HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored near Prescott, Ontario on a misty morning on 29 May 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL91565)
USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS
The USN used Bermuda for training as well as Canada. This picture of the newly commissioned USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS, a Fletcher class destroyer was taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN on 26 February, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH041)
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC -FELEX
Almost hidden by scaffolding, HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC undergoing her FELEX modernization at the Irving Shipyards in Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53686)
HMS SENNEN
HMS SENNEN (ex- USS CHAMPLAIN, Coast Guard cutter) in Poole Bay passing HMCS TRENTONIAN, 5 June 1944. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Agreement. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH017)
Busy St. John’s Harbour
St. John’s harbour in Newfoundland is bustling with activity in the spring of 1943. Three fishing vessels work alongside merchant ships and RCN and RN escort ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM315)
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON arriving in her namesake city of Kingston for a visit on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26540)
HMCS WASAGA Lookouts
Three of HMCS WASAGA’s bridge lookouts in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM023)
HMCS ST. CROIX
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)
Shore Leave St. Thomas, VI.
Anchored in the harbour of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, HMCS OTTAWA’s ship’s company use the ship’s whaler for shore leave in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115106)
Howard Abbott, RCNVR
Howard Abbott, RCNVR from Toronto on the bow of Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier HMS PUNCHER in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA095)