Restigouche-class destroyer
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The Restigouche-class destroyer was a class of seven destroyer escorts that served the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from the late-1950s to the late-1990s. All seven vessels in the
Restigouche, Terra Nova and Gatineau in 1983
Gatineau in 1974.
Restigouche in 1992.
Kootenay at Pearl Harbor in 1986
The 3"/70 Mark 26 Gun was a US post war naval anti-aircraft gun. Developed as a joint project with the United Kingdom, which called it the QF 3-inch Mark N1 gun, it had a water-cooled barrel combined
Restigouche-class destroyer
…and SQS-503 sonar. The Restigouches diverged from the St. Laurents in their weaponry. The Restigouches were equipped with one twin mount of Vickers 3-inch (76 mm)/70 calibre Mk 6 dual-purpose guns forward and maintained one twin mount of 3-inch/50 calibre Mk 22 guns aft used in the preceding class. A Mk 69 fire control director…
3"/70 turret on USS Carpenter in 1962