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The first Canadian warship to patrol the Middle East in about a year left the West Coast port of Esquimalt, B.C., yesterday and is expected to join with United States naval strike groups in early November.

HMCS Ottawa and its crew of 225 officers and sailors will continue Canada's campaign against terrorism in the Persian Gulf, called Operation ALTAIR. It is the third ship to deploy since 2004. The last, HMCS Winnipeg, returned to Esquimalt last September.

"Every bit of time we are out there is making a difference," Rear-Admiral Roger Girouard, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific, said.

"Right now it is about working towards stability. There are nasty things going on in the world out there ... and the difference it makes is that we send signals that say we're concerned, we're ready to do things that might arise, and we're on the world scene ready to pay our dues as a global player."

About 2,200 Canadian troops are deployed in Afghanistan and 32 army soldiers have been killed since 2002.

Much of HMCS Ottawa's time will be spent sailing with a U.S. navy expeditionary strike group led by USS Boxer, a 36,000-tonne amphibious-assault ship that is one of the largest of its kind in the world and dwarfs the 4,700-tonne Canadian Halifax-class frigate.

Still, the Canadian navy's strength is in its ability to lead escorts and to conduct maritime-security operations, surveillance and search missions, said HMCS Ottawa Commander Darren Hawco. The frigate will also carry a Sea King helicopter that provides specialized airlift capabilities the Americans do not have, Cmdr. Hawco said.

B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo spoke to the sailors in a ceremony before the boat launched and said Canada was "grateful to you beyond measure."

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