HMCS Long Branch (K 487)

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower (rev.)
Pennant	K 487
Built by	A & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland): Kincaid
Ordered
Laid down	27 Feb 1943
Launched	28 Sep 1943
Commissioned	5 Jan 1944
End service	17 Jun 1945
Loss position

History	Decommissioned on 17 June 1945. Sold into merchantile service in 1947, renamed Rexton Kent II and served until 1966. Commanding Officers: T/A/Lt.Cdr. Walter Juchereau Kingsmill, RCNVR 5 January 1944 – 21 January 1944 Cdr Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR 22 January 1944 – 2 February 1944 T/A/LCdr. Allan Brown Taylor, RCNR 3 February 1944 – 16 April 1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. Rendell James Godschal Johnson, RCNVR 17 April 1944 – 7 October 1944 Promoted to T/Lt.Cdr. on 1 July 1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Barry O’Brien, RCNVR 8 October 1944 – 21 February 1945 T/Lt. Kenneth Benjamin Culley, RCNVR 22 February 1945 – 14 June 1945
Former name	HMS Candytuft (ii)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Walter Juchereau Kingsmill, RCNVR	5 Jan 1944	21 Jan 1944
2	Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR	22 Jan 1944	2 Feb 1944
3	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Allan Brown Taylor, RCNR	3 Feb 1944	16 Apr 1944
4	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Rendell James Godschal Johnson, RCNVR	17 Apr 1944	7 Oct 1944
5	John Barry O'Brien, RCNVR	8 Oct 1944	21 Feb 1945
6	Kenneth Benjamin Culley, RCNVR	22 Feb 1945	14 Jun 1945

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11 Feb 1945
HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.B. O'Brien, RCNVR) begins a refit at Halifax.

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