Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Canadian Navy — Destroyer escort J334

HMCS Sault Ste. Marie

Algerine-class minesweeper

Displacement
1,030 long tons (1,047 t)
Length
68.58 m (225 ft)
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Speed
16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
Complement
85
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Service

  1. Royal Canadian Navy as Sault Ste. Marie24 June 1943 — 1 October 1958801 days of the war
Algerine-class minesweeper Particulars
Name
HMCS Sault Ste. Marie
Pennant / hull number
J334
Builder
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur
Laid down
27 January 1942
Launched
5 August 1942
Commissioned
24 June 1943
Decommissioned
1 December 1946
Recommissioned
7 May 1949
Fate
Scrapped, 1960 (1960)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,030 long tons (1,047 t)
Displacement, full load
1,325 long tons (1,346 t)
Length
68.58 m (225 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.73 m (12.2 ft)
Speed
16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
Range
5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
Complement
85
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMCS Sault Ste. Marie was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number J334. Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur laid her keel on 27 January 1942. She entered service on 24 June 1943, having been launched on 5 August 1942.

She was one of 14 ships of her class. The class followed the Bangor-class minesweeper and was succeeded by the Ton-class minesweeper.

Displacement was 1,030 long tons standard and 1,325 long tons at full load. She measured 68.6 m (225 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 16.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 85. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 2,400 ihp through two shafts.

She was in commission for 801 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 December 1946. She recommissioned on 7 May 1949.

She was broken up for scrap in 1960.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2400 ihp
Armament
  • 1 × QF 4 in Mk V anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  • 1 × Hedgehog

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