HMCS Toronto (FFH333)
Posted on 01/09/2004 2:57:45 PM PST by Clive
News Release
Canadian Navy Frigate Sets Sail for the Arabian Gulf in the Campaign Against Terrorism
CMS 04.001 - January 9, 2004
OTTAWA - A Canadian Patrol Frigate, Her Majesty's Canadian Ship TORONTO, is scheduled to depart her homeport of Halifax, NS on Wednesday, 14 January, to join coalition naval forces as part of Canada's ongoing support to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), the US-led campaign against terrorism.
HMCS TORONTO will deploy as part of Operation ALTAIR, initially sailing to Norfolk, Virginia where she will join the George Washington Carrier Strike Group before continuing to the Arabian Gulf Region. Training with US and coalition forces is planned to take place en route.
"After being the first internationally deployed Canadian military response following the September 11 attacks, the Canadian Navy continues to answer the nation's call to deter and eliminate acts of terrorism before they reach Canada," said Vice-Admiral Ron Buck, the Commander of Canada's Navy. "This is HMCS TORONTO's second trip to the Gulf in as many years. Her crew is superbly trained, well prepared and I know they will represent Canada as admirably as the other 16 Canadian warships which have deployed to the Gulf over the past two years," added the Admiral.
When TORONTO's deployment was formally announced on 3 November 2003, it was intended to embark a CH-124 Sea King helicopter detachment. Restrictions were subsequently imposed on the Sea King fleet as a prudent response to several recent incidents of temporary power loss on the helicopter. Some of the current restrictions will be phased out by 31 March 2004 as appropriate training and technical modifications are implemented. This process will mean that a helicopter will join HMCS TORONTO in theatre. Air Force personnel will deploy aboard TORONTO to enable operations with allied helicopters as required in the interim.
The Canadian Forces' past commitments to the Campaign Against Terrorism were formally designated as Operation APOLLO, which concluded with the return of HMCS CALGARY on 14 December 2003. Operation ALTAIR will involve single-ship deployments integrated into suitable U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. Carrier Strike Groups consist of an aircraft carrier and several other naval warships and support ships designed for sustained naval operations.
HMCS TORONTO is a HALIFAX Class Canadian Patrol Frigate, with a crew of 235 officers and sailors, that is ideally suited to provide a wide range of capabilities to the Carrier Strike Group, including boarding operations as well as force protection duties.
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Damn right. Chretien was a wretched POS and the Canadian military always knew it. Believe me, they're glad he's gone.
Where were you Canadians when we really needed you, hmmmmm?
Canadian frigates and destroyers have all along been escorting US CVs and participating in interdiction patrols in the Gulf.
In fact, at one point, the interdiction patrols were under the command of a Canadian flag officer.
Iraq is not the only theatre in the War on Terror.
I take it you don't put gas in your car or need to heat your house?
And who, pray tell, elected them?
I suppose it was those devious Americans who infiltrated the country and voted those socialists in.
Personally, I wasn't born yet and, in 1939, Canada was under the Dominian of the British Empire, not an independent country, otherwise she probably would have shown her true colors and avoided the war.
In 1939, Great Britain and Canada fought to save Western Civilization while the United States stuck it's isolationist head in the sand and condescendingly sneered about you war mongers.
Now, the U.S. and Canada have traded places.
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