Iroquois Class
Author: Don Wilson
Published: Aug 2nd 2009
Updated: 3 years ago
Ships of the Iroquois Class
| Pennant Number | Ship Name | Builder | Commissioning Date | Commanding Officer | Engineer Officer | Combat Systems Engineer | Chief ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | IROQUOIS | MIL, Sorel | 1972-07-29 | Cdr D.H. McGillivrary | LCdr Ron Hahn | LCdr Jim Dean | |
| 281 | HURON | MIL, Sorel | 1972-12-16 | Cdr R.I. Hitesman | LCdr Don Wilson | LCdr Larry Liebrock | CPO1 Dick Dawson |
| 282 | ATHABASKAN | Davie, Lauzon | 1972-09-30 | Cdr R. Yanow | LCdr Bob Douglas | LCdr Paul Dumbrille | |
| 283 | ALGONQUIN | Davie, Lauzon | 1973-09 | Cdr R.L. McClean | LCdr Joe Cunningham | LCdr Ian MacMillan |
General Characteristics [from Wikipedia]
Class and type: Iroquois-class destroyer
Displacement: 5100 t
Length: 129.8 m (425.9 ft)
Beam: 15.2 m (49.9 ft)
Draught: 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Propulsion:
COGOG – 2 shaft
2 × Allison 570-KF cruise gas turbines (5.6 MW)
2 × Pratt & Whitney FT4A-2 boost gas turbines (37 MW) - Speed: 29 kn (53.7 km/h)
- Range: 4,500 nmi (8,334.0 km)
- Complement: 280
- Sensors and processing systems:
Signaal AN/SPQ 501 DA-08 radar
Signaal LW-08 AN/SPQ 502 radar
SQS-510 hull sonar
SQS-510 VDS sonar - Armament:
29 × VLS, Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA SAMs
1 × 76 mm/62 OTO Melara
6 × 12.75 in tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes
1 × Phalanx CIWS (Block 1)
6 × M2 Browning machine guns - Aircraft carried: 2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters
- Aviation facilities: hangar and flight deck