HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), provided naval gun support in IV Corps sector in Vietnam. ...
HMAS Perth II
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 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 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 19 February 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), attacked and damaged three large enemy barges drawn up on the beach near Dong Hoi, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 February 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), fired her 10,000th round in the Vietnam War. The target was North Vietnamese defences in the Bay of Brandon. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1968
VADM Sir Alan McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM, RAN, hoisted his flag in HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), off the coast of Vietnam. It was the first occasion that a Chief ...
Australian Naval History on 25 January 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and USS BORDELON, fired on a highway bridge at Cape St Anne, Vietnam. The ships were ranged by enemy radar and came under heavy fire ...
Australian Naval History on 23 January 1968
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and USS BORDELON, destroyed or damaged 12 enemy buildings in a storage area at Dong Hoi, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 December 1967
HMAS PERTH and USS HAMNER, (guided missile destroyers), came under heavy fire from Viet Cong shore batteries off Dong Hoi. ...