My service on board HMCS Micmac. Fred Trottier, CPO. RCN. ret'd
In order to best describe my service in Micmac during my career in the Canadian Navy, following are the periods I served as crew aboard Micmac.
I joined the Navy in Aug.’45 and was enlisted as a Stoker 2nd class , retired as a Chief Petty officer 2nd class, 21 years later. Oddly enough I served in Micmac for a total of 33 months starting from July’46 to Aug.’47 as a Sto. 1st class, than from April’50 to Aug.’50 as a Petty Officer 2nd class, back aboard Micmac than as a Petty Officer 1st class )in Sept. ’62 to March ’64, and during this last stretch ( in Dec. ’63) I was promoted to Chief Petty Off. 2nd class (C2ER ) 'til I was honorably released and retired in Aug. 1966.
Please look up other details of ships I served on in the RCN., in other pages of my home page:( WWW.oocities.com/fredthemariner/index.html).
MICMACs History
HMCS MICMAC was a Tribal class destroyer commissioned on Aug 7, 1946. Alone in her class, she never fired a single shot in anger. Initially wearing pennant R10, then DDE214, she served as a training ship for her entire service life until she was paid off in February 1964.
This page, developed and maintained by Jerry Proc, is dedicated to the late Walter Emery, C1ERA (Ret'd) who provided the most inspiration for it's development and to those men who were killed in the 1947 collision with the SS Yarmouth County.
Former shipmates are encouraged to show honour to their ship by writing something of their service for inclusion in this web page. The RCN photo of MICMAC entering Portsmouth harbour was colourized by Don Dawson.
HMCS MICMAC was a Tribal class destroyer commissioned on Aug 7, 1946. Alone in her class, she never fired a single shot in anger. Initially wearing pennant R10, then DDE214, she served as a training ship for her entire service life until she was paid off in February 1964.
This page, developed and maintained by Jerry Proc, is dedicated to the late Walter Emery, C1ERA (Ret'd) who provided the most inspiration for it's development and to those men who were killed in the 1947 collision with the SS Yarmouth County.
Former shipmates are encouraged to show honour to their ship by writing something of their service for inclusion in this web page. The RCN photo of MICMAC entering Portsmouth harbour was colourized by Don Dawson.
for a more complete history on life of Micmac, please see
( http://webhome.idirect.com/~jproc./history.html)