The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, announced that HMA Ships BATAAN, (destroyer), and SHOALHAVEN, (frigate), operating in far eastern waters, had been placed at the disposal of the UN for action in Korea.
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1950
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