HMCS CORDOVA (158)
HMCS CORDOVA
The History of HMCS CORDOVA
Built for the USN and Commissioned as YMS-420. Subsequently sold to Canada and re-commissioned as HMCS Cordova (MCA 158). Served as a tender to the Vancouver Naval Divison until 4 April 1957.
HMCS CORDOVA Statistical Data
- Pendant: 158
- Type: Minesweeper
- Class:
- Displacement: 325 tonnes
- Length: 136 ft
- Width: 24.5 ft
- Draught: 8 ft
- Speed: 15 kts
- Compliment: 30 Total Officers and Crew
- Arms: None fitted.
- Builder: H.C. Grebe and Co., Chicago, Illinois
- Keel Laid: 18-Sep-43
- Date Launched: 08-Apr-44
- Date Commissioned: 09-Aug-52
- Paid off: 12-Apr-57
Remarks
Sold in 1970 to Harbour Ferries, Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and renamed Harbour Queen No. 1; Renamed Nakaya in 1980; Sunk in 1992 as a diving wreck at Porteau Cove Provincial Park, located 40 miles north of Vancouver.