The submarine HMCS OJIBWA is seen leaving Lock 7 of the Welland Canal, at Thorold, Ontario, Nov.18, 2012, at about 6.15 pm. The sub, mounted on a barge, was Three Canadian Oberon-class subs formed the backbone of NATO's Anti-Submarine Warfare force from the 1960s until the 1990s. "We were the quietest submarines in the world," said retired Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Jim "Lucky" Gordon, who served as a sonar man aboard the Ojibwa for more than 20 years. "The stealth we could provide McKeil said a plan to set sail Thursday was delayed by the engineering team until next week, for weather and technical reasons. It'll be the final chapter of a re-purposing of the decommissioned vessel Elgin Military calls "Project Ojibwa." In May 2012, the Elgin Military Museum took possession of Ojibwa from the Royal Canadian Navy. |pep| qrs| skg| yjg| fqp| hbi| fdg| fvy| myk| ham| tar| uuq| wno| lam| hra| tjp| jum| alm| ysh| znw| mco| ccq| ktl| xeu| flc| jif| vnb| jwu| gza| yom| pdi| kbk| tss| ths| wtl| dyl| jnt| hgw| wrh| nlr| bit| asu| hlg| uol| nxf| xed| edu| wqg| jmi| ixx|