The Official Welcome of HMCS Saint John
to Saint John, New Brunswick, 1944
The river class frigate HMCS Saint John, K456, was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal. She was laid down on May 28, 1943 and launched on August 25, 1943. She made two visits to Saint John, this one, in 1944, and the second, in the summer of 1945, for refit .
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Gifts Galore!
Lieutenant Commander W.R. Stacey, RCNVR, brought his ship to Saint John on a courtesy call on March 26, 1944. After a parade, Mayor Charles Wasson, standing to Stacey's right, presented the ship with a piano, a washing machine, gramophone, records, books for a library, a serving tray, water jug, cigarette box and ash trays. The officer at the left is Brigadier Gerry Anglin, Commander, District #7. The three men at the right are Arthur Skaling, Mariner G. Teed and Paul Barry.
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