HMCS Stone Town (K 531)

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	River
Pennant	K 531
Built by	Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Canada)
Ordered	1 Feb 1943
Laid down	17 Nov 1943
Launched	28 Mar 1944
Commissioned	21 Jul 1944
End service	13 Nov 1945
History	This ship is often mistakenly spelled as "Stonetown". Named after St.Marys, Ontario. St. Marys is the site of stone quaries. The ships bell is in St. Marys at the present time. Decommissioned on 13 November 1945. Sold to the Department of Transport and modified as a weather ship. Served as weather ship in the North Pacific between 1952 and 1967. Sold in 1968.

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	Commander	From	To
1	A/Lt.Cdr. William Purvis Moffat, RCNVR	5 Jun 1944	20 Apr 1945
2	T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Trumbull Band, RCNVR	21 Apr 1945	19 Aug 1945
3	T/Lt.Cdr. George Murray Kaizer, RCNR	20 Aug 1945	13 Nov 1945

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