Several Canadian naval ships have been named HMCS Athabaskan. All named for the Athabaskan people and destroyers. First ship was British built, the other two in Canada.

Battle Honours

  • Arctic, 1943–44 – blockade patrols in North Atlantic
  • English Channel, 1944 – Operation Hostile and Operation Tunnel
  • Korea, 1950–53 – three tours by providing naval gunfire support operations off the Korean coastline[1]
  • Gulf and Kuwait

References

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  1. ^ "R 79 DDE 219 HMCS Athabaskan UK Tribal class destroyer escort Royal Canadian Navy".
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