Perth class

This article covers the Australian Navy's guided missile destroyers of 1965; for the light cruiser class modified from the British Leander class and also called Perth class, see Leander class (1929)

Perth class

The HMAS Perth at sea in 1980.

Ship data country  Australia Ship type Guided missile destroyer Construction period 1962 to 1967 Launch of the type ship September 28, 1963 Units built 3 period of service 1965 to 2001

Ship dimensions and crew length 133.2 m ( Lüa ) width 14.3 m Draft Max. 6.1 m displacement 4,500 t   crew 383

Machine system machine 2 × steam turbines Machine performance 70,000 PS (51,485 kW) Top speed 30 kn (56 km / h) propeller 2

The Perth-class was a class of three guided missile destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy . Three units of this modification of the American Charles F. Adams class were built.

history

The first two units of the Perth class were commissioned in early 1962, a third in June 1963. These units were from the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City , Michigan made. The cost was $ 45 million per unit. The commissioning took place in 1965 and 1966. The three units were the first Australian ships with guided missiles and also the first order for American marine designs. British ships had previously been bought.

The three units were used in the Vietnam War , and another in the Second Gulf War .

In 1993, the American sister ship USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) was acquired by RAN to serve as a spare parts donor, but it was never officially put into service. The three units were decommissioned around the turn of the millennium and were sunk off the coast as diving wrecks. The Goldsborough was canceled in India.

The destroyers were replaced by the ANZAC-class guided missile frigates .

units

Identifier	Surname	Shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning	Decommissioning
D 38	HMAS Perth (II)	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City	September 21, 1962	September 28, 1963	July 17, 1965	October 15, 1999
D 39	HMAS Hobart (II)		October 26, 1962	January 9, 1964	December 18, 1965	May 12, 2000
D 41	HMAS Brisbane (II)		February 15, 1965	May 5th 1966	December 16, 1967	October 19, 2001

technology

The technical data largely correspond to those of their American counterparts. Only some of the weapons on board were exchanged. The American ASROC missile torpedo system was replaced by a similar system made in Australia. This launch system, called Ikara , has similar performance data, but also required a redesign of the installation site. Two deckhouses had to be installed between the front superstructure and the chimney. The guided missile starter for the RIM-24 Tartar and the Mark-42 multi-purpose guns were retained.

Web links

Commons : Perth Class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website for historical ships of the RAN

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HMAS Hobart Assosiciation. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .