A Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashed into the foremast of HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), killing 30 officers and ratings, including CAPT E. F. V. Dechaineux, RAN, AUSTRALIA’s commanding officer. Sixty-four officers and ...
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Australian Naval History on 20 October 1944
HMAS Glenelg was able to render signal aid to a sorely harassed American patrol at the mouth of the Woske River near Maffin Bay, Dutch New Guinea. While proceeding close ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1944
The Fremantle-based Dutch submarine ZWAARDFISCH sank the ITSUKUSHIMA, Japan’s largest minelayer. The American tanker YORK landed survivors from HMAS GEELONG at Langemak, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1944
HMAS GEELONG, (minesweeper), was sunk in a collision with the US tanker YORK, off Langemak, New Guinea. CAPT H. Birkland of the YORK reported in his log:- ‘We struck the ...
Australian Naval History on 17 October 1944
HMA Ships NORMAN and QUIBERON, (destroyers), operated with Force 63 in Operation Millet, the air strike and bombardment of the Nicobar Islands. LCDR J. M. Alliston, RN, assumed command of ...
Australian Naval History on 15 October 1944
The destroyer HMAS VENDETTA, (LEUT W. F. Cook, RAN), sloop, HMAS SWAN, (LCDR D. W. Hodges, RANR), frigate, HMAS BARCOO, (LCDR C. G. Hill, RANR), and ML802, (LEUT V. T. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 October 1944
US Ships CANBERRA and HOUSTON, (cruisers), were torpedoed off Leyte. USS CANBERRA was named in honour of HMAS CANBERRA, (cruiser), lost at Savo Island in 1942, and USS HOUSTON was ...
Australian Naval History on 1 October 1944
HM Ships GLENEARN and LOTHIAN, the first RN landing ships to operate in the Pacific, joined HMAS WESTRALIA, (landing ship infantry), at Humboldt Bay. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1944
HMS TERRIBLE, (aircraft carrier, later HMAS SYDNEY), was launched at Devonport, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 September 1944
Former HMAS Uki transferred back to the RAN by USN and subsequently returned to her owners on 27 October 1944. ...