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The HMCS St. Croix was originally built as USS McCook for the United States Navy and decommissioned on 30 Jun, 1922. On 18 Dec, 1939, she was recommissioned and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Croix on 24 Sep, 1940.
At 21.51 hours on 20 Sep, 1943, the HMCS St. Croix was hit in the stern by a Gnat from U-305 while escorting the convoy ON-202 south of Iceland. She sank within six minutes after being hit by a T-3 coup de grâce from the same U-boat at 22.44 hours.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Ira Urban Burgess
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Photo of Ira Burgess
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Ira Urban Burgess
Ira Urban Burgess at family home in South West Port Mouton, NS. c. 1940s -
Photo of Ira Urban Burgess
Official Navy photograph -
Photo of Ira Urban Burgess
Portland, Maine c. 1929
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Ira Urban Burgess
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Ira Urban Burgess
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Ira Urban Burgess
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Ira Urban Burgess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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