November 1942 - June 1950
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"Joey", the ships mascot, was acquired in Murmansk in December 1942. Named after "Joe Stalin", the dog
was taken to Toronto by a gunnery rating after the war and it's assumed he lived a happy life thereafter. Joey was a very friendly "mutt" and well treated aboard. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
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Joey with Captain Hibbard and ship's officers, 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Stoker Tom Ingham with Joey, 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Tom Ingham of St. Catharines, Ontario takes a nap wherever he can. His pet kitten appears to be quite content in that custom made, feline-sized hammock. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Art Kyle, E.R.A. with "Scotty", 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Stoker Sherron with kitten and monkey Cheeta, 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Stoker Sherron brought Cheeta back from a merchant ship in 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Cheeta would crawl into sailors hammocks at night to keep warm. 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Stoker Ted Lemon with Cheeta 1944. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Marcel Champagne, Stoker Second Class, joined Iroquois in October, 1944. Here, he is holding Princess, one several mascots which the crew adopted during WWII. While on shore leave in England, a few of the crew brought her aboard and wound up looking after her. The dog went AWOL after about a month. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)
Kipper was another Iroquois mascot. Can anyone identify the crew member holding the dog? On the right, ERA Tom Ingham holds a flag was which was obtained from the German Garrison on Ile d'yeu at the end of August 1944 and brought back to Iroquois along with many other German souvenirs on Aug. 27th. (Photo via Ted Doyle).
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