Royal Canadian Navy : Crew of HMCS Iroquois, December 1, 1942.

"Canada's first Tribal Class destroyer to commission, Iroquois did so on November 30, 1942. She served in Gibraltar and Russian convoys duties until February 1944, when she arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a refit. She was involved in pre and post D-Day operations. After escorting one more convoy to Russia in March 1945, she sailed to Oslo, escorting the Crown Prince Olaf to liberated Norway. Shortly afterward, she escorted the German cruisers Prinz Eugen and Nürnberg to Kiel, Germany, for their formal surrender. On June 4, 1945, she sailed to Canada and was paid off on February 22, 1946. On June 24, 1949, she was re-commissioned. She then completed 2 tours of duty in the Korean theatre. On 2 October, 1952, Iroquois, with USS Marsh, was bombarding a rail line on the east coast southwest of Songjin when she was hit by a shell on the starboard side abreast of 'B' gun. Two men were killed and eleven injured, with one dying later of his injuries.

"After returning from Korea, Iroquois assumed a training role and was eventually paid off at Halifax on October 24, 1962, and laid up at Sydney, Nova Scotia. She was broken up at Bilbao, Spain, in 1966.

"(This) photo of her crew (is) from the museum's collection. It is dated 01 December, 1942."

Sept. 8, 2023: One man in this photo has been identified: In the 3rd row standing (that's the row with their heads directly in front of the bulkhead below the 'N^o16' sign) CPO Tel R.R. Pattison is standing 6th from the right. He was identified in an email from his son, David G.B. Pattison, who said in part: "His records indicate he was part of the commissioning crew and was aboard from 11-8-42 until 11-6-44."