HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 238
Built by	Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada)
Ordered
Laid down	23 May 1941
Launched	10 Dec 1941
Commissioned	1 May 1942
End service	27 Jan 1945
Loss position

History	Decommissioned 27 January 1945. Became the merchantile Olympic Winner in 1951, then Otori Maru 20 in 1956 and Akitsu Maru in 1957. Broken up at Etajima, Japan in 1975. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR 30 March 1942 – 18 October 1942 T/A/Cdr. George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN 19 October 1942 – 19 January 1943 Promoted to Cdr. on 1 January 1943 T/Skr./Lt. John Manual Watson, RCNR 20 January 1943 – 16 August 1943 T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR 17 August 1943 – 5 October 1944 T/Lt. William McCombe, RCNR 6 October 1944 – 27 January 1945 Decommissioned during conversion to loop layer T/Lt.Cdr. John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR 17 May 1945 – 18 March 1946

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	Commander	From	To
1	Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR	30 Mar 1942	18 Oct 1942
2	George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN	19 Oct 1942	19 Jan 1943
3	T/Skr.Lt. John Manuel Watson, RCNR	20 Jan 1943	16 Aug 1943
4	T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR	17 Aug 1943	5 Oct 1944
5	William McCombe, RCNR	6 Oct 1944	27 Jan 1945

6	John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR	17 May 1945	18 Mar 1946

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6 Jun 1944
On D-Day HMCS Woodstock supported the American landings at Omaha Beach.

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