Editing HMCS Goose Bay

{{Short description|Royal Canadian Navy coastal defence vessel}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
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|Ship caption=HMCS ''Goose Bay'' in March 2022
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|Ship country=[[Canada]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval}}
|Ship name=''Goose Bay''
|Ship namesake=[[Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Goose Bay, Labrador]]
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Halifax Shipyards|Halifax Shipyards Ltd.]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
|Ship laid down=22 February 1997
|Ship launched=4 September 1997
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=26 July 1998
|Ship decommissioned=
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|Ship out of service=
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|Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|316200000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: CGBV
*[[Pennant number]]: MM 707
|Ship homeport=[[CFB Halifax]]
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|Ship status=In active service 
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|Ship badge= [[File:HCMS_Goose_Bay_badge.png|150px]]
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|Ship class={{sclass|Kingston|coastal defence vessel|1}}
|Ship displacement={{convert|970|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|55.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|11.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draught={{convert|3.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=*4 × [[Jeumont-Schneider|Jeumont]] ANR-53-50 alternators, 4 × 600VAC [[Wärtsilä]] UD 23V12 diesel engines, {{convert|7.2|MW|abbr=on}}
*2 × Jeumont CI 560L motors, {{convert|3000|hp|abbr=on}} 
*2 × LIPS Z drive azimuth thrusters
|Ship speed={{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|5000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship endurance=
|Ship complement=37
|Ship sensors=*Kelvin Hughes navigation radar (I-band)
*Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar (E-F band)
*[[Global Positioning System]]
*AN/SQS-511 towed side scan sonar
*Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS)
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 5C gun]] (removed from the class)
*2 × [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2 machine gun]]s
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'''HMCS ''Goose Bay''''' is a {{sclass|Kingston|coastal defence vessel|1}} that has served in the [[Canadian Forces]] since 1998. ''Goose Bay'' is the eighth ship of her class which is the name for the [[Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project]]. She is the first vessel to be named ''Goose Bay''. The coastal defence vessel is assigned to [[Maritime Forces Atlantic]] (MARLANT) and is homeported at [[CFB Halifax]].

==Design and description==
The ''Kingston'' class was designed to fill the [[minesweeper]], coastal patrol and reserve training needs of the Canadian Forces, replacing the {{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper|1}}s, {{sclass2|Porte|gate vessel}}s and [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] coastal launches in those roles.<ref name=mac299>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 299</ref> In order to perform these varied duties the ''Kingston''-class vessels are designed to carry up to three {{convert|6.1|m|ft|adj=on}} [[Intermodal container|ISO containers]] with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads.<ref name=Janes08.09>Saunders (2008), p. 95</ref> The seven module types available for embarkation include four route survey, two mechanical minesweeping and one bottom inspection modules.<ref name=mac299/>

The ''Kingston'' class [[Displacement (ship)|displace]] {{convert|970|LT|t|0}} and are {{convert|55.3|m|ftin}} [[Length overall|long overall]] with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] {{convert|11.3|m|ftin}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|3.4|m|ftin}}.<ref name=mac299/> The coastal defence vessels are powered by four [[Jeumont-Schneider|Jeumont]] ANR-53-50 alternators coupled to four [[Wärtsilä]] UD 23V12 [[diesel engine]]s creating {{convert|7.2|MW}}. Two LIPS Z-drive [[azimuth thruster]]s are driven by two Jeumont CI 560L motors creating {{convert|3000|hp|lk=in}} and the Z drives can be rotated 360°. This gives the ships a maximum speed of {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} and a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}}.<ref name=saunders2004>Saunders (2004), p. 92</ref>

The ''Kingston'' class is equipped with a [[Kelvin Hughes]] navigational radar using the I band and a Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar scanning the E and F bands. The vessels carry an AN/SQS-511 towed side scan sonar for minesweeping and a Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS). The vessels are equipped with one [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm/60 calibre Mk 5C gun]] and two [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2 machine gun]]s.<ref name=saunders2004/>{{efn| name = gun nomenclature}} The 40&nbsp;mm gun was declared obsolete and removed from the vessels in 2014. Some of them ended up as museum pieces and on display at naval reserve installations across Canada.<ref name=mallett>{{cite web |url=http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/big-guns-find-new-life/ |title=Big guns find new life |work=CFB Esquimalt Lookout |last=Mallett |first=Peter |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref> The ''Kingston''-class coastal defence vessels have a complement of 37.<ref name=mac299/>

==Service history==
''Goose Bay''{{'}}s [[keel]] was laid down on 22 February 1997 by [[Halifax Shipyards|Halifax Shipyards Ltd.]] at [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] and was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 4 September 1997. The ship was commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 26 July 1998 at [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] and carries the [[Hull classification symbol (Canada)|hull number]] MM 707.<ref name=mac301>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 301</ref>

In Fall 2000, the coastal defence vessel took part in the naval exercise Unified Spirit off the east coast of North America. From 23 April to 9 May 2001, ''Goose Bay'', accompanied by [[sister ship]] {{HMCS|Moncton|MM 708|2}}, took part in the [[NATO]] naval exercise Blue Game off the coasts of Norway and Denmark. In August 2002, ''Goose Bay'' and sister ship {{HMCS|Summerside|MM 711|2}} sailed to Arctic waters as part of Operation Narwhal Ranger, a military exercise involving all arms of the Canadian Forces. This marked the first Arctic visit by naval vessels in thirteen years.<ref name=mac301/>

In August 2010 ''Goose Bay'' participated in [[Operation Nanook 2010]], in the Canadian Arctic.<ref name=CanadianArmedForces2010-08>{{cite news| url= http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp?#050810| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101130083856/http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp#050810| url-status= dead| archive-date= 30 November 2010| title= Canada Command – OP Nanook| publisher= [[Canadian Forces]]| date= August 2010| access-date= 22 September 2010| df= dmy-all}}</ref> This was the fourth annual joint exercise, and the first where foreign vessels participated. In 2012, the vessel deployed as part of [[Operation Caribbe]], Canada's participation in the war on drugs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/navy-assists-in-large-drug-bust-2/ |newspaper=CFB Esquimalt Lookout |title=Navy assists in large drug bust |date=10 December 2012 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref>

In February 2015, ''Goose Bay'' was deployed again to Operation Caribbe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/four-maritime-coastal-defence-vessels-on-patrol-on-op-caribbe |title=Four Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels on patrol on OP Caribbe |last=Pugliese |first=David |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen  |date=2 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> In March 2015, as part of Operation Caribbe, ''Goose Bay'', along with [[sister ship]] {{HMCS|Shawinigan|MM 704|2}} and the [[US Navy]] [[frigate]] {{USS|Kauffman|FFG-59|6}}, intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea carrying {{convert|1017|kg}} of [[cocaine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/canada-us-navies-seize-1-000-kg-cocaine-in-caribbean-115031000045_1.html |title=Canada, US navies seize 1,000 kg cocaine in Caribbean |work=Business Standard |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/hmcs-goose-bay-and-hmcs-shawinigan-take-part-in-drug-bust-in-caribbean-sea |title=HMCS Goose Bay and HMCS Shawinigan take part in drug bust in Caribbean Sea |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |last=Pugliese |first=David |date=9 March 2015 |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> On 8 September 2015, ''Goose Bay'' deployed for large NATO naval exercises [[Exercise Joint Warrior|Joint Warrior]] and Trident Venture with {{HMCS|Athabaskan|DDG 282|2}}, {{HMCS|Windsor||2}}, {{HMCS|Montréal|FFH 336|2}}, {{HMCS|Halifax|FFH 330|2}} and ''Summerside''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/athabaskan-halifax-leave-exercises-1.3219524 |title=HMCS Halifax, Athabaskan depart for NATO exercises |work=CBC News |date=8 September 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hmcs-windsor-returns-to-hfx-1.3367954 |title=HMCS Windsor returning to Halifax port after NATO exercises |work=CBC News |date=16 December 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> In the summer of 2016, ''Goose Bay'' was sent on a goodwill tour of the [[Great Lakes]], making several port visits.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/6737634-hmcs-goose-bay-defence-vessel-to-visit-cobourg-harbour-and-offer-ship-tours/ |title=HMCS Goose Bay defence vessel to visit Cobourg Harbour and offer ship tours |newspaper=Northumberland News |first= Dominik |last=Wisniewski |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> In July, ''Goose Bay'' visited her namesake [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay|port]].<ref>{{cite web |title=One More Day for HMCS Goose Bay in Happy Valley-Goose Bay |url=http://vocm.com/news/one-more-day-for-hmcs-goose-bay-in-happy-valley-goose-bay/ |website=[[VOCM (AM)|VOCM]] |date=24 July 2016 |access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> In September ''Goose Bay'' was among the Canadian warships deployed to the NATO naval training exercise "Cutlass Fury" off the east coast of North America.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nato-warships-converge-on-halifax-for-military-exercises-1.3066686 |title=NATO warships converge on Halifax for military exercises |newspaper=CTV News |date=10 September 2016 |access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref>

In June 2017, ''Goose Bay'' returned to the Great Lakes and [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] for a goodwill tour, making several port visits.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2017/06/06/hmcs-goose-bay-returns-to-cobourg |title=HMCS Goose Bay returns to Cobourg  |work=Northumberland Today |last=Fisher |first=Pete |date=6 June 2017 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ckwstv.com/2017/06/07/hmcs-goose-bay-stops-in-kingston/ |title=HMCS Goose Bay stops in Kingston |publisher=CKWS Kingston |date=7 June 2017 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> In August ''Montréal'' and ''Goose Bay'' and sister ship {{HMCS|Kingston|MM 700|2}} departed Halifax to take part in the Operation Nanook in Canada's northern waters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/royal-canadian-navy-ships-to-conduct-operations-in-canadas-northern-waters |title=Royal Canadian Navy ships to conduct operations in Canada's northern waters |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |last=Pugliese |first=David |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref>

[[File:HMCS Goose Bay and HMCS Harry DeWolf Aug 2021.jpg|thumb|''Goose Bay'' and {{HMCS|Harry DeWolf}} in preparation for [[Operation Nanook]], August 2021]]

In 2019, ''Goose Bay'' sailed to the Caribbean to take part in the naval exercise Tradewinds, training with other nation's navies from the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/royal-navy-support-ship-opens-3028153 |title=Royal Navy support ship opens fire and Marines head ashore |work=devonlive.com |last=Channon |first=Max |date=27 June 2019 |access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref> In 2021, ''Goose Bay'' and {{HMCS|Harry DeWolf}} took part in Operation Nanook.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Operation Nanook 2021 activities begin in Canada's Arctic region|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2021/08/operation-nanook-2021-activities-begin-in-canadas-arctic-region.html|access-date=4 August 2021 |date=26 June 2021 |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref> ''Goose Bay'' was among the ships deployed to the Arctic for Operation Nanook in August 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9031729/canadian-warships-arctic-multinational/ |title=Canadian warships deployed to Arctic for two-month, multinational mission |work=Global News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=2 August 2022 |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> In September 2022, ''Goose Bay'' was tasked for hurricane relief efforts, after [[Hurricane Fiona]]'s devastating impact to the Maritimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fiona-aftermath-canadian-forces-port-aux-basques-1.6595664 |title=Ottawa sending Canadian Forces to Newfoundland's southwest coast to help with Fiona cleanup |work=CBC News |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
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{{efn
| name = gun nomenclature
| The 60 [[Caliber (artillery)|calibre]] denotes the length of the gun. This means that the length of the gun barrel is 60 times the bore diameter.
}}
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===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |date=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002  |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephen |date=2004 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 |publisher=Jane's Information Group Inc. |edition=107 |location=Alexandria, Virginia |isbn=0-7106-2623-1}}
* {{cite book |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009 |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephen |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Surrey |year=2008 |edition=111th |series=Jane's Fighting Ships |isbn=978-0-7106-2845-9 |oclc=225431774}}

==External links==
* [http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/navy-history/goose-bay.page HMCS ''Goose Bay'' (MM 707) – official website]

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