HMCS ATHABASKAN (DDH 282)

Career
Ordered:	mid 1960s
Laid down:	June 1, 1969
Launched:	November 27, 1970
Commissioned:	November 30, 1972
Decommissioned:	N/A
Fate:	N/A
Struck:	N/A
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5120 tonnes
Length:	129.9 m
Beam:	15.7 m
Draught:	6.9 m
Propulsion:	two shafts, two Pratt & Whitney FT4-A2 gas turbines (37 megawatts at the shaft), two Allison 570-KF gas turbines (5.6 megawatts at the shaft)
Speed:	over 27 knots (50 km/h)
Range:	4500 nm (8300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement:	314
Armament:	one 29-cell VLS (Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA), one 76 mm/62 OTO Melara (Super Rapid) DP, 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 1 20 mm Close-In Weapons Systems, two triple Mark-46 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes.
Aircraft:	2 CH-124 Sea King helicopters
Motto:	We Fight as One
Battle Honours:	Arctic: 1943-1944, English Channel: 1944, Korea: 1950-1953, Persian Gulf: 1991
Badge:	Blazon On a field argent, a North American Indian clad in buckskinbreeches, 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.

'HMCS ''Athabaskan'' (DDG 282)' is an ''Iroquois''-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy, the third ship to bear that name.
The ''Athabaskan'' is a member of the Iroquois class, commonly called "280's" or the "Tribal class" by Canadian Forces personnel. ''Athabaskan'' wears pennant 282 and was commissioned in November 1972.
On September 2, 2005, the ship was sent to the devastated U.S. Gulf Coast to assist disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. ''See Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina for more information.''
''See HMCS ''Athabaskan'' for other ships of this name.''

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External links

External links

★ Official website

★ MaritimeQuest HMCS Athabaskan DDH-282 pages