HMAS SYDNEY, (fast troop transport), landed the Australian 9th Battalion, RAR, at Vung Tau, Vietnam. ...
Australian Units
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 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 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. ...