HMAS Perth

HMAS Perth and HMAS Brisbane in 1995

The Perth class is the name given to the modified Charles F. Adams class destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy. The three Perth class vessels were the first warships in the Royal Australian Navy to be equipped with guided missiles. Based on the Charles F. Adams class of guided missile destroyer of the US Navy, the class came about from a requirement for the RAN to purchase guided missile armed vessels; traditionally the RAN up to then had purchased designs based on those of the Royal Navy. However, the "County" class destroyer entering service in the RN provoked doubts, especially regarding its Seaslug missile system. As a consequence, the RAN looked elsewhere for a design that met their specifically Australian requirements, and led to the government ordering two modified Charles F. Adams class destroyers from Defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan in January 1962, with a third ordered in June 1963: Image File history File links Perth_sydbridge. ... Image File history File links Perth_sydbridge. ... Image File history File links Perth_Class. ... Image File history File links Perth_Class. ... The class of guided missile destroyers was a group of twenty-nine built between 1958 and 1967. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... This article or section should be merged with Missile guidance A guided missile is a military rocket that can be directed in flight to change its flight path. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... HMS Devonshire The County class destroyers were large vessels built by the Royal Navy around the Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile system. ... Harry J. Defoe organized the Defoe Boat and Motor Works in 1905 on the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan. ... Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

• HMAS Perth
• HMAS Hobart
• HMAS Brisbane

The main modification from the American ships being built at the same time was the addition of two broad deckhouses between the funnels for the Ikara ASW missile system, and having a single arm missile launcher rather than a twin arm launcher. The ships were the first of a series of American designs to enter service in the RAN. The second HMAS Perth (D-38/38) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer, laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Company at Bay City, Michigan, USA on 21 September 1962, launched on 26 September 1963, and commissioned on 17 July 1965. ... HMAS Hobart (D-39) was a Perth class guided missile armed destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. ... See HMAS Brisbane for other ships of this name. ... The Ikara missile was an Australian ship-launched anti-submarine missile, named after an Australian Aborigine word for a throwing stick. It was powered by a solid-fuel rocket engine and guided by radio until it was commanded to the vicinity of the submarine release the Mark 44 or Mark...

Once commissioned, all three units served in the Vietnam War as part of the US Seventh Fleet, providing both area air defence for the US aircraft carriers and naval gunfire support for troops inland. For their service in Vietnam, both Perth and Hobart were awarded unit decorations by the United States. Brisbane also served as part of the RAN commitment to the Gulf War in 1991. In 1993, the Charles F. Adams class destroyer USS Goldsborough, which had been recently decommissioned by the US Navy, was purchased by the RAN as a spares hulk for the three Perth class units. All three units were decommissioned between 1999 and 2001. Following their withdrawal, all three were sunk as dive wrecks off the coast of Australia. Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead... The United States 7th Fleet is a naval military unit based in Yokosuka, Japan. ... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush Norman Schwarzkopf Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also called... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), named for Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough USN (1805–1877), was a -class guided missile armed destroyer. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Specifications

• Displacement: 4,720 tons
• Dimensions: length 133.2 metres, beam 14.3 metres, draught 6.1 metres
• Armament:
  • 2 x 127 mm (5") mark 42 mod 10 automatic rapid fire guns
  • 1 x Mk13 single arm launcher for SM-1 missile (initially Tartar)
  • 2 x Ikara ASW missile systems (removed 1989-1991)
  • 2 x Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx (rotated between ships)
  • 2 x triple 324mm torpedo tubes
• Propulsion: 2 x GE steam turbines; 2 shafts; 70,000 shaft horse power (52 MW)
• Speed: 30+ knots

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Ships

Note 1: The ex-USS Goldsborough was purchased by the RAN as a source of spares for its three units. The ship was never officially part of the RAN fleet.
Note 2: The Goldsborough never received an official pennant number. The RAN crew assigned with identifying usable equipment painted the number "40" on the ship's bow, to fill in the missing number^[1] The second HMAS Perth (D-38/38) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer, laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Company at Bay City, Michigan, USA on 21 September 1962, launched on 26 September 1963, and commissioned on 17 July 1965. ... Harry J. Defoe organized the Defoe Boat and Motor Works in 1905 on the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan. ... Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... HMAS Kuttabul badge The second HMAS Kuttabul is the name given to the administrative centre of the Royal Australian Navys main naval base on the east coast at Garden Island in Sydney (Fleet Base East). ... HMAS Hobart (D-39) was a Perth class guided missile armed destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), named for Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough USN (1805–1877), was a -class guided missile armed destroyer. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... See HMAS Brisbane for other ships of this name. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... HMS Leeds Castle, launched in 1943 as a corvette with pennant number K384, was redesignated a frigate in 1948 and given the new flag superior F as seen here. ...

Replacement

There was no direct replacement of the Perth class following their withdrawal from service, with the area air defence role instead taken by the Adelaide class guided missile frigate, armed with the SM-1 missile. However, the Sea 4000 Project will see the construction of three brand new air defence destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat system, to enter service from 2013. Two of these units will be named Hobart and Brisbane.
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