IMMEDIATELY AFTER the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on the 2nd of September 1945, steps were taken for the rescue and repatriation of prisoners of war from Japanese prison ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 8 September 1984
The Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS GLADSTONE, was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 August 1984
HMAS GERALDTON, (patrol boat), was stranded, and damaged both propellers when she run aground on a reef northwest of Broome, WA. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1984
HMAS TOBRUK, (amphibious heavy lift ship), was used as floating accommodation for delegates attending the South Pacific Forum Conference held at Tuvalu, (formerly Ellice Islands), north-west of Fiji. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1984
HMAS IPSWICH, (patrol boat), intercepted and detained the Taiwanese fishing vessel YUAN JAAN, for illegally fishing off Mermaid Reef, west of Broome, WA. A court later ordered the forfeiture of ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1984
The RAN’s first female Chief Bosun’s Mate, PO Janet Wicks, was appointed to HMAS CERBERUS, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1984
HMAS BUCCANEER, (Attack class patrol boat), was paid off at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1984
The FFG-7, (Adelaide), class guided missile frigate HMAS DARWIN, (CMDR R. Bayley, RAN,), was commissioned at Seattle, USA. DARWIN was laid down in Todd Shipyard, Seattle, USA, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1984
HMAS COOK, (survey ship), located the wreck of the Japanese submarine I-24, some 37 miles off Darwin. I-24 was the first Japanese vessel sunk by the RAN. She was sunk ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1984
724 Squadron decommissioned at NAS Nowra ...