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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />To align with NOAA, ICES has added the code 18DJ for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=14956' target='_blank'>INGONISH</a> from CANADA(CA).
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Mathieu Ouellet (Mathieu.Ouellet@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 18DJ
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=14956' target='_blank'>INGONISH</a>
<br />Country(s) : CANADA(CA) (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel
<br />Pennant : J69
<br />Title : HMCS
<br />Commissioned Date : 1942-05-08
<br />Decommissioned Date : 1945-07-02
<br />Current Length : 54.9
<br />Previous Name (Notes): HMS INGONISH
<br />WOD Code: 8468
<br />Notes : Bangor Minesweeper built for the British Royal Navy, transferred to Royal Canadian Navy in May 1942. Served on Canada's West Coast until 17 Mar 1943. Moved to Halifax on 30 Apr 1943. Allocated to Western Local Defence Force and from Jun 1943 to Halifax Force. Transferred to Sydney Force May 1944 and back to Halifax Force Feb 1945. Refit May 1945, worked up in Bermuda then sailed for the UK in June. Returned to the RN on 02 Jul 1945 and placed in reserve, scrapped in 1948.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_INGONISH_J69.htm
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />WOD claims ICES code is 18DJ; ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/WOD09/CODES/TXT/s_3_platform.txt
<br />(Mathieu Ouellet 18/03/2015 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />The ICES Data Centre
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