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HMCS Chicoutimi conducts pod posting exercise
CANSUBFOR — HMCS Chicoutimi conducted an Emergency Life Saving Stores (ELSS) pod posting exercise at the end of May. Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class (CPO2) Nelson Harvey, exercise organizer and subject matter expert, said the exercise was intended to educate submariners on how to bring a container of essential supplies onto a submarine stuck on the ocean floor. […]
Stealthy, sleek Chicoutimi officially joins the fleet
On Sept 3, HMCS Chicoutimi, a Victoria-class submarine currently stationed at CFB Esquimalt, was officially commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Commissioning is the formal and ceremonial act of placing a ship or submarine in active service. In this case, the ceremony has a significant ceremonial aspect: Chicoutimi was finally able to fly the […]
