RCN Minesweepers (YMS-1 Class): HMCS Cordova (MCA 158), and Minesweeping Auxiliary Ships: HMCS Anticosti (MSA 110) (II); HMCS Moresby (MSA 112) (III)
RCN Minesweeper: YMS-1-class HMCS Cordova (MCA 158) (RCN Photo) HMCS Cordova (MCB 158). One of hundreds of motor minesweepers built for the USN during the Second World War, HMCS Cordova was launched as YMS.420 in 1944 at Chicago. She was purchased by the RCN on 3 Dec 1951, and commissioned as HMCS Cordova from 9 Aug … Read more