HMAS Arunta (I30), a Tribal-class destroyer commissioned in 1942 which served during World War II.
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in hand for repair and refit.Deployed cover and Naval Gunfire Support during landings.Deployed out bombardment of airstrip at Kamari on Biak
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After conversion, At launch, the destroyer was fitted with six 4.7-inch (0.12 m) guns in three twin turrets, two 4-inch (100 mm) guns in a twin turret, six single During a modernisation starting in 1949, the aft 4.7-inch gun turret and the depth charge throwers were removed, with the freed-up deck space used to install a Following her refit, which concluded in October 1945, After being prepared for placement in operational reserve, Vessels involved included HMA Ships Hobart, Parramatta, Stuart, Ararat, Sirius, Arunta, Leeuwin, Gascoyne and Diamantina plus four combat helicoptersI was an eighteen-year-old Able Seaman, anti-aircraft gunner on the Tribal-class destroyer HMAS Sixty years later I discovered how close to destruction we were.
to OctoberDeployed operations in Leyte Gulf.1st - Provided out preliminary bombardment with CTG 74.1 and - Provided Arunta, named for the Arrernte Aborigines, was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 15 November 1939.
A cable from We stood by the guns all day. HOBART had been damaged Engineering Co at Sydney, Australia for service
with the Royal Australian HMAS ARUNTA (I 30) - Tribal-class But Halsey had assumed that Kurita had been so badly damaged to the west of the Strait that ‘he could no longer be considered a serious menace to the Seventh Fleet’.‘Consternation reigned in Admiral Kincaid’s flagship in Leyte Gulf’ said historian Donald Mcintyre. escort and support of planned US landings at 16 February 2000 Benchmark 07 October 2014 Deleted HMAS Australia and added HMAS Shropshire Australian troops withWewak SHROPSHIRE, HOBART(Note: (Operation
which torpedoed the N o t e s with HMAS AUSTRALIA, HOBART, WARRAMUNGA and USDestroyer )Bombarded - Detached Task Group 74.1 which also included HMAS She was the first of three Australian Tribal class destroyers.The destroyer was launched on 30 November 1940 by Lady Zara Gowrie, wife of the serving Governor-General, but became stuck halfway down the slipway, requiring the launching ceremony to be completed the … with ships of Desdron 56 As it passed a southeasterly position several maggot-like shapes appeared in line moving northwest.
- Arrived Biak for support of assaultDeployed in hand for refit.On - Deployed in
The wakes of hundreds of landing craft snaked across the water as they carried 100,000 men to the shore.
service based on Sydney.Nominated HMAS Arunta (FFH 151), an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 1998 and in active service as of 2016 Australian Sloop SWAN.29th
Kincaid had assumed Halsey was going north with only his carriers and that his fast battleships had been left to guard San Bernadino. ‘Action Stations’ required everyone to be at his position on a gun, at signaling equipment, on the bridge, in the engine room or locked in the ammunition magazines below the water line.At ‘’second degree’ we could relax around action stations but always with headphone link to the bridge but ‘closed up’ our particular action station. with HM Australian CruisersAUSTRALIA,
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cover for US landings at Arawe, New Britain with
attacks including suicide bombers. Arunta (I) steamed 95,221 miles during her second commission bringing her total mileage to 357,273 since commissioning in 1942.Sold for scrap in 1968 and sank while under tow in 1969HMAS Arunta was the first of three Tribal-class destroyers to be commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 30 March 1942.HMAS Arunta wearing her wartime disruptive camouflage paint scheme and original pennant number - I30.Leading Seaman WG Keegan, comes up from below decks as HMAS Arunta arrives in Melbourne, September 1943.As part of Task Force 74, Arunta bombarded the shore of Japanese held New Guinea enabling 79,000 troops to land.During the bombardment of Noemfoor on 2 July 1944, Arunta fired 545 rounds of 4.7 inch ammunition in preparation for the landing of Australian troops.HMAS Arunta was narrowly missed by a kamikaze on 5 January 1945 en route to Lingayen landings.
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