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| ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. HALIFAX BECOMES THE BASE FOR NEW ASW TECHNICS AND INSTRUCTION. THE IMPORTANCE OF ASW WAS A HARD LESSON LEARNED FROM THE U BOAT WARS IN THE ATLANTIC IN WW2. NATO WAS IN FAVOUR OF THE RCN BEING ASW EXPERTS AS THE THREAT OF SOVIET SUBMARINES IS AGAIN IN THE FOREFRONT. IN KOREA, BY OCTOBER, THE CHINESE SOVIETS TAKE 67 CASUALTIES AND 14 PRISONERS OF WAR. MEANWHILE, THE ATLANTIC SHORES OF CANADA ARE BEING PATROLED MORE THAN USUAL FOR FEAR THE SOVIETS WOULD MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. |
| FRANK HACHEY'S NAVY DAYS |
| 1951 |
| JUNE 26, 1952 I BECOME A FATHER AGAIN. THIS TIME A WONDERFUL BABY GIRL. HALIFAX IS NOW THE NATO BASE FOR ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE TRAINING AND I AM NEEDED. I CAN ALSO BE NEAR MY WIFE AND KIDS AGAIN. I'M TRAINED AT THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AT HMCS STADECONA. AND LATER ASSIGNED TO THE HMCS LA HULLOISE. NO MORE DUFF TRAINING FOR ME. NOW I'M BEING VIGOROUSLY TRAINED FOR ASW WARFARE / SONAR. I COMPLETED THE ASW COURSE IN SEPTEMBER AND WENT FROM LEADING SEAMAN TO PETTY OFFICER (P2). FRANK HACHEY |
| HMCS NOOTKA TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER CREW 259 ARMOUR/RADAR/SONAR/ASW MORTARS |
| IN KOREA, THE SOVIET TROOPS ARE CAPTURING MORE OF THE SOUTH OF KOREA. JANUARY 1951, THE SOVIETS HAVE CAPTURED THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH KOREA, SEOUL. CANADIAN SHIPS HMCS SIOUX, HMCS CAYUGA AND HMCS ATHABASKAN WERE IN KOREA TO BE RELEIVED LATER THAT YEAR BY HMCS NOOTKA AND HMCS HURON. ENEMY MINES WERE ALL ALONG THE COAST OF KOREA AND CANADIAN SHIPS USED NEW SONAR EQUIPMENT TO DETECT AND DESTROY THEM. CANADIAN SHIPS BECAME FAMOUS AS "THE TRAIN BUSTERS" FOR THEIR PRACTISE OF MOVING CLOSE TO SHORE AT NIGHT AND DESTROYING TRAINS AND BRIDGES TO STOP THE ENEMY FROM INVADING FURTHER SOUTH. |
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| IN AUGUST I WAS DRAFTED TO THE HMCS NOOTKA LEAVING FOR HER SECOND ASSIGNMENT IN KOREA. SHE WAS MY FIRST DESTROYER COMPLETE WITH 4 MOUNTED GUNS, QUAD MOUNTS AND 6 20mm GUNS. DEPTH CHARGES, SQUID BOMBS AND NEW RADAR. WE PREPARED HER FOR HER LONG JOURNEY AWAY FROM HOME. SUPPLIES WERE LOADED AND EQUIPMENT WAS TESTED AND SHE WAS GIVEN A FRESH COAT OF PAINT. FRANK HACHEY |
| BY NOVEMBER MY WIFE WAS SICK AND BEGGED ME TO ASK FOR LEAVE. LEAVE WAS GRANTED. THE FULLY EQUIPPED HMCS NOOTKA LEFT HALIFAX FOR A YEAR TOUR OF DUTY IN KOREA ON NOVEMBER 25, 1951. ON THE SHORE STOOD ONE DISAPPOINTED SAILOR. I WOULD NOT SEE KOREA UNTIL LATER. FRANK HACHEY |
| DOLPHINS, ANOTHER REMARKABLE SITE AT SEA. |
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| MY NAVY 1959 |
| ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY MY NAVY DAYS 1949 - 1959 VOLUME II |
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