Three were still being used for flood duties in Manitoba until 68, and remained in war stock here until the early 70s. The old civvys at base maintenance would tell me about testing them down to the nearby Assiniboine river, and having to quickly turn around because they had no hull plugs.
The reports from the early floods of the 50s mentioned that the Navy was supposed to operate them, but after a while, it ended up being the RCEME so that they would be operated properly.
Two remained here in Manitoba at the local surplus yard until a few years back. I climbed into one back in the 90s, and the work ticket was still in the seat pocket for the 1968 flood duties. As I recall, the vehicles were marked to a service coy.
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