HMC NAVAL CAMP was located outside of St. John’s, NF, and some areas were “Off Limits” to the sailors. Ross Milligan and Wm Weaver from HMCS WASAGA, stand with one of the boundary signs in 1942. The rest camp was provided for sailors from the escort ships to have a break, away from normal ship […]
HMCS WASAGA in Ice
In January 1943, HMCS WASAGA returns to Halifax, heavily covered in ice. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM071)
HMCS MALPEQUE
HMCS MALPEQUE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM009)
Liberty Ship
HMCS WASAGA passes an anchored Liberty Ship in Cherbourg Harbour, France in 1944 or 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM120)
Wm. Black in HMCS WASAGA
Wm. Black from Newfoundland on HMCS WASAGA’s deck in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM026)
A “Mick” for HMCS WASAGA’s Mascot
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)