HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)
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 HMAS Darwin |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Darwin |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 3 July 1981 |
| Launched: | 26 March 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 21 July 1984 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| Motto: | "Resurgent" |
| Nickname: | FFG-44 (US hull designation during construction) |
| Status: | Active |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Adelaide class guided missile frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons |
| Length: | 138 metres (453 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 metres (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.5 metres (25 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (490 kW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 184 + aircrew |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-49 radar, Mk 92 fire control system, AN/SPS-55 radar, AN/SQS-56 sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher, 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes, 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun, 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x S-70B Seahawk |
HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy.
[edit] Construction
Darwin was laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on 21 July 1984. She was the fourth and last ship of the six Adelaide class ships built for the RAN in the USA, with the final two ships being built in Australia. During construction, the ship was referred to as FFG-44.
[edit] Operational history
Darwin has completed five operational deployments to the Persian Gulf, a record for the most Gulf deployments of an Australian ship she shares with her sister ship HMAS Sydney. She has also been deployed to East Timor in 1999 and the Solomon Islands in 2001.
Darwin is undergoing a mid-life refit in the Drydock at Garden Island for most of 2007.
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