The air/sea rescue vessels AIR FOAM, (ex-AIR WAVE, SBLT Middleton RANVR), AIR MIST, (SBLT J. R. Needle, RANVR), and AIR REST, (SBLT R. W. Stinger, RANVR), were commissioned.
The ammunition stores issuing ship HMAS YUNNAN, was commissioned. YUNNAN was laid down in Greenock, Scotland, in 1934. She was requisitioned for the RAN, from her owners, the China Navigation Co Ltd, on 20 September 1944.