HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282) - Timeline

Timeline

  • 1969, Jun 1: laid down
  • 1970, Nov 27: launched Lauzon PQ
  • 1972, Sep 30: commissioned
  • 1981, Nov 26: Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan's Sea King helicopter removed 44 people from oil rig Rowan Juneau off Sable Island in 60 knot winds & sea state 5 conditions.
  • 1990, Aug 24: refitted for Operation Friction, part of Operation Desert Shield
  • 1990, fall: sent to Persian Gulf
  • 1991, Jan: escort duties
  • 1991, Feb 18: Within three hours and ten nautical miles (19 km), USS TRIPOLI and PRINCETON struck mines while conducting operations in the northern Persian Gulf. Ships lead out of danger by HMCS Athabaskan.
  • 1991, Apr: returns to Halifax for refit
  • 1991, Oct 15: Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan arrived Sorel PQ for TRUMP modernization
  • 1994, Jun 4: Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan completed TRUMP refit Marine Industries Ltd Sorel PQ
  • 1995, Oct 8: Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan departed Halifax for South American UNITAS exercises.
  • 1999, Mar 15: Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan departed Halifax to Join STANAVFORLANT in Hamilton Bermuda.
  • 2000, Mar 9: New Orleans
  • 2004, Jun 24: Boston
  • 2004, Jun 28: Halifax
  • 2004, Sep 22: Halifax
  • 2004, Nov 8: HMC Ships Athabaskan, St John’s, Halifax and Toronto, that formed part of Task Group 301.1, departed from their anchorages in Bedford Basin to rendezvous with the remainder of the Task Group. The ships were to participate in Combat Readiness Operations (CRO), one of the largest exercises led by the Canadian Navy in the last decade and the largest grouping of Canadian ships since Operation Apollo.
  • 2004, Nov 19: Norfolk
  • 2005, Mar 2: Nassau
  • 2005, May 28: New York (Fleet Week)
  • 2005, Sep 2: deployed to US Gulf Coast to assist disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
  • 2005, Sep 11: New Orleans
  • 2005, Sep 12: Pensacola
  • 2005, Sep 22: Norfolk
  • 2006, Jan 11: HMCS Athabaskan departed Halifax on a six-month deployment to join the Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group One (SNMG1) in Kiel.
  • 2006, Jan 19: Plymouth Sound
  • 2006, Jan 23: Kiel Canal (International Squadron). Flagship 25th.
  • 2006, Feb 5: off Denmark coast, Sea King trying to land crashes. No casualties or injuries
  • 2006, Feb 19: Valletta (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Mar 8: Malaga (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Mar 17: Den Helder (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Apr 13: Antwerp (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Apr 20: Devonport (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Apr 21: Warships moored at Devonport Naval Base commemorate the 80th birthday of HM The Queen. Foreign ships from the Standing Naval Maritime Group One (flagship HMCS Athabaskan) are also taking part. This is a squadron of eight to ten destroyers and frigates from across NATO countries that patrols mainly in the eastern Atlantic conducting joint training exercises. The group are currently taking part in Flag Officer Sea Training at Devonport.
  • 2006, Apr 28: Lisbon (International Squadron)
  • 2006, May 16: Rota (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Jun 6: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Jun 28: Cape Verde (International Squadron)
  • 2006, Jul 10: Halifax
  • 2006, Nov 20: Morehead City
  • 2008, Apr 11: Boston
  • 2008, summer: in Halifax for 5 weeks in summer
  • 2008, late Jun: leaves Halifax Harbour for a week of trials and drills
  • 2008, Jul 27: arrives in St. John's NL for 5 days of rest and festivities, including Canada Day
  • 2008, Oct 27: first successful sea trials with new laser-gyro INS
  • 2008, Nov 29: Boston
  • 2009, Feb 28: Bermuda
  • 2009, Mar 3: In ceremony aboard Athabaskan in Bermuda, Commodore Norman takes over Atlantic Fleet
  • 2009, May 20: New York (Fleet Week)
  • 2009, Aug 20: Cdr P. Crain takes command of HMCS Athabaskan
  • 2009, Sep 28: Exercise Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland. Ship proceeds through Scapa Flow to pay respect to HMS Royal Oak. Glasgow and Edinburgh port visits.
  • 2010, Jan 13: Prepares to deploy to Haiti in Canadian relief for an earthquake that had impacted on Jan 12.
  • 2010, Jan 14: Ship Sails from CFB Halifax en route to Haiti along with HMCS Halifax for humanitarian Operation HESTIA
  • 2010, Mar 17: Ship returns to Halifax.
  • 2010, May 6: Lt. Governor's Cruise to Sydney, NS to Celebrate Canadian Navy Centennial.
  • 2010, May 26: New York (Fleet Week)
  • 2010, Jun 29: HMCS Athabaskan is command ship for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II review of International Fleet in Halifax Harbour as part of Canadian Navy Centennial celebrations.
  • 2010, Nov 1: Task Group Exercise 2-10, Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, Norfolk port visits.
  • 2010, Dec 17: Cdr Micheal Davie takes command of HMCS Athabaskan.
  • 2012, Apr 9: Currently docked outside of Seaway Marine and Industrial Limited, formerly known as the Port Weller Dry Docks in the Welland Canal in Saint Catharines, Ontario.

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