The Attack class patrol boat HMAS AITAPE, (LCDR W. S. G. Bateman, RAN), was commissioned. AITAPE was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in November 1966, and launched on 6 July 1967. Mrs Maloat Paliau, (Wife of the Member for Manus in the PNG House of Assembly), performed the launching ceremony. She was gifted to the PNGDF in November 1974.
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1967
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