The cableship HMTS Monarch’s radio compartment is riddled with splinter damage following a friendly fire incident off Normandy on 13 June 1944. The cable layer and her escort, HMCS TRENTONIAN came under fire from USS PLUNKETT. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen Singleton Photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK096)
USS ALABAMA
HMCS SKEENA steams past the US Navy battleship, USS ALABAMA in July 1943. Possibly in Iceland or Scapa Flow. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB092)
USS DAVIS
USS Davis was on patrol with USS PLUNKETT off the Normandy Beachhead, when PLUNKETT opened fire on HMCS TRENTONIAN and the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch on 13 June 1944. DAVIS sent her doctor to TRENTONIAN to assist with Monarch’s wounded. Photo was taken from TRENTONIAN the morning after the incident, off the Normandy beachhead. Discover the tragic […]
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)
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)
Yokohama Harbour, Japan
View of Yokohama Harbour in Japan from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN during its Far East Cruise in 1965. A USN Officer checks out the RCN destroyer while a US submarine passes through the harbour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. (RTL-BR042)
HMCS ST. CLAIR
HMCS ST. CLAIR, a Town Class destroyer on 5 March 1944 acting as depot ship to RN submarines being used for Anti-Submarine training in St. Margaret’s Bay. ST. CLAIR was given to the RCN under the Lend-Lease program and was USS WILLIAMS with the USN. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. […]
USN Destroyer Escorts
Four USN Destroyer escorts in the River Foyle in May 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK062)
LST-376 off Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-376 sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. Two days later on 9 June, this landing ship was torpedoed and sunk by German Torpedo Boats S172, S174, S175 and S187 in the English Channel. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB053)
Landing Ship -Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-393 with her bow doors open, sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. LST-393 survived the war and is now a Museum Ship in Muskegon, Michigan on Lake Michigan. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB060)