HMAS Perth (D 38)
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 HMAS Perth in Sydney Harbour |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Perth |
| Builder: | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan, USA |
| Laid down: | 21 September 1962 |
| Launched: | 26 September 1963 |
| Commissioned: | 17 July 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 October 1999 |
| Motto: | "Fight And Flourish" |
| Honours and awards: |
Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation |
| Fate: | Sunk as dive wreck |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,600 tons |
| Length: | 134 metres |
| Beam: | 14 metres |
| Draught: | 6 metres |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric steam turbines providing 70,000 hp (52 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 310 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Type 975 Navigation Radar; AN/SPS-10 Surface Search Radar later replaced by AN/SPS-67 (V)1; AN/SPS-40C Long Range Air Warning Radar; AN/SPS-52C 3-D Air Warning Radar; AN/SQS-23 Hull Mounted Sonar |
| Armament: | Mk 13 Mod 6 launcher for SM-1MR; 2 x 127 mm/54 (5 in/54) Mk 42; 2 x 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx; 2 x triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes |
HMAS Perth (D 38) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. Built in the United States of America, she served in the Vietnam War, earned two US Navy commendations, was decommissioned in 1999, and sunk as a dive wreck off Western Australia.
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[edit] Construction
Perth was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, USA on 21 September 1962, launched on 26 September 1963, and commissioned on 17 July 1965.
[edit] Operational history
Perth served as escort and plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Operation Sea Dragon and Operation Market Time, patrolled on Search and Rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the conflict in Vietnam. Perth was awarded the United States Navy Unit Commendation and Meritorious Unit Commendation for her service in Vietnam.
[edit] Fate
HMAS Perth paid off on 15 October 1999 and was sunk as a dive wreck off Albany in Western Australia on 24 November 2001.
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