Leading Seaman Brad Salmon removes a component on the HMCS Regina’s steering and throttle controls on the ship’s bridge. The Maui News / MATHEW THAYER photos
With most of its 225-member crew on shore leave, the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Regina was moored at Kahului Harbor on Thursday. The 440-foot-long, 4,795-ton multirole frigate is designed to hunt and destroy enemy submarines. The frigate is on Maui after participating in exercises with U.S. Navy forces off Oahu. This is the frigate’s first visit to Kahului Harbor.
When the crew returns from shore leave they will be pleased. “Thursday night is steak night,” says Petty Officer 2nd Class Gordon Durham, while cutting tenderloins in the ship’s galley. He said the key to keeping 225 hungry sailors happy was easy. “Don’t run out of food.” Thursday’s steaks were to be served with peppercorn sauce and mushrooms and onions on the side.
The Officer’s Ward Room is bedecked with the ship’s mascot, a stuffed bison named “Salty Bob.” While the room’s soda machine used to be stocked with cold beer, alcohol consumption is no longer permitted on Royal Canadian Navy ships that are underway.
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth, one of many of her on HMCS Regina, looks down over a healthy variety of snacks in the ward room for noncommissioned officers.
Leading Seaman Kevin Mutter walks through the Regina’s helicopter bay while patrolling the ship Thursday. When the ship’s CH-124 Sea King helicopter is not in residence, the bay is used by the crew as a weight and workout room.
More than 150 Upcountry residents attended a Kula Community Association meeting. The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo
Baldwin High School’s Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa is welcomed at home plate by his teammates after hitting a three-run homer in the first inning of the Bears’ 9-7 win over Kauai in a Baldwin Tournament game Thursday at Maehara Stadium in Wailuku. The game was called in the sixth inning due to the two-hour time limit. The tournament continues through Saturday. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
Lahainaluna High School’s Braeanna Estabillo releases a 3-point shot in the second quarter of a game earlier this year. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Sabers shortstop Jyrah Lalim throws out a runner.
The Bears’ Kevin Varner bats in the first inning.
Maui High’s Treston Carter singles in the seventh inning of the Sabers’ 4-0 loss to Hilo.
Seabury Hall’s Anaulei Tuivai grabs a second-quarter rebound as Lanai’s Kayla Garcia looks on. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
On Kauai, students weaving a ti-leaf lei for a Florida high school are reminded why they are working to make the lei, which will be presented Sunday at a school assembly in Parkland, a day before classes resume. Lei of Aloha for World Peace photos
Students from Kapolei High School on Oahu work on their segment of a Lei of Aloha to be presented to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where 17 people died in a shooting on Valentine’s Day.
With most of its 225-member crew on shore leave, the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Regina was moored at Kahului Harbor on Thursday. The 440-foot-long, 4,795-ton multirole frigate is designed to hunt and destroy enemy submarines. The frigate is on Maui after participating in exercises with U.S. Navy forces off Oahu. This is the frigate’s first visit to Kahului Harbor.
Leading Seaman Brad Salmon removes a component on the HMCS Regina’s steering and throttle controls on the ship’s bridge. The Maui News / MATHEW THAYER photos
When the crew returns from shore leave they will be pleased. “Thursday night is steak night,” says Petty Officer 2nd Class Gordon Durham, while cutting tenderloins in the ship’s galley. He said the key to keeping 225 hungry sailors happy was easy. “Don’t run out of food.” Thursday’s steaks were to be served with peppercorn sauce and mushrooms and onions on the side.
Leading Seaman Kevin Mutter walks through the Regina’s helicopter bay while patrolling the ship Thursday. When the ship’s CH-124 Sea King helicopter is not in residence, the bay is used by the crew as a weight and workout room.
The Officer’s Ward Room is bedecked with the ship’s mascot, a stuffed bison named “Salty Bob.” While the room’s soda machine used to be stocked with cold beer, alcohol consumption is no longer permitted on Royal Canadian Navy ships that are underway.
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth, one of many of her on HMCS Regina, looks down over a healthy variety of snacks in the ward room for noncommissioned officers.