HMCS Cayuga (R04)
HMCS Cayuga in 1954
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| Name: | Cayuga |
| Namesake: | Cayuga nation |
| Ordered: | April 1942 |
| Builder: | Halifax Shipyards, Halifax |
| Laid down: | 7 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 July 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1947 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 February 1964 |
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Korea 1950-52 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, Faslane |
| Notes: | Colours: Gold and scarlet |
| Badge: | Blazon Or, an Indian of the Cayuga tribe, facing dexter, in kneeling posture, right knee on the ground, left leg bent and forward, two feathers in hair, lower part of body clad, upper bare, a quiver of arrows pendant from the left shoulder, the base resting on ground beside the right knee, the Indian holding a bow and arrow in the "ready "position all gules. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 377 ft (114.9 m) |
| Beam: | 37.5 ft (11.4 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, steam turbines, 2 shafts, 44,000 shp |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 190 (219 as leader) |
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HMCS Cayuga was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 until 1964. She saw action in the Korean War. She was named for the Cayuga nation, a First Nations people of Canada.
Cayuga was ordered in April 1942 as part of the 1942 building programme. She was laid down on 7 October 1943 by Halifax Shipyards at Halifax, Nova Scotia and launched 28 July 1945.Cayuga was commissioned on 20 October 1947 at Halifax with the pennant number R04.
On 4 February 1948, Cayuga transferred to the west coast for Esquimalt, British Columbia. In October 1948, Cayuga joined the cruiser Ontario, destroyers Athabaskan, Crescent and the frigate Antigonish in sailing to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the largest deployment of the Royal Canadian Navy following the war. In March 1950, with Ontario and Sioux, the destroyer participated in a training cruise to Mexico, making several port visits.
Cayuga served a total of three tours of Korea, the last in 1954 after the conflict had ended. Cayuga was part of this initial first dispatch of three ships by Canada to Korea, departing Esquimalt on 5 July 1950. In 1952, Cayuga was reconstructed as a destroyer escort and given the new hull number 218. It was on this vessel that Ferdinand Demara, "the great impostor", served while impersonating a Canadian medical officer.
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