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The DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, generally referred to as a "DD 214", is a document of the United States Department of Defense, issued upon a military service member's retirement, separation, or discharge from active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States (i.e., U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Coast ...
The Department of Defence Production was a Government of Canada department responsible for the centralized planning and purchasing of military equipment. It was created in 1951 (replacing the Department of Reconstruction and Supply that existed from 1945 to 1948 and earlier Department of Munitions and Supply and Department of Reconstruction) and disbanded in 1969 [1] and its duties devolved to ...
DD 214 or DD-214 may refer to: DD Form 214 , United States military discharge document USS Tracy (DD-214) , a United States Navy destroyer in service 1919 to 1946
C D Howe (left) inspects the first tank to be manufactured in Canada on 27 May 1941, a Valentine Mark VI. The Department of Munitions and Supply was the Canadian federal government ministry responsible for co-ordinating domestic industry during World War II. It was created by the Department of Munitions and Supply Act [1] with C.D. Howe as its ...
USS Tracy (DD-214/DM-19) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy . Construction and commissioning
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The St. Laurent class originally called for 14 vessels to be commissioned no later than 1955; however, changing design specifications due to the rapidly changing Cold War naval environment, as well as Canada's wartime priorities during the Korean War, saw only the first 7 completed by 1957.
The ships were named to honour the First Nations of Canada. The Iroquois class are notable as the first all- gas turbine powered ships of this type. Launched in the 1970s, they were originally fitted out for anti-submarine warfare , using two CH-124 Sea King helicopters and other weapons, while their Mk III RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-air missiles ...