HMCS PROTECTEUR Towed To Pearl Harbor

| March 6, 2014 | Shipping News | 5 Comments
HMCS PROTECTEUR. Photographed by a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, as a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain CC Wikipedia.
HMCS PROTECTEUR. Photographed by a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, as a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain CC Wikipedia.

HMCS PROTECTEUR was towed into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii today, following an engine room fire which broke out on February 27, causing the ship to lose power 340 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii. The ship was returning from operations with the U.S. Navy in the mid-Pacific and carrying 279 crew, 17 family members and two civilian contractors when a fire broke out in the engine room around 10:20 p.m. Pacific Time,  some twenty crew members suffered minor injuries, (smoke inhalation, dehydration and exhaustion).

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship PROTECTEUR (AOR 509) is the lead ship of the Protecteur-class replenishment oilers in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She is part of the Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC), homeported at CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia.

The guided-missile cruiser USS CHOSIN oversaw the towing operation by a U.S. Navy ocean tug which was hampered by rough seas and broken tow lines.

HMCS PROTECTEUR was built by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Docks in Saint John, New Brunswick, and commissioned on August 30, 1969. 

An investigation into the cause of he fire will commence shortly.

The Royal Canadian Navy perviously had announced that PROTECTEUR, and her sister ship PRESERVER, are scheduled to be paid off in 2017.

 

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5 Comments
  1. Andy Aitchison

    It’s worth noting that HMCS Protecteur and her sister ship Preserver are steam ships. That, and the fact they are single hulled tankers, was a major factor in the decision to replace them. It almost goes without saying there are very few such ships left now..

  2. Patrick Le Bihan

    Family members on board a Navy ship in open sea??
    Towing by a US navy crusers?? Have they on voard the mandatory towing equipments?

  3. Elias Giampuranis

    Its nice to see that the defense department is making good use of our Canadian taxpayers money,giving free Hawaiian cruises the 17 family members of the ships officers ,

  4. Tom D.

    “The guided-missile cruiser USS CHOSIN oversaw towing operations by a U.S. Navy ocean tug…”

  5. Greg

    Elias Giampuranis, you really should know your facts before you post silly comments… it makes you look ill informed and well just plan stupid.

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