Investigations showed that HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), was only one of a number of ships attacked in error, by US 7th Air Force fighters, on 16 and 17 June. PCF 19, ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 17 June 1968
At 0300 the destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT K. W. Shands, RAN), was accidentally attacked by a US Air Force F-4 fighter, off Cap Lay, Vietnam. The aircraft fired a total ...
Australian Naval History on 13 June 1968
The crew of a RAN-manned helicopter was injured when their gunship crashed near the base of Blackhorse, Vietnam. They were rescued by an American helicopter, and returned to their base. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 June 1968
Three members of 723 Squadron, Lieutenant P.C. Ward, Petty Officer D.J. Sanderson and Naval Airman Mechanic Airframes and Engines (NAMAE) R.K. Smith, were lost when their Iroquois crashed over the ...
Australian Naval History on 23 May 1968
The guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, (CAPT K. W. Shands, RAN), silenced three North Vietnamese automatic weapon sites near Da Nang. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1968
The ashes of CMDR E. A. Feldt, OBE, RAN, Commander of Australian Coastwatchers in WWII, were scattered in New Guinea waters by HMAS SAMARAI, (patrol boat). ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 1968
The survey ship HMAS MORESBY, (CMDR H. C. Dillon, RAN), completed surveys of the south east coast of Papau and New Guinea. The previous survey of the area had been ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 1968
The Attack class fast patrol boat HMAS ARCHER, (LEUT A. V. R. Horne, RAN), was commissioned. ARCHER was laid down at Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in July 1967, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 26 April 1968
The Attack class fast patrol boat HMAS ACUTE was commissioned. ACUTE was laid down at Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in April 1967, and launched on 26 August 1967. CAPT I. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 April 1968
The Oberon class submarine HMAS OTWAY, (LCDR G. R. Dalrymple, RAN), was commissioned. OTWAY was laid down at Scott’s Yard, Greenock, Scotland, on 29 June 1965, and launched on 29 ...