Azure, three fish interlaced, or.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)
The word Oshawa comes from the Seneca tongue and means "the carrying place." It was the site of the beginning of a portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Skugog. However, Joseph Gould, a pioneer of this district, stated that the word oshawa was Indian for Salmon Creek. This it seems, was a term applied to a local stream that well deserved the name. The badge design was suggested by Sir Arthur Cochrane, Clarenceux King-at-arms.
Oshawa was a member of the Algerine class of minesweeper. She was commissioned in July 1944, and wore pennant J330 until she was paid off into reserve in July 1945. She was recommissioned in October 1945, and paid off into reserve in February 1946. She was recommissioned for the last time in April 1956, and wore pennant 174 until paid off in November 1958.
In omnia paratus ("Ready for all things")
Gold and royal blue
Atlantic, 1944–1945.
Badges Of The Canadian Navy by Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.