Surgeon LEUT L. Barnett, RAN, of HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was transferred by helicopter to the burning USS FORRESTAL, (aircraft carrier), in the Gulf of Tonkin, to treat casualties. ...
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Australian Naval History on 26 July 1967
Delivery of the RAN’s first ten Skyhawks, eight A4Gs and two TA4Gs, began ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1967
The second inquiry into the causes of the collision between HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and HMAS VOYAGER, (Daring class destroyer), opened in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS EDSON, fired on a petroleum store, sank two large enemy landing craft, damaged four more, scattered a truck convoy, and disrupted North Vietnamese ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1967
HMAS ANZAC, (Battle class destroyer), represented Australia at the coronation of King Taufa Ahou Toupou IV, of Tonga. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1967
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (oceanographic survey ship), reported possible new sources of food in samples taken at depths of 7,300 m, off Noumea. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 May 1967
North Vietnamese shore batteries fired on HMAS HOBART, and USS FECHTELER, (destroyers), in the Bay of Brandon area, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was fired on by 15 enemy coastal batteries while attacking Vietnamese positions at True Li, Vietnam. Thirty-five enemy shells landed within 50 metres of the ...
Australian Naval History on 11 May 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was bracketed by 50 shells from North Vietnamese coastal batteries at Kien Giang, Vietnam. HOBART replied with 67 rounds of rapid fire, and withdrew undamaged. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 May 1967
HMAS BOONAROO, (ammunition supply ship), was paid off and returned to her owners. ...