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- May 7
May 7, 1961
President John F. Kennedy lends moral support to Navy Week in Canada
via a message to the Navy League of Canada: "As
commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United States, I would
like to extend on behalf of our navy a warm hand of friendship to
the Royal Canadian Navy and to join in the salute to Canadian
sailors and sea cadets."
Credit: CBC www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_westell/20031121.html
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- May 15
May 15, 1915
HMS Kent puts into Esquimalt for repairs after battle damage in the
Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914.
Credit: DND
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- May 24
24 May 1963
The first CHSS-2 (later designated CH-124) Sea King helicopter
enters RCN service.
Credit: DND
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- May 26
26 May 1886
The last stone is laid in the "First Graving Dock"
Esquimalt, (now Esquimalt Graving Dock). The "First Graving
Dock" was officially closed on 1 June 1927, and was not in use
again until 1945. It was renamed "Naden" dock in 1971, and
renamed again on 20 July 1978, the centennial of its construction,
when it got its current title.
Credit: DND
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