Allied Warships
HMCS St. Croix (I 81)
Destroyer of the Town class
HMCS St.Croix as seen during the war.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 81 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 Sep 1918 |
| Launched | 31 Jan 1919 |
| Commissioned | 24 Sep 1940 |
| Lost | 20 Sep 1943 |
| Loss position | 57.30N, 31.10W (See a map) |
| History | HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. Andrew Hedley Dobson, DSC, RCNR) was torpedoed and sunk south of Iceland in position 57º30'N, 31º10'W by U-305 while escorting convoy ON.202. Commanding Officers: Refitting A/Lt.Cdr. Andrew Hedley Dobson, RCNR
6 January 1942 – 20 September 1943+ Hit by U-boat |
| Former name | USS McCook (DD 252) |
Commands listed for HMCS St. Croix (I 81)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Harry Kingsley, RCN | 24 Sep 1940 | 10 Dec 1941 |
| 2 | Andrew Hedley Dobson, RCNR | 6 Jan 1942 | 20 Sep 1943 (+) |
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Noteable events involving St. Croix include:
Photograph taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963, serving in the Canadian destroyer HMCS Columbia.
2 Oct 1941
HMCS St. Croix (Cdr. H. Kingsley, RCN) picks up 34 survivors from the Dutch merchant Tuva that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-575 in the North Atlantic southwest of Iceland in position 54º16'N, 26º36'W.
24 Jul 1942
The German submarine U-90 was sunk in the Northern Atlantic, in position 48º12'N, 40º56'W by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, RCNR). (see map)
10 Sep 1942
At 21.10 hours on 10 September 1942 the German submarine U-659 attacked the convoy ON-127 southwest of Iceland and reported hits on two ships. In fact, two torpedoes hit the British tanker Empire Oil at the bow and stern and stopped the tanker. At 01.47 hours the next day, the German submarine U-584 sank the drifting Empire Oil with two coups de grâce. The master, 12 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS St Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.N. Dobson, RCNR) and landed at St.Johns on 15 September. 29 crew members and five gunners were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Ottawa (A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. Rutherford, RCN) On 14 September, 13 crew members and five gunners were lost when this destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-91.
4 Mar 1943
The German submarine U-87 was sunk west of Leixoes, in position 41º36'N, 13º31'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Shediac (Lt. j.E. Clayton, RCNR) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR). (see map)
12 Apr 1943
The Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose (Lt L.R. Pavillard, RCNVR) together pick up 28 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ingerfire that was torpedoed and sunk about 400 miles east of Newfoundland, Canada in position 51º29'N, 42º59'W.
12 Apr 1943
The Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose (Lt L.R. Pavillard, RCNVR) together pick up 28 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ingerfire that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day about 400 miles east of Newfoundland, Canada in position 51º29'N, 42º59'W.
 Deadly Seas Bercuson, David Jay and Herwig, Holger H. |
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