HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)
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HMCS Athabaskan was an Iroquois-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1972 until 2017. Athabaskan was the third ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or simply as the 280 class. She is the third vessel to use the designation HMCS Athabaskan.
HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)
Foredeck, gun and bridge
Sailors from HMCS Athabaskan unload supplies on a pier on board Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida as part of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts
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Iroquois-class destroyer
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Iroquois-class destroyers, also known as Tribal class or DDG 280 class, were a class of four helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy. The ships were named to honour the First Nations of Canada.
HMCS Algonquin
Huron in 1976 with split exhaust funnel, Sea Sparrow launcher on forward superstructure, and 5-inch (127 mm)/54-calibre gun on forecastle.
Athabaskan in 2009 – note one funnel and position of gun
STANAVFORLANT underway in 1982. Iroquois is centre top left.