HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)
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| Name: | Athabaskan |
| Namesake: | Athabaskan |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1969 |
| Launched: | 27 November 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1972 |
| Refit: | 4 June 1994 (TRUMP) |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Motto: | We Fight as One |
| Honours and awards: |
Arctic, 1943–44; English Channel, 1944; Korea, 1950–53; Gulf and Kuwait |
| Status: | in active service |
| Notes: | Colours:White and Scarlet |
| Badge: | Blazon On a field argent, a North American Indian clad in buckskin breeches, leggings and beaded moccasins, but bare to the waist except for a necklace of bear's claws and blue shells, and ear ornaments of the last. The Indian wears the full-feathered headdress and is mounted bareback upon an Indian pony being halted from the trot. The Indian holds a red bow and arrow in the "ready" position, the latter pointing down. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Iroquois-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 5100 t |
| Length: | 129.8 m (425.9 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.2 m (49.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15.4 ft) |
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| Speed: | 29 kn (53.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,334.0 km) |
| Complement: | 280 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | hangar and flight deck |
HMCS Athabaskan is an Iroquois-class destroyer that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1972. Athabaskan is the third ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or simply as the 280 class. She is the third vessel to use the designation HMCS Athabaskan.
Athabaskan was laid down on 1 June 1969 at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon and was launched on 27 November 1970. She was officially commissioned on 30 September 1972 and carries the hull classification symbol 282.
Athabaskan completed a refit known as the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Project (TRUMP) on 4 June 1994. At this time her classification changed from Destroyer Helicopter (DDH) to Destroyer Guided Missile (DDG). She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
Athabaskan serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. She has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically, the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea after Iraq occupied Kuwait.
Athabaskan has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).
In August 1990, Athabaskan was hurriedly refitted with several advanced weapons and took part in Operation Friction and in Operation Desert Shield. The weapons included a close-in weapon system (CIWS). Athabaskan was appointed flagship of the Canadian Naval Task Group, which included the destroyer Terra Nova and supply ship Protecteur. The task group served in the central Persian Gulf, with other coalition naval forces, through the fall of 1990.
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