V\Tood, of HM Survey Vessel "Pandora," as­ sisted by Mr. R. M. Inskip, naval instructor in HMS "Fisgard." The officers of the various ships which sailed out of the harbor in its early days established for themselves and their vessels a place in history by giving their names to islands, bays, coves and landmarks discovered on cruises of exploration. Streets 111 Victoria and Esquimalt preserve other names for posterity. Victoria has Constance Cove, Pan­ dora Avenue and Fisgard Street. Dun­ tze Head is named after Captain J. A. Six ledgers of handwritten letters'to the Admiralty covering almost acentury of Duntze of HMS "Fisgard." Rodd history of the Royal Navy on Vancouver Island, the west coast generally, and Esqui­ Hill and Rodd Point bear the name malt and Victoria in particular, were recently shipped to Naval 'Headquarters in of Lieut. J. R. Rodd, Cole Island that Ottawa from the Pacific Command. of Master E. P. Cole and lang Cove Reposing for years in an obscure corner of the Administration Building in the dockyard at Esquimalt, the ledgers contain letters from high naval officials, command­ that of E. W. Lang. ing officers of famous Royal Navy ships and other correspondence. There is a letter "Esquiinalt" itself, however, is the stating that a "Cooper" had been signed-on, and appended to it is his orig-inal contract, original Indian name, meaning "grad­ setting out the terms and wages. Another Jette)', written· in the swirling hand of a ually shoaling waters." It was adopted century ago, indicated to the Admiralty that no machine was available in the area for "venting" the guns and consequently the "ball shot" were not accurately finding by the British in deference to the their marks. It suggested that a "venting machine" be sent at the earliest opportunity. original inhabitants and in preference In the photo above, Lieut. W. Hibbert, Naval Distributing Authority, and'CPO to the Spanish name. AI Haley, look over someof the ledgers prior to their shipment to Ottawa. (E-12768). In 1854, Esquimalt had a brief flurry of excitement when units of the Page twenty-one' acres of Duntze Head property. As it developed, the Russians evac­ uated Petropaulski, where the British MAGDALENA MARDI GRAS and French offensiv~ was to be launched, and the hospital was not The Royal Canadian Navy and the Month in the July 195b "Crows­ needed. However, the buildings were spacious Magdalena Bay, on the west nest"). there and the bill was forwarded to coast of Mexico, are acquaintances of CPO Myles reckons that there are Admiral Bruce. He was stunned by long standing. For a good many years the cost and doubted whether the only 10 members of the "Vancouver's" ships of the Pacific Command have 1931 ship's company still in the RCN. Admiralty would foot the bill. It was been calling in at the bay during not until 1857 that a settlement was Of those who appeared on the pro­ peacetime spring training cruises to gram, only three are still serving. reached and the buildings were finally carry out exercises and evolutions, taken over by Captain J. c. Prevost, paint ship and generally work up to There was a banjo player named of HMS "Satellite," on behalf of the operational trim. Mainguy - then a lieutenant-com­ Admiralty. Twenty years ago this month mander and the destroyer's first Later that year, Governor Douglas lieutenant, now better known as wrote to the Secretary of State, in HMCS "Vancouver," under the com­ mand of Lieut.-Cdr. F. G. Hart (now Rear-Admiral E. R. Maingny, Flag London, recommending that Esqui­ Officer Atlantic Coast. He still plunks malt be made a general naval depot. Captain, RCN, Ret'd), was in Mag­ dalena Bay. The destroyer carried out out tunes on the old banjo and on the The Admiralty was not too impressed return voyage from the European with the scheme at that time, but the usual drills and practices - and, in addition, staged a concert party cruise last fall took part, on request. reserved an additional 17 acres of land 'Magnific~nt." that evidently was worthy of memory. in a concert partyin the' at the site. Finally, on June 29, 1865, (See "Crownest," Jannary 1951), Esquimalt officially became a shore In any case, a copy of the concert establishment of the Royal Navy. program has been forwarded to The Ordinary Seaman Harold Shergold In 1886, construction began on a "Crowsnest." It lists 23 numbers was another artist. He did a monolo­ presented .by the "Lagolinians," a gue entitled, simply, "Hunting." Now 480"foot graving dock costing a lieutenant (G), Shergold is serving $1,175,000. The dock is still function­ group of assorted minstrels, trouba­ ing and has accommodated most of dours, musicians, hoofers and mono­ in HMCS "Cayuga" and is divisional the destroyers that have served in the logists. All these talented gentlemen, gunnery officer for the Canadian destroyers serving in Korean waters. Pacific Command." came, of course, from the ship's While the job was progressing, the company: there were no imports. There were two violinists in the excavations were hauled away and The program was sent in by CPO "Vancouver." One was Shipwright dumped between Thetis Island and R. A. (Doc) Myles, who was an H. E. N. Ockenden, now a constructor th~ mainland, with the result that ordinary seaman in the "Vancouver" lieutenant enjoying retirement leave. Thetis became an island no tnore,but 20 years ago and now is serving in The other was Telegraphist Doug'las simply an extension of the land. The HMCS "Discovery," Vancouver. Carroll, who recently retired from dock's first'customer was HMS "Cor· (CPO Myles was honored as Man of the RCN in the rank of lieutenant (L). morant," in 1887. At about this same time a number of' workshops, storehouses and other buildings were erected, followed by the official residence and, in 1890, by a prison. Many of the original build­ ings can still be found in the dockyard and in HMCS "Naden." The first repair job was done in the dockyard in 1890. From then on the yard functioned constantly as one of the Royal Navy's far-flung repair and maintenance bases. Iri 1910, six months after the official birth of the Naval Service of Canada, the Admiralty turned over all the naval property to the Dominion government. Since that time the story of Esquimalt has paralleled the for­ tunes of the Royal Canadian Navy.

HONORED BY SHIPMATES Ldg. Sea. T. V. Torpy, storesman at HMCS "Nonsuch" for the past two years, was entertained by his ship­ mates of the Edmonton division prior to his' recent departure for "Stadacona." On behalf of his mess­ Landing on a carrier is an exacting job at the best of times bLlt a pitching deck in rough seas mates, 'Ldg. Sea. R. C. Thomas make's the job just that much more difficult. Here a Firefli\has landed successfully after exer­ presented a combination cigarette cising off Londonderry during the European Cruise. The weather was closed in and the deck was case and lighter to Ldg. Sea. Torpy. .far from steady, but as the pilot would say, all's well that ends well. (MAG-208B). Page twenty-two ·HOW WRONG CAN ·YOU BE? by c, J, B,

E all 11 ave a ,veakness for Q. -~ What is a Mercator's Chart? Q. - \\Tbat is a Current? W nlaking a stab at ans,vering A. - A ltlercator's Chart is a wh1:te /\.. - (1) CU,1'rent is cau,sed b'V the exanlination questions that stU111p us. sq1tf,are of heav'y 1Ja,per 1Jrinted curve in the ea,rth's su,rface.-- Maybeit's that galnbling spirit conling' w1:th blaclt 1:nk, A. ~~ (2) Current is bod1~l)' 111ove11~ent of to the fore -- just that chance that Q. -- What is a Gno1l1011ic Chart? wa,ter e.g, water fall. ,ve 1J1,1:ght be right. A, -. On a Gno111-onic Chart 'vou can I-Iowever, there are other pitfaIls in use a rttu,1nb l1:ne without fear of MISCELLANEOlJS exanlinations, such as: Rushing to ending up at the North Pole. · Q. - What is a I.Jght List? finish '\\rithout reading the paper over Q. --- What does occulting Bleau? A. - A l1:ght l1:st 1:S when the slM:p heels to find pen slips; failure to take tinle A. --- Occulting 1nea,ns a steady light , over ..iust a l1:ttle. to stop and really think out the rzJJith a period of da1'kness 1~ot Q. - What is the Notice to Mariners? cOl1~plete. answer; or even carelessly reading the A. - (1)Not1:ce to }'faril1ers 1:S (t peri.. question. -:- Alas, the schoolboy how- Q, -.-- What do the following chart odical insult from, the A d111,iralty. ler! . syn1bo]s n1ean ? A. - (2)Notices to ltlar1:ners conS1:st of Below I have listed a few of the SYMBOL ANSWER all changes 1:11, weather, tides, answers found in exanlination papers F.R. II ]lree running" winds, etc. '\\rritten by a large group of young IIFahrenheit reading" Q. - I-Iow is the weather recorded in gentJetnen receiving their first taste III,g. ":Alotor generator" the Ship's Log? IIPositive ter1ninal" l\. - The weather is recorded in the Chy. IIChurch'Vard" 1",0g b')' 1neans of a, chart sY1nbol. I I Call s1:gn of a 1'adio stat1:on" ~ "D1:rection ship is heading" PILOTAGE Q..-- What is a transit? l\. - A tra.1~sit is a straight line with two arrows on the 'end. Q. ...:- What is deviation? A. - Deviation is pull on the c01npass needle caused by the magnitude of the ship. Q. - V\That action would you take if you sight both stealning lights of a ship dead ahead? A. - If I'saw a sh1:p dead ahead, far, I would alter course. If near, abandon ship.

of the Navy. I an1 not going to name TIle "Little'Mo' " them or provide any other key to IiMCS IIAthabaskan" carries a new their identity. nickname.' Ever since she left Esqui­ Q. - What is the Man Aloft Board? lnalt in July she was known among the A. - (1) Rating asks OOW for per­ For those who are not too ,veIl up Canadian tars as the (4 Athabee," but in the subject concerned, I suggest a tour of duty in, late October brought 1n1:ssion to go a.. float and OOW they just skip lightly over the lTIOre her a newer title: Now she is the _~ low~rs boat. difficult questions. I-Iowever, I would "Little Mo'." . A. - (2) If,a n'lan requ.ests to go aloft, lilce to warn any of you who find sonle . The nalue calne following ·a 23-day .the OOW n'lust first hold an stint of sea titnewith units of the Aloft Boa,rd to discuss with the of the howlers worth howling over American Seventh Fleet off the east that you yourselves n1ight have coast of !(orea. During this titne the officers if it can be done. .- given the san1e answers. . "Athabaskan" operated for SOlne titne A. - (3) OOW .notes on- Alan Aloft All answers, incidentally, are· au­ with the USN's 45,OOO-ton battleship, Board the nU1nber of ratings the t'Missouri," populady known as aloft. thentic, verbatiln reprints fron1 ex­ the HMightyMo'." On the "Athabas­ alnination papers. lean's" return to harbor and subse­ A. - (4) Radios are switched oj! when Q. - What does the letter (D) n1ean quent duty· 'with the other 'two Cana­ a n'zan goes aloft, to prevent rad1:o dian destroyers, the "Cayuga" and errors. beside a lighthouse? . '. "Sioux," on the west coast of Korea, A. - (1) Unwashed. her crew members spoke haughtily of Author's Note:..-- I wish to thank A. - (2) (U) is an indication of land their duties with the "Mighty Mo'." those concerned for Inaking this art'icle conditions above sea level i.e Their comrades in the "Cayuga" and possible. - C.J.B. "Sioux" wasted no time in pinning the when t1:de rises to he1:ght (U) the "Little Mo' "tag on the HAthabaskan." Editor's Note: - We were tempted to 'land there will be c01npletely ask the author to provide the correct answers in six minutes 30 seconds flat soaked. but feared for the results. Page twenty~tltree The Bulletin Board

Three-Year.Appointments acting sub-lie~tenant now serving on re-instatement rights in civil employ­ jor RCN(R) Officers special .' naval duty will also be ment, coverage by the death or Naval Headquarters announced in eligible; disability insurance provisions of the Pension Act (not to be confused with December that there were vacancies (b) Physically fit for the RCN; in all branches of the. RCN for the Defence Services Pensions Act), . (c) -With regard to' his qualifi­ counting of time by personnel who officers of the RCN' (Reserve) to cations and the requirements of the serve on three~year short service came under the provisions of the service, suitable for specific three-year Civil Service Superannuation Act appointments; retaining their Reserve employment. s~niority. before getting leave of absence to The age limits of rank as prescribed serve in the Special Forces, and Officers so entered will receive in KRCN do not apply to officers unemployment insurance benefits the $250 outfit allowance as pre­ entering in shortservice appointments. after dicharge from the Special Forces. scri'bed for officers entering the RCN and will qualify for certain other Interested officers of the RCN(R) The unemployment insurance bene­ benefits as 'laid down in KRCN Active or Retired Lists should make fit will also apply in the case of regular 68.54. These include the payment on application through their commanding force personnel who are released from completion of appointment of the officers' together .with the necessary the RCN because of disabilities total amount of pension deductions medical documents. arising from service in the Special made during the appointment period, Force. plus a gratuity of one month's pay A further benefit which applies and allowances for each completed Special Force Personnel equally to RCN and RCN(R) per­ year of service. Qualify jor Benefits sonnel on special naval duty is that 1~50, Appointments m

Amalgamation oj Cook (8) and Cook (0) Branches " ' .." .,.,':-, ~ ',. : The Cook (S) and Cook (0) branches have been amalgamated. The new branch is known 'as the Cook branch and all men in this branch are classified as Cooks (abbreviation :.. ' '::... CK). This amalgamation entails no change in rank or seniority. . This was the way a letter sen:t to. HMCS "Micmac" from Oslo was addressed. A photo of it was, forwarded to The ':'.Crowllnest" with· this comment: "Not our opinion only! (For security Cook (S) and Cook-CO) advance­ reasons the name of' thl'l'.s€}nder '!:UJ,1l b.een preserved f()l:~.h,e,

Ocean Passage Gmtuity Grants to Dependents Dependents of navy personnel, when authorized to travel at public expense, are entitled to reimburse­ ment for actual and reasonable ex­ penses in respect to gratuities to ~tewards during periods of ocean pas­ sage. Reimbursement of each dependent of an officer or,chief petty officer first class is not to exceed $15 if the dependent is 16 years of age or over, $7.50 if under 16 years of age. Reim­ bursement of each dependent of a chief petty officer second class or junior ranks is not to exceed $10 if the dependent is 16 years of age or Shown above are members of the 12th Chief and Petty OffJcers' Leadership Course to be over, $5 if under 16 years of age. held in "Cornwallis." Front row, left to right: PO M. G. Meredith, CPO A. R. Brunet, PO A. G. Laccy, CPO A. P. Ho,vard (Instructor), Cd. Cnr. A. Gray (Course OffJcer), PO D. B. Rogers, PO R. E. Ballard, PO J. M. Dillon, Centre row: POs R. D. Speed, W. J. Lawrence, W. A. Chatham, W. J. M.eadmore, J. A. Thompson, '0.'. A. Lowe, D. D. Vail. Rear row: PO W. V. Adie, CPO G. A. Cummings, PO W. Pinkos, PO B. J. A. Bonneau, PO S. R. Miller. SHIPS' BADGE DISPLAY On course but missing from the photograph were CPO J. F. Dykes and PO J. Waller. PRESENTED TO McGILL (DB -979-1) BY AJAX HOSPITALITY Memories of the famous Ajax Hospitality club in Halifax were renewed recently when the chairman and founder, Mrs. C. Stuart McEuen, presented a collection of Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy ships' badges to McGill University. Known as the Ajax Hospitality Memorial Collection, the badges are to be hung in the General Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Auditorium at McGill on completion of the building. The Ajax Club was one of the first private establishments founded for naval l11en in Halifax during the Second World War. Many RN and Through an oversight, the photo of the eighth Chief and Petty OffJcers' Leadership Course RCN men enjoyed it$ quiet home-like missed its turn in The "Crowsnest." This matter has been rectified by the publication of hospitality when money was scarce the above picture. and there seemed little to do in the Front row, left to right: CPO E. W. Clarke, .CPO L. M. Ford, PO A. E. Bouchm'd, Lieut.--­ vastly overcrowded city. Cdr. J. C. O'Brien, offJcer-in-chargej Cd. Bosll. H. J. Andrews, instructor; PO G. A. Jensen, PO C. R. Sabean and PO D. Atkinson. VJhen word reached Naval Head­ Second row: PO R. Johnson, PO K. Calderbank, PO R. Cane, PO H. S. Eaton, PO P. quarters that Mrs. McEuen was Moskven, PO C. H. Walker, PO R. French, PO R. W. Mackay, PO C. L. Teepell, PO W. A. presenting the collection, it was Keane, PO D. A. Cameron and CPO C. Hancock. suggested that the Canadian portion Third row: CPO R. Wildsmith, CPO J. K. Johnston, CPO R. J. Smith, CPO J. F. Ferguson, PO J. McIntyre, CPO R. E. Lower, PO W. E. Whiting, PO A. Prosser and PO L. E. Boutilier. should be completed. Accordingly, an (DB-912-2). additional 20 badges were forwarded to Mrs. McEuen, who included them in her donation to the university. measurable support which they gave and reminder of the magnificent me during the war years. support given by the Ajax Club to In a letter to the Chief of the to the men qf the Royal and Royal Naval Staff, Mrs. McEuen expressed "If in the future I can render service to the Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Navies who ... fought the her appreciation for the dona~ion and all-important Battle of the Atlantic." added: "I would like to take this it will not only be a pleasure but a opportunity of thanking the Royal great privilege." On behalf of the RCN, Admiral Canadian Navy for the interest they In his reply, Vice-Admiral Grant Grant thanked Mrs. McEuen per­ have always shown in the work of described the Ajax Hospitality Me­ sonally for her "untiring efforts on Ajax Hospitality, and for the im- .morial Collection as "a fitting tribute behalf of the sailors." Page twenty-five IIAthabaskans" Unofficial of the Canadian division, fell victim Unbeaten Navy Team Softball Champions twice to the powerful "Athabaskan" Wins Soccer Title squad. Four USN destroyers fared no ON BOARD HMCS "ATHA13AS­ Underfeated through the entire better in single games. season, the Pacific Command soccer KAN"'- The' softball' season ended team concluded its campaign by four months ago for most Canadians During the ship's visit to Hong beating the Army Garrison team 1-0 but the members of this destroyer's Kong, the "Athabaskans" took on to win the Pendray Trophy, emblem­ team have just packed away their the Hong Kong All-Stars, a smooth­ atic of the Wednesday Soccer equipment. And with it went a record working nine which had bested the League championship. that earned for ·the "Athabaskan" Canadian destroyer "Crescent" 4-3 After a ten-year lapse, the league the unofficial title of champion of the in. a 13-inning thriller two years ago. was revived in 1950 with four teams UN destroyer fleet. . But the "Athabaskans" found them competing - Navy, Army, Royal no riddle, winning 7-3 in a regular Roads and the B.C. Electric Company Operational duty prevented any Ltd. regular schedule but in exhibition nine-inning game. games played against Canadian and The Navy team _ forged ahead The victory was a sweet one for midway through the schedule and American destroyers the "Athabas­ PO Ernie Tuttle, of Victoria, ace kans" copped nine out of ten tilts. held its lead to the end. Good team~ hurler of the "Athabaskan" team. He work was the feature as Navy Their one loss came at the hands of was serving in the "Crescent" and was of fellow-Canadians from HMCS defeated B.C. Electric 4-1, Army 5-2, on the mound during the extra-inning Royal Roads 7-1 and B.C. Electric "Sioux." But the "Athabaskans" contest with the All-Stars in 1948. more than made up for that defeat by 2-1 in that order. CPO Vic Dovey and whipping the "Sioux" in three other Manager of the "Athabaskan" team' AB Jack Scullion were the most games. The "Cayuga," senior ship is PO Dick Evans, of Edmonton. consistent marksmen. In the hotly contested final game with the Army, Navy took the lead early in the first half but had to work like Trojans to keep the soldiers from tieing it up. The game featured plenty of action, with field-length rushes carrying play from one end to the other in rapid succession. The goaltenders had plenty to do and both made some spectacular saves. Each team was awardecl a penalty shot but neither made good. ..CPO Dovey sank the goal that won the game, PO John Kennedy was a star performer at centre half and a bulwark on defence, while CPO Robert Murray was the shutout man in goal. But the most important factor 'was the way the Navymen worked as a team, rather than as a disorganized group of individual stars.

Lieut. H. H. Smith Leads Squash Ladder Tourney Lieut. H. H. Smith of the Gunnery School maintained his hold on the top rung in "A" section the squash ladder competition in HMCS "Stacla­ Members of HMCS "Athabaskan's" softball team, unofficial champions of the UN destroyer cona" at the end of December. fleet based on Sasebo, Japan, are pictured above. Front row, left to right are: AB Del Brown, Bruce Oland was leading "B" section. Dundurn, Sask.; Ldg. Sea. Robert Connor, Lethbridge, Alta; AB Harvey Mitchell, Edmonton. and PO Fred Kelly, Victoria and Toronto. Standing: AB Leo Burns, Windsor, Ont.; Ldg. Sea. With the resumption of play in Jim MacKenzie, Yorkton, Sask.; AB Dave Burck, Amherstburg, Ont.; Ldg. Sea. Bruce January, a dual leaglle for "A" and Leggatt, Jasper, Alta.; PO Dick Evans, Edmonton and PO Ernest Tuttle, Victoria. (CA-312). "B" players was. introclucecl. Page twenty-six West Coast Golfers Conclude Season The Royal Canadian Naval Golf Association (Pacific Coast) wound up its 1950 season December 7 with the annual turkey shoot. Close to 70 members swarmed over the tricky Gorge Vale course to try for one of many prizes, which included a dozen turkeys. "Why buy a turkey at 67¢ a pound when I can win one this afternoon ?" seemed to be the attitude of many, and the birds did, indeed, provide incentive. Commander (E) John Osborn set the pace with a low net of 68. Other low net winners were Instructor Cdr. J. D. Armstrong and Petty Officer Bob Jacobson. Gobblers for the hidden holes went to Chief Petty Officer "Puffy" Scott, Petty Officer "Buck" Buchanan and Petty Officer Tommy Plume. Playing to pay on the kickers' Winners of an inter-divisional boxing tournament held recently in "Cornwallis" are shown above. Front row, left to right: Ord. Sea. W. Melnechuck, Smith's Falls, ant.; PO R. G. Pitt, handicap, Chaplain Ivan Edwards, Cardiff, Wales; Lieut.-Cdr. W. N. Inman, Charlottetown, P.E.I., divisional offIcer, and Ord.Sea. Surg. Cdr. G. W. Chapman and Cap­ W. R. Skinner, Halifax. Rear row: Ord. Sea. E. J. Banks, Toronto; R. J. Manning, St. John's, tain (E) B. R. Spencer were rewarded Nfld; J. E. Patacairk, Ottawa; G. Hogan, Victoria; D. H. Donaldson,Wabasca, Alta.; W. A. handsomely. Kessler, Lethbridge, Alta., and J. King, Port Colborne, ant. (DB-962-J). Lieut.-Cdr. J. D. McCormick's tee shot on the 186-yard second hole was Refreshments were served in the Gillard, 1951 Commodore, thanked about seven feet short of the pin. wardroom of HMCS "Naden" fol­ Cdr. Reed for the great deal of Result - one turkey. lowing the tournament. After an effort he had put into building the Let it suffice to say that the other interesting movie on golf, the pre­ organization. The Honorary Commo­ prize winners, Lieut.-Cdr. (SB) R. sentation of prizes was made by Rear­ dore (ex-officio), Rear-Admiral Wal­ Stranix, CPO Bill Ogilvie, Lieut. G. B. Admiral W. B. Creery, Flag Officer lace B. Creery, Flag Officer Pacific Wither, Lieut.(S) J. W. Fisher and Pacific Coast. Coast;' endorsed Padre Gillard's re­ Lieut.(E) M. W. Anketell-Jones, were marks and commended Cdr. Reed consistent. Olle officer carried coilsis­ on the success which had marked the Sailing Club Honors club's operations during the latter's tencv to an extreme when he recorded Retiring Commodore no less than 13 sevens, which won him, tenure as' Commodore. Admiral appropriately enough, a ham. A farewell party for Cdr. J. C. Creery also thanked the RVYC for Reed, 'retiring Commodore of the the assistance given: _the fledgling RCN Yacht Club, who has been naval yacht club and voiced'the hope appointed to Halifax on the staff that the close and cordial relations of the Flag Officer A,tlantic Coast, between 'the clubs would continue. was held by yacht club members in the wardroom of HMCS "Naden" ItLa Hulloise." Wins recently. Among those present were Opening Hockey Tests members of the Royal Vict6i'ia Yacht The hockey team carrying the Club, with which the RCNYC has colors of HMCS "La Hulloise" was been closely associated' since being victorious in its first two engagements, organized a year ago. Lieut. Harold defeating the Mechanical Training Moist, Fleet Captain, acted as Establishment 4-2 and handing the Master-of-Ceremonies. Halifax Reserve Fleet a 13~8 defeat. Dr. W. Wride, retired Commodore Starring for the winning side were of the RVYC, H. A. Wallace, the new PO Garfield (Pee Wee) Howe, of Commodore, and Fleet Captain H. Dartmouth; CPO Jim Hann, Halifax; Dunn expressed thanks and apprecia­ Lieut.-Cdr. T. C. Pullen, Oakville, tion on behalf of their club to Cdr. Ont., and the team's playing coach, Reed for the support and co-operation Sub-Lieut. Joe Mahar, Charlottetown. that had been accorded them by the , In ship's company contests, 'the RCNYC and expressed regret that he Stokers took the measure of the CPO "Puffy" Scott, one of the lucky would not be on hand during the Seamen (carrying on from where they winners in the RCN Golf Association's coming season to take away all the left off in softball), while the Offi.cers annual turkey shoot at Esquimalt, receives his prize from Rear-Admiral W. B. Creery in silver in the numerous competitions sprang the surprise of the season by the wardroom of HMCS "Naden" following slated. edging the Chief and Petty Officers the tournament. (E-J2802). For the RCNYC, Chaplain G. 1.. 4-3. Page twenty-seven Service Hockey League.. The Regina division has been building a sharp-shooting rifle team. The 12 members turn out every Wednesday night for an assault on the Army's ranges. CPO Leslie Paige is coaching th~ marksmen.. Squash Challenge Issued by "Star" HMCS "Star" has formed a ship's company hockey team and hopes to arrange a number of exhibition games during the current season. Practice sessions were held in the new arena in Dundas prior to the flooding of the Hamilton division's own rink on the playing field. Squash is a popular game among wardroom members and a brisk tournament is under way. The "Star" team has issued a challenge to other divisions in which squash is played. A wardroom softball team is cur­ rently holding the tail-end spot in the Hamilton Garrison Officers Soft­ ball League. The "Crowsnest" cor­ respondent (a member of the team) phrased it delicately when he said, 'It appears that softball is not the Crews of the Canadian destroyers serving in Korean waters provide their own entertain­ sport for 'Star' officers." ment during off-duty periods while the ships are on patrol. In the top photo, PO Jack Ross, Brandon and Victoria, and PO J. D. Cragg, Victoria, match their skill in a chess tournament on West Coast Hockey Team board the "Cayuga." PO Ross won the tournament, in which more than 15 players participated. Feels Loss of Players (CA-322). The Navy senior hockey team on The lower photo shows the finalists in a bridge tournament on board the same ship. Left to right are PO Gilbert Prosser, Moncton; AB William Patterson, Victoria; PO Allan Wise, the West Coast is feeling the loss of Melville, Sask., and Victoria, and PO Gerald Halikowski, Nipawin, Sask. POs Prosser and Wise several top-notch players who are were the winners. (CA-341). serving with the destroyers in Korean waters. League champions last year, the sailors have been lagging behind this season and were able to come up with only three wins in their first eight games. In addition, the other five teams in the league have gained new blood and are providing the defending champs with tougher op­ position than a year ago. I'\or was the Navy doing too well in senior basketball, the RCN entry in Victoria's Senior "B" loop being ensconced in fourth place. With four victories in nine games, the Navy had .to step up its victory quota if it hoped to win a playoff berth. Instructional Officers Lead Bowling League Instructional Officers "A" team was in first place in the Atlantic Command Inter-Part Bowling League at the end of play for 1950. The pace-makers had compiled 33 points in nine games. Commissioned Officer J. M. Crotty of the TAS School topped the in­ Hockey, Rijle Teams exhibition game. The Mounties later dividual scorers with a high single of Carry "Queen" Colors evened the count by winning a return 358 and a high three of 836. HMCS "Queen's" hockey team contest. League games started j llst In the "A" section of the Men's opened the season with a victory after the New Year with "Queen" a Service League, Boiler Shop was on over a Regina RCMP team. in an strong contender in Regina's Inter- top with 18 points in eight games. Page twenty-eight leagues games. Their sole win was a Compliments, 51-29 triumph over the Greenwood lIMCS "Wallaceburg" Flyers in an exhibition game at the RCAF station; The ships' company of HMCS, "Wallaceburg" took a hand in making There were hopes, however, that Christmas aJ1, extra special occasion for with the arrival of 1951 the team Rose Marie Garrod, age 5, of Wallace­ would turn over a new leaf and regain burg, Ont., the town whose name is the form that won a title last year. borne by the Algerine minesweeper. The sailors noticed an item in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, datelined from Wallaceburg, saying the young­ Electricians Unbeaten ster was going to celebrate Christmas in Itlterpart IIockey after all. She underwent a cancer operation in Cllatham, Ont., in October With four victories in as many and at that time a doctor told her starts, Electrical School was perched parents she would probably live only on top of the' "C" section of the eight weeks. When the eight weeks Atlantic Command Interpart Hockey were up December 14, Rose Marie was playing happily around her home. League at the close of plf!.y for 1950. The only medicine she was receiving Supply and "Shearwater" TAG was for a nervous condition. On reading the good news, Cdr. were tied for first place in the "B" R. A. \Vebbel-, commanding officer of seetior!, each having collected seven the "Wallaceburg," depot ship for the points in four games. Reserve Fleet at Halifax, suggested a fund be raised on board. In exhibition games played at Cadet M. M. Souie of Royal Roads breasts Sixty dollars was soon en route to the finish tape to win the Royal Roads annual "Cornwallis," the "Cornwallis" ship's invitation cross country race and break his the mayor of Wallaceburg with a company team defeated "Stadacona" request that it be used to provide own record. He covered the four-mile course Rose Marie with a Merry Christmas; and "Cornwallis" ofiicers took the in 21 minutes 14 seconds. (E-12770) measure of the officers' team from the Halifax establishment. Na1'y Shuttlists Win Scores of interpart games between Inter-Club Matches AB John O'Malley, Captain's Office, November 24 and the Yuletide recess had the high single (318), while were as follows: The Atlantic Command Badminton Robert Ritchie, Boiler Shop, held Club has a record of five victories in the high triple with 697. Electrical 4, Shearwater SNAM 2 Electrical 10, Gunnery-Nav 0 as many friendly matches with out­ Electrical Maintenance led the "B" Electrical 4, TAS 3 of-town clubs. The Navy shuttlists section with 20 points in seven games. Albro Lake 5; Shearwater Misc. 4 defeated the Lunenburg and Truro Albro Lake 3, Stadacona Man. 3 Albro Lake 3, Scotian 3 clubs twice and the Windsor club Shearwater TAG 8, Albro Lake " once. Three of the matches were ItStad" Cagers Seeking Shearwater TAG 3, Stadacona Man. 1 played in the gymnasium at "Stada- First League Victory Shearwater TAG 6, Sheanvater Misc. 3 MTE 4, Comschool 2 , cona" and the others at Lunenburg Winners of the Halifax city basket­ TAS 5, MTE 3 and Truro. ball championship last year, the Shearwater SNAM 4, MTE 2 , ' Navy's cagers were still looking for ,Shearwater SNAM 9, Gunnery-Nav 1 When the Atlantic Command club Shearwater SNAM 6, ComschoolO was host, advantage was taken of the their first league victory of the current Supply 3, Scotian 2 season as the January portion of the Supply 8, Shearwater Misc. 4 facilities at Admiraltv House to schedule got under way. Supply 7, Stadacona Man. 0 entertain the out~of-town guests. TAS 8, Gunnery-Nav. 0 " Up to the end of the year the Comschool 9, Gunnery-Nav. 2 The club this year has an active sailors had played - and lost ~ four Scotian 9, Shearwater Mis:. 2 membership of50.

Ie 0 REA YELLCW SEA 1950 - 1951 ClIINANPO Qf all the Christmas G~eetings That you reoeive this year I hope you .find my home Jllade one Most hoaest and sincere My Christmas card is not the type 'That may be found .in stores But it brings my heartiest greetings /'/liJ ; From West Kore~n ghores.

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Though by no means the mOst elaborate, our favorite Christmas card was the one received from the Petty Officers' Mess of HMCS "Athabaskan," the two inner pages of which are reprodulied above. To them go congratulations on their ingenuity and our thanks for their card. Page twenty'-nine something worth working for; some­ Prep School Impressions thing' which few other Navies, to my knowledge, have. And so we say by a Chief Petty Officer thanks to our long-suffering instruc­ tors and to the Royal Canadian Navy On November 1, 1950, there came chief petty officers who never had a for the opportunity offered us.­ tog.ether at HMCS "Naden," in twos similar chance (indeed, there was no R.W. ahd threes, a group of men who were provision for one) before. For more about the Prep School see The "Crowsnest," July 1950 and Christmas to comprise the RCN Preparatory 1949.-Ed. 'School class of 1950-'51. Some came I soon found that the Prep School half way around the world from meant hard work - harder than hard HMCS "Magnificent" and the de­ for myself, who can only lay claim to stroyers in Korean waters, some came , the average amount of gray matter. from HMCS "Stadacona," in Halifax, Nothing here is lax; there is no noisy Book Re'View _chatter between periods. I have time and some, including myself, from THE CAVE AT CORMORANT POINT .' ships across the harbor. only to nip into the reading room and grasp the books for the next period, by Frank Houghton When I arrived, the school building then off I go again. The subjects are Two destroyers arrive at Halifax was in the process of a refit. Just,as in banged at me like' shells from a with 24 merchant ships, and an a ship, gear was scattered all about ­ Bofors-English, Mathematics, introductory number of fictitious only in this case it was piles of books, Navigation, Naval History, Chemis­ naval characters to start off Frank chalk boxes, pencil sharpeners and try and Physics. At 1500, the P & Houghton's latest thriller, "The paint pots. Through' this disorder, RT staff puts me through a set of Cave At Cormorant Point." Before instructor officers threaded their way. tables which are supposed -to build U-601 comes to its journey's end the muscle and circulate the blood after reader will have become familiar with In spite of the chaos, I received the sitting in a chair all day. impression that here was a fine place much of the locale around Halifax to learn something; to finish off in Normally the working (lay of the while keeping pace with the fast mov­ eight months a job that would take Navy in Esquimalt ceases at 1600. ing events leading up to the doom of a me two or three years to accomplish It is not so with the Prep School. German spy ring bent on destroying studying by myself. From 16CO to 1800 we have a study convoys to Breat Britain. - period, and after this we may make As in his "Blue Circle Gang," The instructors were capable; the -our weary way home or to our block, the author has two reputableCana­ members of the class eager. I myself there,to slug it out with homework. dian organizations, the RCN and. the had the feeling of pride that one must RCMP, teamed up against a gang of experience when entering a university. The married men's wives call them­ unsavory characters. A dash of I believe that everyone in the class selves "Prep School Widows" but romance, added to the adventurous felt the same, especially we four we know, and they know, that here is manner in which the forces of good overcome the forces of evil, not only makes for a happy ending but leaves a pretty good impression in the ·reader's mind of the Navy and the Mounted Police as the cover is closed on page 169. . Written primarily for young Cana­ dians, "The Cave At Cormorant Point" is also good reading for any of their elders who enjoy an evening of armchair adventure. It is not surprising that the author is able to spin a yarn of the sea so easily and that the Canadian Navy figures so prominently in his story. He is Rear-Admiral Frank L. Hough­ ton, who went on retirement leave from the RCN last September after 38 years of service. Rear-Admiral Houghton is now ·living in Nova Scotia, the locale of his latest book. It is hoped that his new responsibilities as Civil Defence Co-ordinator in Halifax will not pre­ It's no "breeze" even for the young sailor just out of school and it is admittedly tough slugging for the oldsters, but all agree that the new RCN Preparatory School at H MCS "Naden" vent him from keeping up a literary is one of the most worthwhile innovations to be established in years. The school provides many career which, starting long ago on an men who would be unable to make the grade studying in their own time with the opportunity to amateur basis, shows -something more qualify academically for advancement and/or promotion. , than professional promise. Canada Here some of the 1950-'51 class are shown studying navigation under the tutelage of Instructor Lieut.-Cdr. C. R. Gower. Back row, left to right, are: CPO R. Wigmore, PO W. needs books like this. Let's hope the " Canham, CPO E. Nurse and PO R. Mason. Front row: CPO E. E. Moore; CPO Fred A. Jones; Admiral will keep writing them. . PO J. O'Neil; and PO B. Richards. (E-13003). ., . -Printed by Nelson . Page tll-irty. ' - Weddings Lieut. (E) Daniel E. Galbraith, HMCS "Cornwallis," to Miss Velma Bernice Gilson of Victoria. Tnst. Lieut. John G. Kilpatrick, HMCS "Sheanvater," to Miss Irene Roberta Beaton of Sudbury. Petty Officer Raymond Utley HMCS "Naden," to Miss Betty McLean 'of North Battleford, Sasle. and EsquimalL • Leading Seaman J. H. Porter, HMCS "York," to Miss Marie Waddle of Phila­ delphia. Able Seamen Ted J. Czech, HMCS "Swan­ sea," to Miss Helen Leone Morris, of Halifax. Able Seaman Norman L. Fraser, HMCS "Naden," to Miss June Eleanor Thorsen of Edmonton, Alta. Able Seaman Allan McIntyre, HMCS "La Hulloise," to Miss Marjorie Edith Webster of Halifax. ' Able Seamen David Robinson, l-IMCS "Naden," to Miss Theresa Clara Todd, of Victoria. Able Seaman David Rolston, HMCS "Cornwallis," to Miss Margaret Currie Miller of Kentville, N.S. Births To Able Seaman Edward H. Lloyd, HMCS "Naden," and Mrs. Lloyd, a daughter. To Able Seaman Reinhold Maas, HMCS "Cornwallis," and Mrs. Maas, a daughter. The first wedding to be solemnized in the new St. Georges Protestant church at HMCS "Cornwallis" united, on December 1, the former Margaret Currie Miller, of Kentville, N.S., and Able Seaman David Rolston, of Chemainus, B.C. The above photo of the wedding party shows, left to right, Mr. W. Miller, Chaplain Harry Pike, Mrs. Miller, Miss Margaret Potter, the LETTER TO THE EDITOR bride and bridegroom, Captain A. P. Musgrave, AB J. C. Scott, Mrs. Musgrave and Mrs. P. D. Budge. As a rule The "Crowsnest" does not publish wedding pictures; if it did there would be The following letter, originally addressed to little room for anything else - but this was a special occasion. (DB-987-2). Canada House, Londolt, has beelt forwarded to The "Crowsnest" for publication: "HAMILTON'S" BADGE Cdr. Davies spoke briefly about the Sir: "Hamilton's" work in the RCN and During the last war I had the hon- FINDS HOME IN OHIO said, "This ship had a very fine record, o our and pleasure to serve, in two of your The badge of the former HMCS a record of which Hamilton can ships, HMCS "Snowberry" (K-l66) "Hamilton," a destroyer that sailed truly be proud." and HMCS "Wetaskiwin" (K-175), with three different navies, has found In his answering speech, Mayor both corvettes. I shared the hazards a resting place a long way il)land and pleasures both ashore and at sea from her wartime sphere of operations. Beckett said: "It is cause for a special feeling of pride in the people on Atlantic convoy duty from January In a brief ceremony, Mr. P. G. of Hamilton, Ohio, to know that the '4:2 until November of the same year. McDonald, British Consul at Cin­ ship named for us performed credit­ Although it is some time since I said cinnati, Ohio, and Lieut.-Cdr. D. L. ably, and we are grateful to your good bye' to them, I do wish I could Davies, ReN, staff officer of HMCS ships' companies for handling her contact as many of iny former "Hunter," Windsor, recently pre­ courageously and efficiently." Canadian' shipmates as possible, to sented the badge of the Town class swap news and talk over old 0 times destroyer to the mayor of the city of with them. Hamilton, Ohio. I wonder if you would be so kind The "Hamilton," one of the 50 "Haidas" Dispute Claim as t6 insert a request.from me asking if the 'following ex-shipmates would four-stackers turned over to Great Men who served in HMCS "Haida" Britain in the destroyers-for-bases­ during 1949 have a mild "beef" to . care to drop me a line, and any deal, was given, like all but six of her register. others whose .faces I remember but sisters, a town name common to the Canadian soldiers in training at whose names I can't? Fort Lewis, Washington, expressed Uniterl Kingdom and the USA. A the belief recently that they had SPO Davey Bell, CPO (Cox'n) short time later she was transferred by fired the first shot at United States "Tibbles" Biddel, C/ERA Joe Keir, the RN to the Royal Canadian Navy. targets since the War of 1812. It was .ERA Les Drury, ERA Frank Whit­ during a 2S-pounder practice shoot. Along with the ship's badge, pre­ The former "Haidas" claim the field, Sto. Bert Wiltshire, Sto. Harry sented to Major William Beckett of distinction. They earned it in Sep­ Renard and SBA Murray Hatt. tember 1949 when the destroyer carried CPO/SM H. Moore, Hamilton by Mr. McDonald, was a out a practice bombardment shoot in commemorative book describing her Chesapeake Bay while training for HMS "Ganges," 0 operations and achievements with operations with US Atlantic Fleet Shortley Gate, units. W.lp$wich, the RCN during the Second 0 World War. After the presentation. Lieut.- o Suffolk.

o Page thirty,one "Haida'~'-for a brief period. . :' OBITUARY I 12-men firing party was CPO Douglas He received his Bachelor of Science Barker. 'degree las,t spring from Queen's, along On arrival at·the burial area, the CAPTAIN ARTHUR F. L.· ATWOOD, with a scholarship. Ten days prior to ship was stopped. Chaplain (P) B. A. OBE, RCN Ret'd his death he received word he had Peglar conducted the service and at Captain Arthur F. L. Atwood, won first prize in an essay contest its conclusion the body was committed i OBE, RCN, Ret'd, who died at sponsored by the Canadian Mining to the deep,. the firing party fired his home in Halifax, December 30, Journal. ' three volleys and the bugler sounded was buried with full naval honors in Lieut. Losee joined the Royal the "Last Post" and "Reveille." Holy· Cross cemetery, Halifa.x, on Navy's Fleet Air Arm as a rating in Chief Petty Officers Richard Williams .January 2, following requiem high May 1942 and su,psequently received and Gerald Freeman placed wreaths mass at St. Mary's Basilica. Senior his commission in the RNVR.Hewas. on the water. naval officers from the Atlantic Com­ demobilized in March 1946. Pallbearers, close friends and mess­ mand, inch.lding Rear-Admiral E. R. Funeral . services were held in mates of Chief Petty Officer Guest, Mainguy, QBE, Flag Officer Atlantic Ottawa January 2 and burial was in were' Chief .Petty Officers Frank Coast, attended the funeral. Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston. . Elston, Leo Benaman, Phillip Richert Born in Rodmarton, Gloucester­ and Robert Murray, and PettyOfficers shire, England, in 1869, Captain LIEUT. ALEXANDER C. TITUS, RCN James Rogers and Robert Hughes. Atwood entered the Royal Navy as a cadet at the age of 12. He sub­ A memorial service for Lieut. Chief Petty Officer Guest had been sequently saw service in destroyers Alexander Cowan (Sandy) Titus,'23, a member of the Royal Canadian in the Mediterranean, specialized in of Toronto, who died December 11 Navy for the past 15 years. Born in gunnery, and, from 1914 to 1917, was as a result of injurles slistained in a Esquimalt, he joined the RCN at motorcycle accident in Halifax, were "Naden" as an officers' steward in Gunnery Officer-in-Charge in the RN held on board HMCS '!Micmac" Barracks at Chatham. August 1935. He had served in the In 1917 he transferred to the RCN December 15, with. shipmates and cruiser "Uganda," the destroyers with the rank of Commander and in other close naval associates in atten­ "Skeena" and "St. Laurent" and in November of that year took com­ dance. Burial services were held the various shore establishments on both same day in Toronto. coasts. mand of the cruiser HMCS "Niobe". The service in the "Micmac" was He remained in the ship until May 1919, when he was appointed to an conducted by Chaplain (P) BaiTy administrative post in the Halifax Ploughman in the after mess flat of AFLOAT AND ASHORE the destroyer while she lay alongside (Continued/rom Page 17) . dockyard. in the Dartmouth slips. He retired from the RCN in July, Lieut.-Cdr. F. C. Frewer, com­ bers . of the ship's company and 1920, in the rank ·of captain, and manding officer of- the "Micmac," youngsters from various Montreal shortly after, as a civilian, was in which ship Lieut. Titus had served hospitals - were aided and abetted in appointed Armament Supply Officer for the past 13 months, read the the various games and general non­ in the dockyard. He retired from the lesson prior to paying verbal tribute sense by a troupe of pirates (all of Civil Service in 1930. to the deceased on behalf of the ship's them faintly resembling members of Captain Atwood was awarded the company. the ship's company). Brother officers Order of the British Empire in 1925 Lieut. Titus was born April 12, of these buccaneers appeared as for services in the Royal Navy and' 1927. After graduating from Royal clowns,' rotund policemen and the the Royal Canadian Navy. Roads in July 1946, he entered .the occasional pirate captain, complete Surviving him are a daughter, Royal Canadian Navy at HMCS with three-cornered hat and ruffles. Mrs. T. E. White of Bedford, and "York" as a midshipman and went The "Donnacona" band was there, . three sons, John, of Chicago, Arthur to the United Kingdom for courses making music in its finest manner. of Arvida, Que., and Captain Lorenzo Seated in state on a naval gun L. Atwood, VRD, RCN, who is at and training at sea with the Royal Navy. . carriage drawn by members of the present attending the National He was confirmed in the rank of pirate crew,Santa arrived amidst a Defence College, Kingston. sub-lieutenant in May 1949 and loud fanfare from the band. His fairy LIEUT. (P) W. J. LOSEE, RCN (R) returned to Canada a month later to helpers, Pink Sugar Plum and Blue Lieut. (P) William J. Losee, take a communications course at Snowflake, were attending him. Only RCN(R), 29, of HMCS "Cataraqui," "Stadacona;" .He was appointed to childhood eyes could see the true Kingston, died in Kingston December the "Micmac'" in November 1949 beauty of these bewitching elves. 30 of leukemia. . and two months later was promoted Older and more jaded observers Lieut. Losee, who served in British to the rank of Lieutenant. .claimed they could detect the knobby· carriers in the Far East in the kn'ees and muscular arms of two .of Second World War, entered the CPO ALBERT A. GUEST "Donnacona's" top-r~nking officers: active list of the RCN{R) as a Chief Petty Officer Albert A. Guest, Santa brought gifts for all the Lieutenant (P) in April 1947. He who died in the RCN Hospital

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