page_title: HMCS Yukon (DDE 263)
hierarchical_section_title: HMCS Yukon (DDE 263)
caption_attribution_description: English: A crew portrait of the HMCS&#160;Yukon&#160;(DDE 263) in July 1964. Original caption&#58; “FAMILY PORTRAIT - This group portrait of the officers and men of HMCS Yukon was taken in the sunny Canary Islands in mid-July, when the destroyer escort, in compony with HMCS Provider, visited Puerta de la Luz, port of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.”
context_page_description: HMCS Yukon was a Mackenzie-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. She was the first Canadian naval unit to carry the name. She was named for the Yukon River that runs from British Columbia through Yukon and into Alaska in the United States.
  Entering service in 1963, she was primarily used as a training ship on the west coast. She was decommissioned in 1993 and sold for use as an artificial reef and sunk as such off San Diego, California in 2000.
context_section_description: HMCS Yukon was a Mackenzie-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and later the Canadian Forces. She was the first Canadian naval unit to carry the name. She was named for the Yukon River that runs from British Columbia through Yukon and into Alaska in the United States.
  Entering service in 1963, she was primarily used as a training ship on the west coast. She was decommissioned in 1993 and sold for use as an artificial reef and sunk as such off San Diego, California in 2000.
caption: Crew portrait in July 1964
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