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HMCS ''Saskatoon'' is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. ''Saskatoon'' is the tenth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS ''Saskatoon'', after the Flower class corvette . The ship is named after the Canadian city of Saskatoon, and includes other references to the city such as naming the captains desk Cranberry Flats and a main corridor after Idylwyld Drive. ''Saskatoon'' was laid down on 5 September 1997 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 30 March 1998. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 5 December 1998 and carries the pennant number 709. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. ==Design== The was conceived to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and construction techniques in a ship designed to military specifications. The construction of the design required the building of partially outfitted steel block units, which were assembled into larger blocks and those blocks were integrated into the ship. The decks were assembled upside down with pre-outfitting of the underside of the deck prior to installation on the ship. The ship is outfitted with a degaussing system from Power Magnetics and Electronic Systems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kingston Class Coastal Defence Vessels, Canada )〕 ''Kingston'' class vessels are designed to carry up to three ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads. 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 Saskatoon (MM 709)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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