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HMCS ''Restigouche'' was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1958-1994. She was named for Restigouche River. She was the lead ship of her class and the second Canadian warship to carry the name . ''Restigouche'' was laid down on 17 July 1953 at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal and launched on 22 November 1954. She was commissioned into the RCN on 7 June 1958 carrying the pennant number 257.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMCS Restigouche (2nd) )〕 ==Service history== While still being constructed, ''Restigouche'' suffered a collision in 1957 with a freighter. This delayed her commissioning until 1958. She was present for the ceremony opening the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Later that year she participated in a small naval review in Toronto and then carried the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador on a tour of the small villages in Newfoundland that could only be accessed by sea. ''Restigouche'' was selected by the Canadian Forces for the Improved Restigouche (IRE) program, beginning in 1970 and completed this refit in 1972 at Halifax. Afterwards she was transferred to the west coast. She was also selected as one of 10 destroyers in the Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) program and underwent this refit beginning 3 December 1984 and completed on 29 November 1985.〔 ''Restigouche'' was to be deployed on Operation FRICTION, the CF contribution to Operation DESERT STORM (the Gulf War) to relieve in early 1991. She was refitted at CFB Esquimalt however the war ended before her refit was completed. She had her Mk.112 ASROC octuple launcher and her Mk NC 10 Limbo ASW mortars removed and was fitted with 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a (CIWS) Close In Weapons System. ''Restigouche'' arrived in the Persian Gulf region after the war and instead saw service with the Multinational Interception Force (MIF) in the northern Red Sea in 1992. During the MIF deployment ''Restigouche'' completed an Eastbound circumnavigation of the globe sailing from Esquimalt to Esquimalt via the Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Atlantic Ocean, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. She was decommissioned from active service in the CF on 31 August 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today: ''Restigouche'' Class )〕 ''Restigouche'' was sunk as an artificial reef off Acapulco, Mexico in 2001.〔 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 Restigouche (DDE 257)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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