#OTD 15/9/1950 #RememberRCN -HMCShips CAYUGA, ATHABASKAN and SIOUX take part in the invasion of Inchon, Korea, escorting troop carriers and supply ships.

#OTD 15/9/1942 #RememberRCN -Battle for Sydney-Quebec Convoy SQ-36 begins. 22 merchants ships escorted by HMCShips ARROWHEAD, SUMMERSIDE, VEGREVILLE, CHEDABUCTO, 3 Fairmiles & HMS SALISBURY attacked by 2 U-boats over two days. ARROWHEAD & SALISBURY damage U-517.

#OTD 15/9/1940 #RememberRCN -SS Kenordoc (Paterson Steamship Lines) shelled/sunk by U99 while in convoy SC3, mid-Atlantic, SE of Iceland, 7 killed. Great lakes merchant ship was pressed into ocean service.

#OTD 14/9/1963 #RememberRCN -HMCS QU’APPELLE commissioned, she is the final ship of the four Mackenzie class destroyer escorts to enter service. Photo -For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 14/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS STETTLER while patrolling near Gaspé with EG W-13 gains an asdic contact. U-802 fired a Gnat torpedo as it dived, which exploded harmlessly in STETTLER's wake. STETTLER then dropped a salvo of 24 hedgehog mortars over the contact, without effect.

#OTD 13/9/1942 #RememberRCN -While escorting Convoy ON-127, HMCS ST CROIX attacks U-411, after U-boat fired a torpedo and missed one of the other escorts. Depth Charges damage U-411, forcing U-boat to break off attack on convoy and return to port for repair.

#OTD 13/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS OTTAWA (1st) struck by 2 torpedoes from U-91 while escorting convoy ON-127, mid-Atlantic S of Greenland. 1st torpedo blew off bow, 2nd broke her in two. 114 RCN & 22 merchant sailors killed. 69 rescued by HMCS ARVIDA & HMS CELANDINE.

#OTD 12/9/1962 #RememberRCN -The last F2H-3 Banshee fighter jet is struck off strength from the Royal Canadian Navy.

#OTD 12/9/1945 #RememberRCN -HMCS MICMAC commissions into #RCNavy at Halifax, she is the first of four post-war Tribal class destroyers, built in Canada.

#OTD 12/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS ARVIDA rescues 52 survivors from SS Empire Moonbeam (British) and 85 survivors from SS Hektoria (British). Both ships had been torpedoed by U-211 while in Convoy ON-127.

#OTD 11/9/2001 #RememberRCN -The 9/11 Terrorist attacks in US occur. HMCShips IROQUOIS, VILLE DE QUEBEC & PRESERVER are placed on immediate notice to steam and prepare to sail to any US port in support.

#OTD 11/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN struck by two torpedoes from U-517 in the St Lawrence River near Cap Chat, PQ. With people watching from shore, corvette sinks in 4 minutes. Ten RCN sailors killed, 54 survivors are picked up by HMCS CLAYOQUOT. Marc Magee painting.

#OTD 11/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS AMHERST rescues forty survivors from MV Hindanger (Norway) torpedoed by U-584 while in Convoy ON-127. The corvette then sinks the freighter's hulk with gunfire.

#OTD 11/9/1942 #RememberRCN -Canadian Escort Group C-4 attack several U-boats while escorting Convoy ON-127. ST CROIX, OTTAWA & ARVIDA in separate actions driving U-608, U-404 & U-584 away from convoy. OTTAWA severely damages U-218, forcing U-boat to return to port for repairs.

#OTD 11/9/1914 #RememberRCN -HMCS NIOBE departs Halifax escorting troopship transport SS Canada with the Royal Canadian Regiment embarked, to replace the British Garrison at Bermuda.

#OTD 10/9/1952 #RememberRCN -HMCS IROQUOIS supporting a raid by South Korean Guerrillas, bombards emplaced artillery units on the Chinese mainland, that have been shelling the Guerrilla base on the island of Mu-do. DND Photo

#OTD 10/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS ST CROIX attacks U-659 after U-boat torpedoed SS Empire Oil (British), severely damaging U-boat, forcing sub to break off from Convoy ON-127 & return to port. ST CROIX then rescues 26 survivors from the merchant ship & OTTAWA rescues another 24.

#OTD 10/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS SHERBROOKE picks up 5 survivors from SS Elisabeth van Belgie (Belgium) & 39 survivors from MV Sveve (Norway), both ships torpedoed by U-96 while in Convoy ON-127. SHERBROOKE then attempted to sink Sveve with gunfire, finally scuttling the hulk.

#OTD 10/9/1942 #RememberRCN -Battle for Convoy ON-127 begins. 34 merchant ships escorted by HMCShips ST CROIX, OTTAWA, AMHERST, ARVIDA, SHERBROOKE & HMS CELANDINE, attacked by 13 U-boats.
1 escort & 7 merchant ships sunk/5 damaged
170 sailors killed/449 rescued
4 U-boats damaged

#OTD 10/9/1941 #RememberRCN -HMCShips SKEENA & KENOGAMI, while escorting convoy SC-42, attack & severely damages U-85's port engine, gyro & magnetic compass, dive planes and all lighting, forcing the U-boat from the battle and to return to France for repairs.