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RCN Avenger and RCAF Sea King

July 17, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Avenger and RCAF Sea King

RCN Avenger and RCAF Sea King at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Air Park on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00666)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, CFB Shearwater, Cold War, Helicopter, History, Naval History, Navy, RCAF, RCN, RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy Air Service, Sea King, Shearwater Aviation Museum, Sikorsky CH-124

HMCS OJIBWA

July 11, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS OJIBWA

HMCS OJIBWA leaving Halifax in January 1981 for OP CARIBOPS. Roger Litwiller Collection, Roger Litwiller Photo. (RTL -Rl_0004)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS OJIBWA, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, submarine

HMCS IROQUOIS

July 9, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCS IROQUOIS returning to Halifax on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64607)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Iroquois class destroyer, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS RCN Guard -HAIDA Flagship Ceremony

July 7, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS RCN Guard -HAIDA Flagship Ceremony

A massed Guard of Honour, Colour Party and Naval Band, consisting of sailors from five Naval Reserve Units, including HMCS STAR from Hamilton, HMCS YORK from Toronto, HMCS PREVOST from London, HMCS CATARAQUI from Kingston and HMCS GRIFFON from Thunder Bay. It was an impressive show for the dedication of HMCS HAIDA as the RCN’s […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Cold War, Destroyer, Flagship, Guard of Honour, Hamilton ON, History, HMCS, HMCS CATARAQUI, HMCS GRIFFON, HMCS HAIDA, HMCS PREVOST, HMCS STAR, HMCS YORK, Naval History, Navy, RCN, RCNR, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, ships, Tribal Class, WWII

Silver Star & Sea King

June 25, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Silver Star & Sea King

RCAF T-133 Silver Star and CH-124 Sea King on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum’s Airpark at Shearwater NS. Both aircraft are in the low-vis paint scheme worn towards the end of their respective careers. Both aircraft flew with the RCN Naval Aviation prior to unification. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00639)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, Canadian Naval Air Service, CFB Shearwater, Cold War, Helicopter, Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sea King, Shearwater Aviation Museum, Shearwater NS

RCN Fleet Underway

June 17, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Fleet Underway

Steaming together to the Caribbean are HMCShips ASSINIBOINE, ATHABASKAN, and NIPIGON in January 1981. Photo taken from HMCS OTTAWA. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416006)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Caribbean, CARIBOPS, Cold War, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS ASSINIBOINE, HMCS ATHABASKAN (III), HMCS NIPIGON, HMCS OTTAWA (III), Naval History, Navy, RCN, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS OJIBWA

June 13, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS OJIBWA

Former HMCS OJIBWA’s stern showing the arrangement of the starboard side propeller, aft hydroplanes and rudder. OJIBWA is preserved as a museum ship located at Port Burwell, ON on Lake Erie. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02992)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, HMCS, HMCS OJIBWA, Museum of Naval History, Museum Ship, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, O Class Submarine, Port Burwell ON, Project Ojibwa, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, submarine

RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3

June 9, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3

RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Air Park on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00653)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, Canadian Naval Air Service, CFB Shearwater, Cold War, History, Naval History, Navy, RCN, RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy Air Service, Shearwater Aviation Museum

Ex-HMCS PROVIDER

June 5, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Ex-HMCS PROVIDER

Ex-HMCS PROVIDER sits alongside in Halifax waiting disposal in 2001. The AOR was paid-off on 24 June 1998. HMCS SUMMERSIDE is in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-_2004)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: AOR, Cold War, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS PROVIDER, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS CORNWALLIS Obstacle Course

June 4, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS CORNWALLIS Obstacle Course

The picket fence obstacle on the Assault (Obstacle) Course at HMCS CORNWALIS in October 1956. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bill Daniels. (RTL-BD010)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CFB CORNWALLIS, Cold War, HMCS CORNWALLIS, Naval History, Obstacle Course, Royal Canadian Navy

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