Background
Micmac was one of 27 Tribal Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy (RN), the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and the Royal Canadian Navy. She was the lead ship of the Canadian wartime Tribal Destroyer program, followed by sister ships HMCS Nootka (R96), HMCS Cayuga (R04) and HMCS Athabaskan (R79).
Ordered in early 1941 she did not commission until late 1945, after the end of hostilities. Micmac's construction was lengthy, taking 57 months from the date of order to the date of commission. In comparison Micmac's Australian built sister, HMAS Warramunga—ordered by the RAN in September 1939, laid down on 10 February 1940, launched on 7 February 1942, and commissioned on 23 November 1942—took but 29 months. The twenty Tribals constructed for the RN (16) and RCN (4) in British yards averaged but 26 months from the date of order to the date of commission. Micmac's delay mainly was due to economic and political issues that permeated the entire Canadian Destroyer Project.
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