August 30, 1943 HMCS HAIDA commissioned at Newcastle on Tyne. Cdr Henry George DeWolf appointed Commanding Officer
November 19, 1949 approx 300 miles north of Bermuda, HMCS HAIDA rescued 18 airmen from a B.29 bomber that went down on November 16, 1949 while enroute from the USAF Base at St. George Bermuda to England.