Ship Details
Wausau II (Sea Cadet Vessel) Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo O-104-2_DHH

 

Registry #1	158471 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1929	Wausau II	Name 6
Name 2	1944	Wausau II (Sea Cadet Vessel)	Name 7
Name 3	1947	Wausau II	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Midland	Area	ON	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	62.7' x 13.3' x 5.9'
Builder	Nicholson, William Wilson	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	42.97	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	33	Type 2	Training Vessel
Engine	90bhp gasoline motor (1929)	Engine Manufacture	Standard Motor Construction Co., Jersey City, NJ
Repower	Repowered with a 255bhp gasoline engine St Lawrence Engine Co. Ltd., Brockville, ON (1939);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1938 she was owned by Reginald Courtney, Ottawa, ON Canada. In 1944 she was chartered (for $1.00 / year) to the Royal Canadian Navy in service as a Canadian Naval Sea Cadet Vessel, at Kingston ON Canada.In 1947 she was returned to her owner. In 1959 she was sold to William Leslie, Ottawa, ON Canada. In 1963 she was sold to Edward Lambert, Mississaga, ON, In 1963 she was sold to Conrad Belisle, Eastview, ON Canada. In 1966 she was owned by sold to Cyril E.K. Conway, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1968 she was sold to Riverside Garage Inc. Ile Perrot, QC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1979-01-25

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was destroyed by fire on 1979-01-25.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); RG 12 Reel T-11899 (1938) (Wausau II); RG 12 Volume 843 File 9015-W29 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - WAUSAU II M.V.; RG 24 Volume 5687 File 353-6-1 Sea Cadet Vessels General; RG 24 Vol 6713 File 8000-481/13 General Information - HMCS WAUSAU II; DHH 8000 Series Box 176 File 010 HOOSIER II- Correspondence, memoranda and photograph;
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