The mine-hunter HMAS GASCOYNE, (LCDR Dean Schopen, RAN), returned to Sydney after seven weeks service in the Solomon Islands, as part of Operation Anode. During the deployment, her crew helped to destroy several pieces of WWII ordnance, including a Japanese 250 pound bomb, and several US 5 inch shells. Many of these items were close to local villages.
Australian Naval History on 13 August 2004
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