HMAS PLATYPUS was paid off as a submarine depot ship, and re-commissioned as a destroyer depot ship.
After uneventful service, little of which was spent at sea, the six J class submarines paid off into Reserve at Westernport . The boats had become victims of the worsening economic conditions of the time, coupled with their high cost of maintenance
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1922
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