"Hmcs Niagara, Town Class Destroyer, One of the Fifty Destroyers Handed Over by the United States of America in Exchange For the USE of the Bases. 1941, on Board the Destroyer, She Has An Entirely Canadian Crew, Some of Whom Are Experiencing Their First Taste of Naval Life. Amongst Them Are Lumberjacks, Farmers, Warehousemen, Etc, Who Until They Brought the Niagara Across the Atlantic Had Never Been To Sea. Types of Canadians Forming the Crew of Hmcs Niagara Some Wearing Their Unusual Headgear, Etc." In the Ward room, officers enjoy a quiet spell while awaiting orders to put to sea.