HMAS Arunta (I)

HMAS Arunta (l) was the first of three Tribal Class destroyers built at Cockatoo Dockyard during World War 2. Arunta began escorting convoys and other shipping between Australia and New Guinea. Arunta (I) served with distinction in New Guinea and the Pacific from 1942 to 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, and Lingayen Gulf in 1945.