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Summer 2019 Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, CM DSC CD Patron-In-Chief Summer 2019 Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, CM DSC CD Patron-in-Chief - - Mrs. Anne Baker FROM THE BRIDGE Hello Shipmates; I hope you are enjoying this fine, hot summer. Preparations are underway for our summer BBQ which is being organized by our Padre / Entertainment Chairman S/M Westgate. There will be more to follow on this in the form of e-mails sent by our Secretary. The MARC Center is the location for this year. All of our main activities, Battle of the Atlantic Dinner and Parade went well. I’m a little concerned as our numbers are dwindling, and of course no new new members seem to be joining. We have lost another Shipmate, Edwin Toombs, and also our friend Eileen Baker (Bagsy Baker widow). We will miss them. Vets bingo will resume in September, and as always volunteers are required. We also held our annual Canada Day BBQ for the vets on June 30, all went well, great effort from those who participated and was well appreiciated by both Vets, Families, and staff. Finally, I would like to Thank S/M Ronald Lepage who is now looking after the artifacts that were stored at Steve Daubs residence, (for those that don’t know Steve resigned his membership and has been removed from out list). Ronald AKA “Stickey” is to be commended on his efforts to maintain our historical artifacts. I wish all Shipmates smooth sailing and following seas. S/M Ivan Foote President HONORARY PRESIDENT Rear-Admiral Craig Baines, MSC, CD Rear-Admiral Craig Baines enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Officer Training Program in 1987. After completing initial naval training, he served as a Bridge Watchkeeping Officer in HMCS SAGUENAY and Deck Officer in HMCS THUNDER. In 1991, he completed the Destroyer Navigation Officer course and was employed as Navigation Officer in HMC Ships CHIGNECTO and ANNAPOLIS. He graduated from the Maritime Advanced Navigation Officer Course in 1992 and was employed as the Navigation Officer of HMCS PROVIDER. Following the year-long Operations Room Officer course, he served as Operations Officer in HMCS REGINA and Combat Officer in HMCS WINNIPEG Returning to sea in 2004, he served as Executive Officer in HMCS CALGARY. In 2007, he was appointed Commanding Officer of HMCS WINNIPEG where he received the Meritorious Service Cross for his leadership during WINNIPEG's counter- piracy mission off the Horn of Africa. Rear-Admiral Baines’ staff appointments include Staff Officer at HMCS UNICORN, the Naval Reserve Division in Saskatoon. He served abroad in Norfolk, Virginia with the US Navy's Second Fleet. He worked at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa in both the Directorate of Maritime Training and Education and as the Maritime Staff Director of Strategic Communications. In 2010, he was appointed as the Base Commander of Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. Prior to becoming Fleet Commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic, he served as Special Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff. His education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Manitoba. While on exchange in Norfolk, he completed the US Naval War College program and a graduate certificate program in the History of Strategy and Policy at Old Dominion University. He completed the Canadian Forces College Joint Command and Staff Program concurrent with his Master of Defence Studies. In 2013, he completed the National Security Program and a Master of Public Administration. He was appointed as Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic in July 2014. During his 3 year posting as Fleet Commander, he sailed extensively with the Fleet and participated in major international exercises including Trident Juncture 2015, Joint Warrior 152 and Cutlass Fury 2016. March brings the promise of spring, new growth and change. For the Royal Canadian Navy, this change has already begun with the release of the General and Flag Officers’ appointments. Of particular note this year will be the retirement of Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd as Commander RCN Notable promotions and appointments include: • Rear-Admiral Art McDonald will be promoted to Vice-Admiral and will replace VAdm Lloyd later this spring. • Commodore Chris Sutherland will be promoted to Rear-Admiral and will be appointed as Deputy Commander of the RCN, replacing RAdm McDonald. • Commodore Simon Page will also be promoted to Rear-Admiral and take on the challenging role of Chief of Staff to the Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel). • Commodore Steve Waddell is to be promoted to Rear-Admiral and will be appointed to a new position as the Vice Commander of the US Second Fleet in Norfolk, VA. A new season but old challenges remain VAdm Ron Lloyd, Commander RCN, is retiring this year. RAdm Art McDonald will be promoted to Vice Admiral and become Commander RCN. Cmdre Chris Sutherland; promoted to Rear-Admiral and appointed Deputy Commander of the RCN. Cmdre Simon Page; promoted to Rear-Admiral and appointed Chief of Staff to the Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel). Cmdre Steve Waddell; promoted to Rear-Admiral and appointed Vice Commander of the US Second Fleet in Norfolk, VA. ODDS AND ENDS If navy ships had nightmares, they'd be about Mike Stege. The friendly, bright-eyed civil servant with a broad smile kills ships. "Some people are going to say, 'Oh, you're the grim reaper of the navy,' getting rid of these ships," Stege said. "But they've served out their time. They've done fantastic." Right now, the former HMCS Athabaskan — a powerful destroyer the length of 10 school buses — is being cut up for scrap metal in Sydney, N.S. The Athabaskan was launched in 1972 and performed dozens of missions around the world, with Canadian sailors as crew. Mark Boyd slices a pipe from the former HMCS Athabaskan into short pieces that will be sold for scrap. At one point, Stege was in charge of all the electrical systems aboard the ship. Now, he's the guy in charge of cutting it up. "As I walk around here right now, it's with a heavy heart because I spent many hours at sea, many hours maintaining this thing." Stege has moved from boats to bureaucracy. He's based in Ottawa and is the head of ship disposal for the Department of National Defence. Mike Stege heads the Department of National Defence's ship disposal and dismantling program. The government used to scrap ships differently. The former HMCS Annapolis and Saguenay were sunk to create artificial reefs. In 2007, the former HMCS Huron was used as target practice for the rest of the Royal Canadian Navy. "We actually looked at it to see how much it would take to sink one of these things," Stege said. But there was a problem. Before the ships could be sunk or shot, they had to be stripped of PCBs. A crane positions a dumpster alongside the hull of the former HMCS Athabaskan, allowing salvage crews inside to toss in pipes and cables that will be processed elsewhere in the scrapyard. The cancer-causing chemicals were once widely used on ships for cable coatings, adhesives and waterproofing before the risk was fully understood. $5.7M contract to dismantle HMCS Athabaskan to be carried out in Sydney They were cheap to use, but are expensive to remove. The federal government used to strip the ships. But with recent disposals, it has hired companies like the one doing the work in Sydney. Crews dispose of the hazardous materials safely and get to sell the scrap. The remains of the former HMCS Preserver rest on the shore in Sydney, N.S., where many former Canadian navy ships have been dismantled. "They do all the demilitarization for us and whatever's left — the brass, the copper, the alloy — that is their profit for the company afterwards," Stege said. It's a process that creates jobs, saves money and protects the environment. "We really did our due diligence," he said. "We tried to save money. We did everything properly." Inside the former HMCS Athabaskan, every cable has been cut in preparation for the copper to be salvaged and sold as scrap metal. But soon that process will be overhauled. Ships being used now, along with the new ones being built in Halifax, don't use PCBs. Disposal is part of the design. "It's part of the life cycle, as it were, for navies," said Kevin McCoy, president of Irving Shipbuilding. Rusted and faded, the Canadian flag near the stern of the former HMCS Athabaskan is still visible. "As we go forward into future dismantling," Stege said, "we should be able to now, on behalf of Canada, actually be able to make money back and actually sell some of these ships. There may be other countries that would love to have our future ships.'' When future ships have finished their time in Canada, they could be sold internationally. (From CBC) HISTORY JANUARY 1 January 1923 The National Defence Act, which was passed in June 1922, takes effect, creating the Department of National Defence. 1 January 1946 The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve together become the Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve). From this date officers of the Regular Force and Reserve wore the same sleeve lace. 4 January 1943 HMCS Prince Henry is re-commissioned as Landing Ship Infantry (Medium). 8 January 1944 HMCS Camrose and HMS Bayntun sink the German submarine U-757 in the North Atlantic. 9 January 1945 HMCS Ehkoli, a former Royal Canadian Navy patrol boat, is re-commissioned in the RCN as a survey vessel. 11 January 1957 HMCS Magnificent arrives in Port Said with the main body of the Canadian contribution in troops and materiel to the United Nations Emergency Force controlling the Israeli-Egyptian border.
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