HMA Ships HOBART, (cruiser), and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyer), bombarded Japanese positions on Cebu Island, Philippines. ...
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Australian Naval History on 24 March 1945
HRH the Duke of Gloucester officially opened the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney. A ribbon suspended across the dock entrance was cut by HMAS LACHLAN, (frigate). The ...
Australian Naval History on 21 March 1945
GHQ Operations Instruction No. 99 detailed the only large-scale amphibious operation undertaken by Australian Forces in the World War II. It was the battle plan for the assault on Tarakan ...
Australian Naval History on 20 March 1945
The British Pacific Fleet arrived at Ulithi to join the US Fifth Fleet for Operation Iceberg, the assault on Okinawa. HMAS QUICKMATCH and QUIBERON, (destroyers), were serving with the 4th ...
Australian Naval History on 19 March 1945
The general purpose vessel HMAS TRINGA, was commissioned. TRINGA was laid down in Greenpoint Naval Boatyard, Sydney. HMAS WARREGO surveyed the approaches to the Iloilo River in the Philippines. The ...
Australian Naval History on 14 March 1945
HMAS WATSON, Sydney, was commissioned as the RAN’s radar establishment. A radar school was established at the depot in 1942. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 March 1945
HMA ML 825 shot down a Japanese fighter off Cape Orford, New Guinea. HMAS LACHLAN, (frigate), surveyed the approaches to Mindanao, Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1945
HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), and the motor survey launches ALERT and BLOWFLY, surveyed Santa Cruz beaches in the Philippines under intense fire from shore guns. ALERT, (SBLT D.L. Cole, RANR) was ...
Australian Naval History on 8 March 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS EDUARDO, was commissioned. EDUARDO was lent to SRD by the RN in March 1945. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1945
The destroyer HMAS NAPIER, (CAPT H. J. Buchanan, RAN), lost two seamen overboard when the destroyer rolled heavily and shipped a large sea off King Island, Bass Strait. The ship’s ...