Just like any member of the ships’s company, HMCS WASAGA’s mascot had her own hammock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM058)
HMCS MILLTOWN
HMCS MILLTOWN, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM010)
HMCS WASAGA Refueling-At-Sea
HMCS WASAGA conducts a Refueling-At-Sea with a merchant tanker on the North Atlantic. The minesweeper takes up a position astern of the tanker. The foc`s`le party takes up a hose dragging astern of the tanker and connects it to a standpipe on the ship, fuel is then pumped from the tanker to the receiving ship. […]
HMCS WASAGA in Drydock
HMCS WASAGA hull has been given a fresh coat of anti-fouling paint while on the marine slip in Dartmouth in 1943. A great photo of the Bangor class minesweepers twin screws. WASAGA’s starboard propeller seems to have been marked for HMCS GRANDMERE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM093)
Clearing Ice HMCS WASAGA
Looking more like an ice castle, three of HMCS WASAGA’s ship’s company ready to clear ice from the minesweeper’s bridge and foc’s’le, off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM077)
Sentry Duty HMCS WASAGA
RCN Sailor Mackay stands sentry duty in HMCS WASAGA in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM024)
HMCS KENORA
HMCS KENORA, Bangor class minesweeper in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM067)
HMCS MINAS
HMCS MINAS, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM008)
North Atlantic Winter Operations
In January 1943, HMCS WASAGA returns to Halifax, heavily covered in ice. The anchor windlass is completely covered in ice. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM074)
HMCS CARAQUET
HMCS CARAQUET, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM004)