Editing HMCS Haida (section)

=== Refit and northern operations ===
''Haida'' departed Western Europe on 22 September for [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], arriving on 29 September. The destroyer returned to Scapa Flow in mid-January 1945 after refitting to receive new radar. On 19 March ''Haida'' escorted [[aircraft carrier]]s in minelaying operations off [[Granesund]], Norway and assisted in attacks on shipping off [[Trondheim]] from 24 to 28 March.<ref>Schull, p. 401</ref> On 7 April, ''Haida'' escorted seven [[anti-submarine warfare]] vessels from [[Greenock]], [[Scotland]] destined for Soviet use at [[Vaenga (town)|Vaenga]], on the [[Kola Inlet]].
The destroyer was among the escort for convoy JW 66 that set out from the [[River Clyde]] on 16 April.<ref>Rohwer, p. 410</ref> ''Haida'' experienced one of the last RCN engagements of the Second World War when she escorted convoy RA 66 from Vaenga from 29 April to 2 May. The convoy was attacked in transit, and ''Haida'' and ''Huron'' were attacked by torpedoes fired by [[U-boat]]s, which narrowly missed. In the skirmish, two German U-boats and the British [[frigate]] {{HMS|Goodall|K479|2}} were sunk, and the convoy escaped in a snowstorm.<ref>Rohwer, p. 412</ref> ''Haida'' and ''Huron'' returned to Scapa Flow on 6 May and were assigned to relief operations at [[Trondheimsfjord]], Norway on 17 May.<ref>Schull, p. 406</ref> From 29 to 31 May, ''Haida'', ''Huron'', the cruiser {{HMS|Berwick|65|2}} and the 5th Escort Group were sent to Trondheim to take over custody of surrendered U-boats.<ref>Rohwer, p. 416</ref>

''Haida'', ''Huron'' and ''Iroquois'', left for Halifax on 4 June to refit as part of Canada's contribution to [[Operation Downfall]]. They arrived on 10 June and ''Haida'' started a tropicalization refit, that was suspended after the [[surrender of Japan]] later that summer. ''Haida'' was [[Ship decommissioning|paid off]] on 20 March 1946.<ref name=m60/>