The Fremantle-based USS HARDHEAD, (submarine), sank the Japanese ships No.833, (shuttle boat), and Nos. 113 and 117, (submarine chasers), in the Java Sea.
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Preserving Australia's Naval History
The Fremantle-based USS HARDHEAD, (submarine), sank the Japanese ships No.833, (shuttle boat), and Nos. 113 and 117, (submarine chasers), in the Java Sea.
The painting of HMAS Warramunga reflects a major article in this edition which provides a potted history of the RAN in the Korean War. The images of HMAS Adelaide reference the article about Adelaide’s Boarding party. It was only resourceful action by the ship’s helicopter, directed by the Flight Commander, that enabled the Boarding Party to be safely recovered, thereby averting an international incident.