HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), attacked enemy supply craft and a boat-building yard, on the Son Giang River, Vietnam. PO R. A. Donne, (RAN Clearance Diving Team 3), was wounded ...
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Australian Naval History on 31 October 1967
HMAS Melbourne departed from San Diego for the return journey to Australia after a journey to collect new FAA aircraft. She visited Pearl Harbor and Suva en route, and arrived ...
Australian Naval History on 24 October 1967
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), sank three enemy supply junks north of the Demilitarised Zone in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1967
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), was hit by Viet Cong batteries north of the Demilitarised Zone. Four of PERTH’s crew were wounded in the action. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1967
The guided missile destroyer HMAS PERTH, (CAPT P. H. Doyle, RAN), engaged enemy artillery batteries south of the demilitarised zone in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 September 1967
HMAS Perth (II) arrived off the coast of Vietnam on her first deployment as Australia’s contribution to the US 7th Fleet operation during the Vietnam War. As a unit of ...
Australian Naval History on 8 September 1967
The guided missile destroyer, HMAS PERTH, (CAPT P. H. Doyle, RAN), joined the US Seventh Fleet, for operations against North Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 August 1967
816 Squadron decommissioned while preparations were made to receive its new Grumman S-2E/G Tracker aircraft. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1967
HMAS PLATYPUS, the new RAN submarine base, was commissioned at Neutral Bay, Sydney, conjointly with the Australian Fourth Submarine Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1967
HMAS OXLEY, (Oberon class submarine), the first of eight to be built in Greenock, Scotland for the RAN, arrived in Brisbane. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1967
The second inquiry into the HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and USS FRANK E. EVANS, (destroyer), collision, continued in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 August 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), with US Ships ST PAUL and BLUE, were fired on by North Vietnamese coastal batteries near Cap Bang, Vietnam. Enemy shells landed within 50 metres ...
Australian Naval History on 29 July 1967
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. ...
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. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1967
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. D. Chipp, commended HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), on the rescue of a seriously ill scientist at Macquarie Island. PERTH steamed through heavy gales ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS COLLETT, came under fire from enemy coastal batteries off Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), came under North Vietnamese battery fire when she closed the coast to engage enemy barges. ...