New Book - HMCS WASKESIU

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Did not know where else to put this.

Reference material and stories about Canada's 200+ WWII warships are pretty rare. But, a new tome is about to be released. Available in JANUARY 2009

WASKESIU: Canada’s First Frigate
The story of the ship as seen through the eyes of its surviving crew members.
ISBN 978-0-9810784-3-4 (Duff Publishing)
215 pages; 50 photographs, maps, illustrations and other images

R. L. Duane Duff, author
Sean G. Duff, editor
Bruce Menzies, RCNVR (Ret’d), consultant
Foreword by Captain (N)(R) Don Ravis (Ret’d) -- HMCS Unicorn, Saskatoon
Reviews by Surgeon-Commander (N) John Blatherwick (Ret’d) and Lieutenant-Commander Elaine Fisher -- HMCS Discovery, Vancouver
Cover artwork by Robert Banks and Bo Hermanson

Type: Frigate
Class: RIVER Class 42-43 Programme
Displacement: 1445
Length: 301.5
Width: 36.6
Draught: 9
Speed: 19
Compliment: 8 Officers and 133 Crew
Arms: 1-4" (1 x II), 1-12 pdr.
Pendant: K330
Builder: Yarrows Ltd.. Esquimalt, B.C.
Keel Laid: 2-May-42
Date Launched: 03-Apr-42
Date Commissioned: 16-Jun-43
Paid off: 29-Jan-46