Decommissioning and Fate
She was decommissioned from MARCOM in May 1998.
In May 2005, the Halifax Chronicle-Herald announced that MARCOM was looking to sell Ojibwa for scrap metal, along with three other Canadian Oberons. MARCOM stated that the submarines were not in suitable condition to be used as museum ships and predicted that each submarine would sell for between C$50,000 and C$60,000. Ojibwa is laid up at CFB Halifax awaiting disposal.
On 11 June 2010, it was reported that the Ojibwa would be moved by BMT Fleet Technology Ltd to become part of the collection of the Elgin Military Museum at St. Thomas, Ontario. If so, it will be the tenth boat from a class of 27 to be preserved as a museum ship. Concerns regarding the cost of the project to the community have been expressed by Bayham, Ontario locals at a public meeting; although the museum plans to independently raise the money to convert and display the submarine, the need to dredge out the harbour to accommodate the boat may be passed on as higher rates. It was revealed that under a worst case scenario residents could see from $4,000 to $5,000 tacked onto their residential property tax bill, spread over 20 years to finance the move.
On Dec 2,2011, it was announced that Department of National Defence had approved the transfer of Ojibwa to Elgin Military Museum Press Release Here subject to satisfaction of financial requirements (demanding a financial guarantor of 6 million dollars.
On May 26, 2012 Tugs FLORENCE M and LAC MANITOBA and tow HM-1 helped transfer the HMCS OJIBWA (S 72) from Halifax, NS, Canada to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In the late fall of 2012 the retired ship will be moved to Port Burwell, Ontario and will become part of a permanent museum. The ship should arrive in Port Burwell in November 2012.
On November 18, 2012, the HMCS OJIBWA on the barge HM08 was towed from Hamilton thru the Welland Canal to Port Colborne by the tugs LAC MANITOBA nad SEAHOUND.
The sub arrived in Port Burwell on November 20 after a short journey from Port Colborne, and will become part of new Museum of Naval History in the town.
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