The findings of the combined USA-Australian Board of Inquiry into the collision of HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and USS FRANK E EVANS, (destroyer), was made public. Primary responsibility for the collision was laid on the destroyer, but the Board found that a share of responsibility rested with HMAS MELBOURNE.
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1969
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