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Veteran Canadian warship decommissioned in Halifax

Mar 10, 2017 | 3:15 PM

HALIFX, N.S. — A veteran Canadian warship that served in the first Gulf War was decommissioned on Friday in Halifax.

HMCS Athabaskan sailed around Halifax harbour for the last time as part of a ceremony marking its final retirement from service.

The destroyer was the last serving member of a class of four destroyers that have served the Canadian navy since the early 1970s.

The navy’s most senior officer says for more than four decades the vessel and her crews have proudly served and protected Canada.