nestork wrote:

I'm sure I speak for all the Canadians in here, including Home Guy,
when I give a great big Thank You to the US Navy for towing HMCS
Protecteur into Pearl Harbour.

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In 1991, Protecteur was part of the Canadian contingent sent to the
Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield and later Operation
Friction (the Canadian name for its operations during the Gulf War). The
ship, part of a three-vessel force, the other two being the
Iroquois-class destroyers Athabaskan and Terra Nova, saw extensive
service in the Central Gulf. The ship was honoured with the Gulf and
Kuwait Medal for her service in the war.

In 1992, the Protecteur was sent to help after Hurricane Andrew in
Florida, with tasks including repairing schools, community centres, and
hospitals in the region. A small pool was built on the helipad of the
Protecteur providing some relief to hurricane ravaged Floridians.

On 19 September 2011, Protecteur departed from CFB Esquimalt for a two
month deployment off southern California as part of the USS Abraham
Lincoln carrier strike group. Protecteur joined the destroyer Algonquin
and the frigate Ottawa in Fleet Week activities in San Diego,
California, between 26 and 30 September 2011.
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The US Navy is sending it's ship USS Chosen to tow our crippled
vessel into Pearl Harbour for repairs to it's engines. Canada
will undoubtedly be paying the US Navy for the repair work
needed to the Protecteur, and the crew of the Protecteur will
be flown back to Canada while the repairs are done.

I'd say that the Protecteur has done a yeoman's service for the US navy
and has served the US well as a tool for it's twisted foreign policy
over the years.

It was the least the US could do to come to the ship's aid and tow it
back to Pearl Harbor.

It is probably all for naught, as the ship was scheduled to be
decommissioned in 2017. It is highly likely that if the ship's boiler
or propulsion system was damaged, it might not be repairable anywhere -
let alone in Pearl Harbor - which would in effect strand it in Hawaii
and make it a hot potato. Based on what little we know right now, I'd
say there's easily a 50/50 chance that the ship is now destined to
become an artificial reef near Hawaii.