HMCS Huron (DDH 281)

HMCS Huron (DDG 281) in 1999
History
Canada
Name:	Huron
Namesake:	Huron
Builder:	Marine Industries, Sorel
Laid down:	1 June 1969
Launched:	9 April 1971
Commissioned:	16 December 1972
Refit:	25 November 1994 (TRUMP)
Identification:	pennant number: 281
Motto:	Ready the brave
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1943, Arctic 1943–1945, Biscay 1943–1944, Norway 1945, Korea 1952–1953
Fate:	Sunk 14 May 2007 during Operation Trident Fury, a live-fire exercise conducted by MARPAC 100 km (54.0 nmi) west of Vancouver Island.
Notes:	Colours: Gold and crimson
Badge:	Or a nicotine bloom gules, seedpod vert and stamens or.
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)
Propulsion:	COGOG – 2 shaft 2 × Allison 570-KF cruise gas turbines (5.6 MW) 2 × Pratt & Whitney FT4A-2 boost gas turbines (37 MW)
Speed:	29 kn (53.7 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,334.0 km)
Complement:	280
Sensors and processing systems:	Signaal AN/SPQ 501 DA-08 radar Signaal LW-08 AN/SPQ 502 radar SQS-510 hull sonar SQS-510 VDS sonar
Armament:	32 × VLS, Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA SAMs 1 × 76 mm/62 OTO Melara 6 × 12.75 in tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Block 1) 2 × M2 Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried:	2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters
Aviation facilities:	hangar and flight deck

Atlantic 1943, Arctic 1943–1945, Biscay 1943–1944, Norway 1945,

HMCS Huron was an Iroquois-class destroyer that served with the Canadian Forces from 16 December 1972 to 23 October 2000. She served mainly on the western coast of Canada. After decommissioning her hull was stripped to be used in a live-fire exercise. Her hulk was eventually sunk by gunfire from her sister ship, HMCS Algonquin. Huron was the second ship of her class, which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or simply as the 280 class. She was the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Huron.

Huron was laid down on 1 June 1969 by the builder Marine Industries of Sorel, Quebec, and was launched on 9 April 1971. She was officially commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 16 December 1972 and carried the pennant number 281.

Huron began a refit known as the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Project (TRUMP) in July 1993, performed by MIL-Davie Shipbuilding at Lauzon, Quebec. It was completed on 25 November 1994. At this time her classification changed from Destroyer Helicopter (DDH) to Destroyer Guided Missile (DDG).

She was assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and was homeported at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.

Huron served on MARPAC missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean and enforced Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. Huron was also deployed on missions throughout the Pacific and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations.