HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), was hit by Viet Cong batteries north of the Demilitarised Zone. Four of PERTH’s crew were wounded in the action. ...
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Australian Naval History on 16 October 1967
The first contingent of the RAN Helicopter Flight, led by LCDR N. Ralph, RAN, arrived in Vietnam. The flight operated with the US 135th Assault Helicopter Company, and flew turbojet ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS PERTH, (CAPT P. H. Doyle, RAN), engaged enemy artillery batteries south of the demilitarised zone in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 September 1967
HMAS Perth (II) arrived off the coast of Vietnam on her first deployment as Australia’s contribution to the US 7th Fleet operation during the Vietnam War. As a unit of ...
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1967
A memorial to US Submariners who lost their lives in submarines operating out of Fremantle, WA, during WWII, was unveiled at that port by RADM Herman J. Kossler, USN. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 September 1967
The guided missile destroyer, HMAS PERTH, (CAPT P. H. Doyle, RAN), joined the US Seventh Fleet, for operations against North Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 August 1967
Four members of Clearance Diving Team 3 participated in an unsuccessful assault on strong enemy positions on the banks of a channel near Nui Truong Phi, Vietnam. The force was ...
Australian Naval History on 25 August 1967
816 Squadron decommissioned while preparations were made to receive its new Grumman S-2E/G Tracker aircraft. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1967
HMAS PLATYPUS, the new RAN submarine base, was commissioned at Neutral Bay, Sydney, conjointly with the Australian Fourth Submarine Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1967
HMAS OXLEY, (Oberon class submarine), the first of eight to be built in Greenock, Scotland for the RAN, arrived in Brisbane. ...