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| FRANK HACHEY'S NAVY DAYS |
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| 1959 |
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| OH CANADA . WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE |
| ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY MY NAVY DAYS 1949 - 1959 VOLUME VI |
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| HMCS CRESCENT RIVER CLASS DESTROYER CREW 249 |
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| WE TAKE THE HMCS ASSINIBOINE II TO SAN DIEGO TO PICK UP A THE BRAND NEW SHIP HMCS CRESCENT. THIS SHIP HAD REAL BUNKS AND AIR CONDITIONING. T'WAS QUITE THE THING. FRANK HACHEY |
| NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANES AND TYPHONES ARE PLENTIFUL THIS YEAR. AUGUST TYPHOON FUKIEN KILLS 2,334 IN CHINA. SEPTEMBER SEES TYPHONE HONSHU KILL 4,464 IN JAPAN. IN OCTOBER A HURRICAN IN MEXICO CAUSES TSUNAM WAVES THAT CAUSES A COMPLETE WIPE OUT IN SECONDS. THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY IS CHANGING RAPIDLY, MORE TECHNOLOGY AND LESS MANPOWER IS NEEDED AS THE THREAT OF WAR TAKES ON A NUCLEAR NATURE. NOT AS MUCH MAN POWER IS NEEDED AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY BEGINS TO DOWNSIZE. |
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| WE SPEND THREE MONTHS IN BERMUDA FOR TRIALS. WE WERE TESTING THE LATEST IN VARIABLE DEPTH CHARGES AND SONAR. LATER THAT YEAR WE WOULD GREATLY IMPRESS THE BRITISH AT A DEMONSTRATION OFF GIBRALTER AND MAKE CANADA NUMBER ONE IN THIS FIELD. FRANK HACHEY |
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| AUGUST 1959 I ASK FOR AND WAS GRANTED AN HONOURABLE DISCHARGE AND BEGAN MY LIFE AS A CIVILIAN WITH MY WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN. I HAD TROUBLE ADJUSTING TO CIVILIAN LIFE. IT WAS HARD TO GIVE UP THE NAVY THAT I LOVED FOR MY HEART WAS TRULY THERE. BUT MY WIFE WOULD SIMPLY HAVE NO MORE OF IT. IT WAS TIME TO START ANEW. A DECISION I WOULD ALWAYS REGRET. FRANK HACHEY |
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