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{{Short description|Scrapped British and Canadian light cruiser}}
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|Ship name=''Uganda''
|Ship ordered=1939
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|Ship builder=[[Vickers-Armstrong]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
|Ship laid down=20 July 1939
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|Ship identification= [[Pennant number]]: 66
|Ship fate=Transferred to [[Royal Canadian Navy]] on 21 October 1944
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|Ship honours= Atlantic 1943, Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943, Mediterranean 1943<ref>[http://www.britainsnavy.co.uk/Ships/HMS%20Uganda/HMS%20Uganda%20Battle%20Honours.htm Britain's Navy]</ref>
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|Ship name= ''Uganda''
|Ship acquired=21 October 1944
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|Ship paid off=1 August 1947
|Ship honours=Okinawa 1945
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*''Nos canons parleront'' (Our cannons shall speak)<ref name=a1>Arbuckle, p. 97</ref>
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|Ship fate=Arrived at [[Osaka]], Japan, on 6 February 1961 for scrapping
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|Ship class={{sclass|Fiji|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]]
|Ship displacement=*8,712 tons standard
*11,024 tons full load
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|Ship beam={{convert|18.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= {{convert|5.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*4 x oil fired three-drum Admiralty-type boilers
*four-shaft geared turbines
*four screws
*{{convert|72,500|shp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}}
|Ship speed={{convert|33|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship range={{convert|10,200|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=*730 (wartime)
*650 (peacetime)
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|Ship sensors=*Type 281 air search
*Type 272 surface search
*Type 277 height finding
*Type 274 fire control (152&nbsp;mm)
*Type 283 fire control (102&nbsp;mm)
*Type 282 fire control (2&nbsp;pdr)
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*3 × triple [[BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun|BL {{convert|6|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} Mk XXIII guns]]
*4 × twin [[QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun|QF Mk XVI {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} guns]]
*4 × quadruple [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|Mk VII 2-pounder (40&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*10 × twin [[20 mm Oerlikon|Mk II 20 mm/70 cal guns]]
*2 × triple [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|inch|mm|abbr=on|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
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*[[Gun turret|Turrets]] {{convert|25.4|-|50.8|mm|in|abbr=on}}
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'''HMS ''Uganda''''' was a [[Second World War]]-era {{sclass|Fiji|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]] launched in 1941. She served in the [[Royal Navy]] during 1943 and 1944, including operations in the Mediterranean, and was transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] as '''HMCS ''Uganda''''' in October 1944. She served in the Pacific theatre in 1945 and was put into reserve in 1947. When she was reactivated for the [[Korean War]] in 1952 she was renamed '''HMCS ''Quebec'''''.  She was decommissioned for the last time in 1956 and scrapped in Japan in 1961.

==Construction and career==
[[File:Launch of the cruiser HMS Uganda (27818262656).jpg|left|thumb|Launch of HMS ''Uganda'' at the [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]] Naval Yard, 7 August 1941]]
HMS ''Uganda'' was one of the ''Ceylon'' sub-class (the second group of three ships built in 1939) of the ''Fiji''-class cruisers, and built by [[Vickers-Armstrong]] at their Walker yard. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 7 August 1941 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 3 January 1943.

===Home Fleet operations===
In March 1943 after training at [[Scapa Flow]], ''Uganda'' sailed as convoy escort to protect a [[Sierra Leone]]-bound convoy from the German {{sclass2|Narvik|destroyer}}s operating from the [[Bay of Biscay]]. After two such convoy duties, she was sent as escort for the [[ocean liner]] {{RMS|Queen Mary}} carrying [[Winston Churchill]] and his staff to [[Washington, DC|Washington]]. The journey was made at {{convert|30|kn}}, and the ship sailed into [[Naval Station Argentia]], in [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]], low on fuel. Upon return from that duty ''Uganda'' returned to [[Plymouth]] for a refit.

=== Mediterranean Fleet operations ===
With her refit completed, she was sent to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] as escort to one of the largest troop [[convoy]]s of the war heading to [[Sicily]]. In July the ship joined the 15th Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet.<ref name=mac40>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 40</ref> ''Uganda'' was part of the bombardment fleet for [[Operation Husky]], the invasion of Sicily, on 10 July 1943. She was then assigned to close support for major bombardments throughout Sicily. ''Uganda'' sailed as part of the support force for Operation Husky from [[Alexandria]] along with three cruisers and six destroyers.<ref>Rohwer, p. 255</ref> ''Uganda'' was part of Support Force East during the Operation Husky landings.<ref>Rohwer, p. 261</ref> Within the British bridgehead, ''Uganda'', with the cruisers {{HMS|Orion|85|2}} and {{HMS|Mauritius|80|2}} and the [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]] {{HMS|Erebus|I02|2}} supported the British [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]].<ref>Rohwer, p. 262</ref> On 10 August, again in support of the Eighth Army, ''Uganda'' and the Dutch [[gunboat]] {{HNLMS|Flores||2}} bombarded positions north of [[Reposto]].<ref>Rohwer, pp. 264–265</ref> On 12 August, ''Uganda'', the monitor {{HMS|Roberts|F40|2}} and the Dutch gunboats {{HNLMS|Scarab||2}} and {{HNLMS|Soemba|1925|2}} shelled the east coast of Sicily.<ref>Rohwer, p. 265</ref>

On the opening of [[Operation Avalanche]], 9 September 1943, she was part of the fleet bombardment covering the invasion of Italy at [[Salerno]]. As part of Operation Avalanche, ''Uganda'' was a member of the Northern Attack Force, which landed the [[X Corps (United Kingdom)|British X Corps]]. The cruiser was a member of the support and escort group for the force. The landings are successful, however the Germans counterattacked and created a serious situation on the beachhead. ''Uganda'' was among the ships forced to lie inshore to provide direct [[naval gunfire support]]. The fleet then suffered air attacks using [[Fritz X|FX 1400]] radio-controlled and Hs 293 glider bombs.<ref>Rohwer, pp. 272–273</ref> While serving off Salerno at 1440 on 13 September 1943 she took a direct hit from a new German [[radio control]]led 1.4 tonne [[glide bomb]] Fritz X dropped by a [[KG 100]] bomber. The Fritz X passed through seven decks and straight through her [[keel]], exploding underwater just under the keel. The concussive shock of the Fritz X's underwater detonation close to ''Uganda''{{'}}s hull extinguished all her boiler fires, and resulted in sixteen men being killed, with ''Uganda'' taking on 1,300 tons of water. Damage control under Lieutenant Leslie Reed managed to get the ship moving with one engine. She was towed to [[Malta]] by {{USS|Narragansett|AT-88|6}}, where temporary repairs were made.

There being no dry dock available in the European Theatre that could handle the repairs, ''Uganda'' was sent to the US shipyard at [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. The heavily damaged ship, with only one of her four propellers working, proceeded across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to Charleston, arriving on 27 November 1943. During the repairs, ''Uganda'' had two [[hangar]]s designed for carrying [[Supermarine Walrus]] reconnaissance aircraft removed. These hangars were used for radio and radar equipment as well as crew amenities.

===Transfer to Canada===
[[File:Bombardment by HMCS UGANDA.jpg|thumb|left|Bombardment by HMCS ''Uganda'' of Sukuma Airfield on [[Miyako-jima]] in May 1945]]
[[File:HMCSUgandaShipsCompanyAugust1945.jpg|thumb|Ship's company of the cruiser HMCS ''Uganda'', August 1945.]]
While under repair the [[Government of Canada]] negotiated with Britain to obtain ''Uganda'' for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (RCN). The official transfer took place on [[Trafalgar Day]], 21 October 1944, at Charleston and she was renamed HMCS ''Uganda'', out of respect for the British colony.<ref name=mac40/><ref name=milner1>Milner, p. 154</ref> ''Uganda''{{`}}s first crew in RCN service was notable. The commanding officer was Captain [[Rollo Mainguy]], who later became chief of the Naval Staff. The first officer (executive officer) was Commander Hugh Pullen, and other officers including Lieutenant Commander [[William Landymore]] were all eventually promoted to [[flag rank]] following the war. Lieutenant [[John Robarts]], Aircraft Recognition Officer, went on to become [[Premier of Ontario]]. The other members of her crew of 907 comprised a carefully selected group; additional training on cruisers was provided through personnel exchanges with the RN. The first crew for ''Uganda'' was drawn from every province in Canada as well as the Dominion of Newfoundland. Eighty-seven per cent were reservists ([[Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve|RCNVR]] and [[Canadian Forces Naval Reserve|RCNR]]) while the balance were regular members of the Royal Canadian Navy.

''Uganda''{{`}}s first assignment came shortly after her recommissioning. She was tasked to join the [[British Pacific Fleet]]'s operational area south of [[Sakishima Gunto]].  She joined the [[4th Cruiser Squadron]] and spent the rest of the month working up. The conditions for the crew were arduous since the ship had not been modified for tropical conditions, which would have provided better air circulation throughout the ship and more fresh water capacity. ''Uganda'' left [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], on 31 October 1944 and steamed via the United Kingdom where following her reconstruction at Charleston, the cruiser underwent further modification.<ref name=mac40/> She departed the United Kingdom in January 1945 and sailed to the Pacific, stopping at [[Gibraltar]], Alexandria, Egypt, the [[Suez Canal]], and on via [[Aden]] and [[Colombo, Ceylon]], to the fleet base at [[Fremantle, Western Australia]], where she arrived on 4 March 1945.

As the [[flagship]] for the RCN, ''Uganda'' served in the [[Pacific War]] with the British Pacific Fleet, joining it at [[Sydney]], Australia, in February 1945.<ref name=milner1/> Assigned to Task Force 57, British Pacific Fleet, because her [[radar]] and aircraft identification capabilities were amongst the best in the fleet, owing to her 1944 refit in Charleston. On 10 April 1945, the strike against Sakishima Gunto was cancelled and the task force was ordered to attack [[Formosa]] instead. From 11 to 13 April 1945, ''Uganda'', as part of Task Force 57 in the Pacific, she attacked airfields and installations in northern Formosa,<ref>Rohwer, p. 408</ref> before being redirected back to Sakishima Gunto. The cruiser took part in the bombardment of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] airbases on Sakishima Gunto between 15–20 April before the fleet was tasked to [[Leyte Gulf]]. During her time with Task Force 57, ''Uganda'' came under [[kamikaze]] attack.<ref name=milner2>Milner, p. 155</ref>  She received battle honours for operations during the [[Battle of Okinawa]] and was involved in attacking [[Operation Inmate|Truk]], Formosa and Sakishima Gunto.

At [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]] she joined the [[United States Third Fleet]], {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east of Japan and became the only Royal Canadian Navy warship to fight in the Pacific Theatre against the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. In May 1945, Task Force 57 sailed from Leyte to attack Sakishima Gunto for nearly the entire month. ''Uganda'' was among the ships ordered to bombard the island group. The task force suffered kamikaze attacks, forcing two of the [[aircraft carrier]]s to retire and damaging another.<ref>Rohwer, p. 415</ref>

In the aftermath of the [[Conscription Crisis of 1944]], on 4 April 1945, the Canadian government changed the manning policy for all ships deploying to the Pacific theatre. All those heading to the Pacific would have to re-volunteer. Upon volunteering again, the serviceman would be eligible for 30 days leave in Canada before deployment.<ref name=milner2/> Controversially this policy change was applied to those already there and ''Uganda''{{`s}} RCN crew were polled by the Canadian government on 7 May 1945 to determine whether they would volunteer for further duties in the Pacific War.<ref name=milner2/><ref name=hastings>Hastings (2007), p. 401</ref> Widespread discontent had grown amongst the crew, due to poor living conditions, ''kamikaze'' attacks and the lack of a Canadian identity for the ship (for instance, the Canadian Red Ensign was not flown and no maple leaf was painted on the funnel, which many crewmen saw as an insult to Canada).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Malcolm |date=2019-06-26 |title=The UGANDA Episode |url=https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/controversies/the-uganda-episode/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> The crew of ''Uganda'' felt that they had enlisted for "hostilities only" (i.e., hostilities against [[Nazi Germany]]), but now found themselves fighting a different enemy in a quite different part of the world. The policy also signalled the Canadian government's lack of commitment to the Pacific War. Captain Mainguy later acknowledged that: "The next signal we got fairly shortly was: 'Do you volunteer to fight against the Japanese?' It seemed pretty stupid. [There] were those incentives just to be annoyed and say, 'Well, if we're not wanted, of course, we don't want to fight the Japs if it's not necessary.{{'"}}<ref name=":0" /> In addition, when the "volunteers only" policy became public knowledge in Canada, family obligations became an increasing burden, as this left the crew with a difficult decision to prioritize their families or their sense of duty that had driven them to volunteer in the first place.<ref name=":0" /> 

As a result, the vote on 7 May was held onboard ''Uganda'' and 605 crew out of 907 refused to re-volunteer for continuing operations against Japan. The [[British Admiralty]] was furious and said it could not replace the ship until 27 July at the earliest. However, the cruiser continued her deployment in the Pacific throughout June and July while the Naval Staff sought an answer to the problem. An embarrassed Royal Canadian Navy offered to replace ''Uganda'' with {{HMCS|Prince Robert|F56|6}}, an anti-aircraft flak ship that was being refitted in [[Vancouver]].

''Uganda'' took part in Operation Inmate, a carrier raid on Japanese installations at [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]]. Sailing on 12 June from [[Manus Island]], the cruiser was among the ships detailed to bombard the island of Dublon. The force returned to Manus Island on 17 June. In July, ''Uganda'', now part of Task Force 37, sailed to join up with the Americans performing carrier air strikes on the Tokyo area, arriving on 16 July. On 27 July, ''Uganda'' was relieved by {{HMS|Argonaut|61|6}}.<ref>Rohwer, pp. 420, 422, 425</ref>

HMCS ''Uganda'' was detached from the US Navy's Third Fleet on 27 July when ''Argonaut'' arrived. ''Uganda'' proceeded to [[Eniwetok]], and then to [[Pearl Harbor]] for refuelling before heading for [[Esquimalt, British Columbia|Esquimalt]]. En route to Pearl Harbor, one boiler suffered a liner collapse which would have resulted in the ship's withdrawal from active combat at any rate. ''Uganda'' limped into Pearl Harbor on 4 August but was not welcomed because of the resentment that her crew was "quitting" the war.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} ''Uganda'' departed after refuelling and proceeded for Esquimalt. En route to Canada, the crew heard news about the [[atomic bomb]]s being dropped on Japan. They arrived in Esquimalt on 10 August, the day that Japan announced its acceptance of the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Instrument of Surrender]].<ref>Milner pp. 155–156</ref><ref>Mutiny: The odyssey of HMCS Uganda</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Butler | first = Malcolm | title = The Uganda | work = CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum | url = http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/controversies/uganda_episode.html | access-date = 3 Jan 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110315051700/http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/controversies/uganda_episode.html | archive-date = 15 March 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

HMCS ''Uganda'' remained on the Pacific coast following the war serving in a training capacity. The cruiser was [[Ship decommissioning|paid off]] on 1 August 1947 into the RCN reserve.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=HMCS Quebec |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=March 1952 |volume=4 |number=5 |pages=4–5}}</ref>

===Return to service===
[[File:HMCS Quebec MIKAN 4821173.jpg|thumb|left|HMCS ''Quebec'' in Copenhagen in 1954]]
Canada's entry into the [[Korean War]] and commitment of [[Canadian Army]], [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] and Royal Canadian Navy units to the [[British Commonwealth Forces Korea]] necessitated the reactivation of HMCS ''Uganda''. Beginning in August 1951, the cruiser was refitted and modernized at Esquimalt. The vessel was recommissioned on 14 January 1952 as HMCS ''Quebec'' (C31) and moved immediately from Esquimalt to her new station at Halifax to replace units which had departed for Korea.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=HMCS Quebec Commissioned in Esquimalt Ceremony |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=King's Printer |date=February 1952 |volume=4 |number=4 |pages=2}}</ref> On 14 June 1952, ''Quebec'' visited her namesake province for the first time during a port visit to [[Sorel, Quebec]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Ships, New Guns for Canada's Navy |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |volume=4 |number=10 |date=August 1952 |pages=26}}</ref> From 13–25 September, ''Quebec'' and the aircraft carrier {{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|2}} participated in the major [[NATO]] naval [[exercise Mainbrace]] in northern European waters.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Quebec, Magnificent in Big NATO Exercise |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |volume=4 |number=11 |date=September 1952 |pages=2}}</ref>

In February 1953, ''Quebec'', with {{HMCS|Portage|J331|2}} and {{HMCS|Huron|G24|2}} sailed to Bermuda for training with the Royal Navy submarine {{HMS|Andrew|P423|2}}.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=East Coast Ships On Training Cruises |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=March 1953 |volume=5 |number=5 |pages=3}}</ref> On 15 June 1953, HMCS ''Quebec'' was the flagship for Rear Admiral Bidwell and led the RCN ships to [[Spithead]] for the [[coronation]] of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]. The Royal Canadian Navy group consisted of an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, one destroyer, and two frigates.<ref>Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=RCN to Take Part In Coronation, Review |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=February 1953 |volume=5 |number=4 |pages=2}}</ref> In October 1954, ''Quebec'' sailed on a seven-week training cruise to the Caribbean Sea and South America, making several port visits.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=South American Cruise Ends |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=November 1954 |volume=7 |number=1 |pages=2}}</ref> Returning in mid-April 1955, ''Quebec'' became the first Canadian naval ship to circumnavigate Africa.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Training Cruisers Return Home |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=April 1955 |volume=7 |number=6 |pages=3–4}}</ref>  As part of a post–Korean War realignment within the navy, HMCS ''Quebec'' was [[paid off]] on 13 June 1956 and placed in reserve at [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=crowsep60>{{cite magazine |title=Cruisers Bought by Japanese Firm |magazine=The Crowsnest |volume=12 |number=11 |date=September 1960 |publisher=Queen's Printer |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Quebec Pays Last Visit to Halifax |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=October 1960 |volume=12 |number=12 |pages=3}}</ref> The ship was sold in 1960 with the partially dismantled ''Ontario'' to Mitsui and Co. of Japan for scrap.<ref name=crowsep60/> The ship was [[Ship breaking|broken up]] in Japan in 1961.

Her unit name lived on in the form of [[CSTC HMCS Quebec|HMCS ''Quebec'']], a cadet summer training centre for the [[Royal Canadian Sea Cadets]]. The training centre closed permanently after its summer 2012 operating season.<ref>{{cite news|title=NCSM Québec&nbsp;: la fin d'une grande famille|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/actualites/201208/13/01-4564532-ncsm-quebec-la-fin-dune-grande-famille.php|access-date=1 December 2013|newspaper=La Presse|date=13 August 2012}}</ref>

==References==

===Notes===
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==External links==
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* [http://www.world-war.co.uk/index.php3 WWII cruisers] at www.world-war.co.uk
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4034.html HMS Uganda at Uboat.net]
* [https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/controversies/the-uganda-episode/ The Uganda Episode at Naval and Military Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209234805/https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/controversies/the-uganda-episode/ |date=9 December 2020 }}

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