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HMCS ST. JOHN’S

February 12, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

HMCS ST JOHN’S ships company has closed up to stations for leaving harbour as the frigate makes final preparations to slip from the wall at Johnstown on the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06670)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Johnstown, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS KINGSTON

September 21, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS KINGSTON

HMCS KINGSTON passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78872)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: HMCS, HMCS KINGSTON, Johnstown, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS GOOSE BAY at Johnston

July 29, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY at Johnston

HMCS GOOSE BAY passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78873)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: History, HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, Johnstown, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

June 7, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

HMCS ST JOHN’S starts making headway after departing from Johnston, ON on the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. The frigates decks are filled with RMC cadets that have joined the ship for a day sail on the river and Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06696)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Johnstown, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

October 26, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

HMCS ST JOHN’S alongside at Johnstown, ON. The foc’s’le party is getting the frigate ready to get underway in the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06650)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Johnstown, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

July 9, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

Ocean Group tugboat Ocean Golf is available to assist HMCS ST JOHN’S away from the wall at Johnstown on the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06665)

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Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Johnstown, Naval History, Navy, Ocean Golf, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, tugboat

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

January 17, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

The foc’s’le party has singled up the bow lines as HMCS ST JOHN’S is made ready to leave the wall at Johnstown, ON on the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06655)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Johnstown, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS GOOSE BAY

October 2, 2020 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY

HMCS GOOSE BAY passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78874)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, Johnstown, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

The Canadian Navy Has Arrived!

June 29, 2016 by Roger Litwiller

The Canadian Navy Has Arrived!

For the next two weeks the Royal Canadian Navy ships, HMCS KINGSTON and HMCS GOOSE BAY will be sailing in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The tour is part of a Great Lakes deployment that brings together the Canada’s Navy and our sailors with Canadians, that normally would not have a chance to […]

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