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| | MacGillivray, Cdr. D.N., Pickering, Lt.-Col. A., and Wood, Cdr. J.C., Action '73—Canadian Maritime Forces—Aircraft, ... |
 | | Prior to his current appointment as Commanding Officer of HMCS Iroquois, Commander Doch MacGillivray was employed in National Defence Headquarters on the staff of the Project Manager DDH 280. |
 | | Among these are: surveillance, search and rescue, replenishment and support of remote areas, support of peacekeeping forces (and this slide is a picture of HMCS Terranova presently off the Vietnam waters), the patrol of pollution and fishing control zones, and other tasks which pertain to Canadian sovereignty and interests. |
 | | It should be remembered that warships are basically designed to fight-anti-submarine warfare, defense of shipping, support of land forces, self defense against air and subsurface attack are all basic capabilities designed into our destroyers--yet these features are fully compatible with the requirements for peacetime operations previously mentioned. |
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