The Attack class patrol boat HMAS BANDOLIER, (LEUT R. S. Blue, RAN), was commissioned. BANDOLIER was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in July 1968, and launched on 2 ...
Australian Naval History on 14 December 1968
Australian Naval History on 13 December 1968
HMAS Curlew recommissioned after conversion to the RANs first Minehunter. She had previously decommissioned on 19 December 1966 for the conversion. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 December 1968
Clearance Diving Team 3 recovered bodies, weapons and diving equipment from a Viet Cong supply sampan, sunk in an ambush at Rung Sat, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 November 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS MADANG, was commissioned. MADANG was laid down in Evans Deakin & Co Pty Ltd, Brisbane, in March 1968, and launched on 10 August 1968. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 November 1968
RAN’s Helicopter Flight commenced operations at Bearcat Base in Bien Hoa province, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 November 1968
HMAS SYDNEY, (fast troop transport), landed the Australian 9th Battalion, RAR, at Vung Tau, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1968
HMA Ships Attack and Sydney (III) left Adelaide and proceeded to cross the Great Australian Bight in atrocious weather. Sydney’s captain, Captain Domara Clarke, MVO, DSC, RAN, later reported that ...
Australian Naval History on 5 November 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS BOMBARD, was commissioned. She was laid down in Walker’s Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in April 1968, and launched on 6 July 1968. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1968
New Queen’s Colours were presented to the RAN by His Excellency, the Governor General at a special parade held at Olympic Park No.2 in Melbourne. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 October 1968
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS ARDENT, was commissioned. ATTACK was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in October 1967, and launched on 27 April 1968. Mrs Gair, (Wife ...
Australian Naval History on 22 October 1968
The guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT A. A. Willis, RAN), arrived in Sydney on her maiden voyage from the USA, where she was built. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 October 1968
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 ...