HMCS Onondaga
The museum submarine HMCS Onondaga on display in 2009 | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Onondaga |
| Namesake | Onondaga First Nations people |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard, England |
| Cost | CAN$16,000,000 |
| Laid down | 18 June 1964 |
| Launched | 25 September 1965 |
| Commissioned | 22 June 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 28 July 2000 |
| Motto |
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| Status | Preserved as museum vessel since 2008 |
| Badge | Blazon Azure, within a representation of the wampum of the Iroquois nation, another of the head of the mace used at the sitting of the first Parliament of Upper Canada in 1792, both proper. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oberon-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 295.25 ft (89.99 m) |
| Beam | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 diesel electric engines |
| Speed |
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| Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
| Endurance | 56 days |
| Test depth | 120–180 metres (390–590 ft) |
| Complement | 69 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | MEL Manta UAL or UA4 radar warning |
| Armament | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 18 torpedoes |
HMCS Onondaga (S73) is an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. Built in the mid-1960s, Onondaga operated primarily with the Maritime Forces Atlantic until her decommissioning in 2000 as the last Canadian Oberon.
Several plans for the disposal of the submarine were made and cancelled before the Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père in Rimouski purchased the boat for preservation as a museum vessel. The submarine was moved into location during 2008, and is open to the public.