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I watched one Doc, that said U-Boats got into the Saint Lawrence.

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  1. DogFather

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    The fresh river water, mixing with saltwater, created layers in the river. Rendering sonar ineffective at locating U-Boats. At one
    point, Canada considered closing the river. The U-Boats also deployed a secret weapon to block sonar. It was basically a
    giant Alka Seltzer table. Anyone know more about this?

    I guess Canada started the war with only 5 destroyers, capable of anti-sub work. But, the RCN grew quickly and helped with
    convoys a lot later in the war. I think it was ONS-5, that the RCN was a major factor in the defeat of the Wolf-Packs.
     
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    Just google BOLD and ASDIC, and you will find plenty of information on what you are looking for.
     
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    Didn't Canada finish the war with something like the third largest navy in the world (counting numbers of vessels and not tonnage)?
     
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    Indeed they did, although it helped that most of the larger navies were sunk. Most of the ships were Canadian-built, minesweepers and escorts as you say, but producing over 300 of them in a few years in a country that had not previously built warships was very impressive. They also contributed ships to the RN and a few to the USN.
     
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    Indeed. I should have said number of warships. At various times the US Army has had more vessels than the USN although I don't think they have ever had more combatants except for possibly during the ACW.
     

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