HMCS ST. CROIX in 1943, photo taken from HMCS ARVIDA shortly before ST. CROIX was lost in Sept 1943. The two ships did one escort together and may be one of the last photos of this RCN destroyer. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA072)
HMCS ST. CROIX
HMCS ST. CROIX, Town class destroyer was transferred to the RCN from the USN under the Lend/Lease agreement with the Royal Navy on 30 April 1040. Â Originally constructed in 1919 as USS MCCOOK. She was assigned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Group C-9 and while escorting a convoy in mid-North Atlantic she was struck by two […]