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HMCS ''Cayuga'' was a destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 until 1964. She saw action in the Korean War. She was named for the Cayuga nation, a First Nations people of Canada. ''Cayuga'' was ordered in April 1942 as part of the 1942 building programme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMCS Cayuga (R04) )〕 She was laid down on 7 October 1943 by Halifax Shipyards at Halifax, Nova Scotia and launched 28 July 1945.〔 She was commissioned 20 October 1947.〔 ==History== Wearing pennant R04, then 218, ''Cayuga'' served a total of three tours of Korea, the last in 1954 after the conflict had ended. Cayuga was part of this initial first dispatch of three ships by Canada to Korea. She was paid off in February 1964. It was on this vessel that Ferdinand Demara, "the great impostor", served while impersonating a Canadian medical officer. In 1942 a Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps was created and named after HMCS Cayuga, and continues to operate to this day, on CFB Wainwright, Alberta. The Coxswain of 140 RCSCC Cayuga is Chief Petty Officer First Class (CPO1) Dery. The Commanding Officer is NCdt Jeckells. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMCS Cayuga (R04)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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