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HMCS ''Yellowknife'' is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. ''Yellowknife'' is the seventh ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation ''Yellowknife'' in the Royal Canadian Navy. ''Yellowknife'' was laid down on 7 November 1996 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 5 June 1997. She was officially commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 18 April 1998 at Esquimalt and carries the pennant number 706.〔Macpherson and Barrie, p.304〕 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 Yellowknife」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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