The Attack class patrol boat HMAS LADAVA, was commissioned. LADAVA was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in February 1968, and launched on 11 May 1968. Mrs Robert Tabua, ...
Australian Naval History on 20 October 1968
The USN Communication Station at North West Cape, WA, which commenced operation in 1962, is formally renamed USN Naval Communications Station Harold E. Holt, in memory of the late Prime ...
Australian Naval History on 15 October 1968
The guided missile destroyer HMAS PERTH, (CAPT D. W. Leach, RAN), with two Skyhawk aircraft from USS INTREPID, (aircraft carrier), destroyed the Dac Nguyen highway bridge in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 September 1968
HMAS TORRENS, (destroyer escort), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 September 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was awarded the US Presidential Commendation for service in Vietnam between 10 March and 20 September, 1968. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), was dispatched to Vietnam to relieve her sister ship HMAS HOBART, which had been damaged by US aircraft missiles. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1968
HMAS OTWAY, the third of the original four Oberon class submarines ordered for the RAN, arrived at Fremantle. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 September 1968
The following awards were made to personnel of the RAN’s Helicopter Flight for service in Vietnam:- DSC LCDR Neil Ralph; DSC LEUT Bruce Crawford; MID LCDR P. J. Vickers, (posthumous); ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1968
HMAS JUNEE, (ex-corvette), was scuttled off Rottnest Island, WA. She had been sold in 1957 for conversion to a fishing boat mother ship, but this never eventuated, and she remained ...
Australian Naval History on 3 September 1968
HMAS ATTACK, (patrol boat), completed a two-month operation shadowing the Russian trawling vessel VAN GOGH, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1968
851 Squadron recommissioned at NAS Nowra as a training and transport squadron flying Grumman Trackers and Dakotas ...
Australian Naval History on 22 August 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), bombarded Viet Cong camps and bases in the Long Hai hills, east of Vung Tau, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1968
LEUT A. A. Casadio, RAN, and PO O. C. Phillips of the RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam, were killed when their helicopter gunship crashed six miles from their base at Black ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS ADROIT, (LCDR J. E. A. Toulouse, RANVR), was commissioned. ADROIT was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in August 1967, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 16 August 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS BARBETTE, (LCDR B. Hammill, RAN), was commissioned. BARBETTE was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in November 1967, and launched on 10 April ...
Australian Naval History on 9 August 1968
The Australian-developed Ikara missile system, was given its first public demonstration in HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer). ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), provided support fire to a helicopter landing by the US 1st Marine Division, north of Da Nang, Vietnam. The object of the assault was to ...
Australian Naval History on 29 July 1968
HMS NEASHAM, (inshore minesweeper), arrived in Sydney as deck cargo on the merchant ship GLADSTONE STAR. The minesweeper, and her sister-ship WINTRINGHAM, were purchased from the RN and converted to ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1968
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), fired on suspected enemy observation posts near Da Nang, Vietnam. Twelve enemy dead were later found in the target area. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 July 1968
A section from CDT3, commanded by LEUT Lees, ambushed a Viet Cong platoon travelling in sampans up a canal. Twenty-five of the enemy were killed. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1968
The Official RAN Badge underwent further design revision, with changes to the rope design, and the addition of four dots. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS ASSAIL, (LEUT T. J. Murphy, RAN), was commissioned. ASSAIL was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in August 1967, and launched on 18 ...
Australian Naval History on 11 July 1968
The Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve, (WRANSR), was formed. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS ARROW, was commissioned. ARROW was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in September 1967, and launched on 17 February 1968. Mrs Hansen performed ...
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1968
The Attack class patrol boat, HMAS AWARE, (LEUT D. J. Angus, RAN), was commissioned. AWARE was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in June 1967, and launched on 7 ...