HMCS Ojibwa (S72)

HMCS "Ojibwa" (S72) is an sclass|Oberon|submarine|1 that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces.

"Ojibwa" was laid down on 27 September 1962 at Chatham Dockyard, Chatham and launched on 29 February 1964. She was commissioned into the RCN on 23 September 1965 with pennant number 72. She was originally ordered for the Royal Navy as warship|HMS|Onyx|S72 but the hull was transferred to the RCN prior to completion.

She was decommissioned from Maritime Command (MARCOM) in May 1998. She had served virtually her entire career with Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) in the North Atlantic, except for a short deployment to British Columbia with Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) at the end of her career in 1997.

In May 2005 the "Halifax Chronicle-Herald" announced that MARCOM was looking to sell "Ojibwa" for scrap metal, along with three other Canadian "Oberons". MARCOM stated that the submarines were not in suitable condition to be used as museum ships and predicted that each submarine would sell for between C$50,000 and C$60,000. [cite news |title=For sale: 4 submarines, not shipshape |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/05/25/subs050525.html |work=CBC Online News |date=May 25, 2005 |accessdate=2006-12-10]

As of 2008, Ojibwa is laid up at CFB Halifax awaiting disposal.

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