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 HMAS Brisbane in 1995 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Royal Australian Navy | |
| Namesake | City of Brisbane |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 15 February 1965 |
| Launched | 5 May 1966 |
| Commissioned | 16 December 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 19 October 2001 |
| Motto | "We Aim At Higher Things" |
| Nickname(s) | list error: <br /> list (help) Steel Cat Fighting Forty-One The Five Mile Sniper |
| Honours and awards | list error: <br /> list (help) Battle honours: Vietnam 1969-71 Kuwait 1990-91 plus one inherited honour [1][2]Awards: Meritorious Unit Citation |
| Fate | Sunk as dive wreck |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Perth class guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,600 tons |
| Length | 134 metres (440 ft) |
| Beam | 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Draught | 6 metres (20 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × General Electric steam turbines providing 70,000 hp (52 mW) |
| Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 330 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) Mk 13 Mod 6 launcher for SM-1MR
2 x 127 mm/54 (5 in/54) Mk 42 |
HMAS Brisbane (D 41) was one of three Perth class guided missile destroyers to serve in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The United States-designed ship was laid down at Bay City, Michigan in 1965, launched in 1966 and commissioned into the RAN in 1967.
During her career, Brisbane served on the gun line during the Vietnam War, was involved in the post-Cyclone Tracy disaster relief operation Navy Help Darwin, and deployed to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War.
Brisbane was decommissioned in 2001, and was sunk as a dive wreck off the Queensland coast in 2005.
Brisbane was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding CompanyatBay City, Michigan in the United States of America, on 15 February 1965. The ship was launched on 5 May 1966, and christened by the wife of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, who delivered a message to the United States and to the builders at the shipyard thanking them for their efforts. Over 5,000 people witnessed the launching.
While the ship was building, many crew members came to Bay City to train on the ship and prepare the ship for commissioning. Some brought along their wives and families with them. However, there was a housing shortage in the area at the time, so a call went out to local residents to assist in providing housing for these crewmen. Brisbane was commissioned into the RAN on 16 December 1967.
Her nickname was the Steel Cat, although she was also known as Fighting Forty-One (references to her ship's badge and pennant number respectively).[4]
Brisbane served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon and Market Time operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties, and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the Vietnam War. She also escorted the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne when participating in NATO exercises in the Atlantic.
During the night of 24–25 December 1974, Cyclone Tracy destroyed the city of Darwin. Brisbane’s crew were recalled immediately from leave, and the ship departed Sydney on 26 December in the company of Melbourne, which was loaded with relief supplies.[5][6] Brisbane was one of twelve RAN ships to be deployed as part of the largest peace-time rescue effort ever organised by the RAN: Operation Navy Help Darwin.[5][6]
In April 1976, Brisbane and HMNZS Canterbury were assigned to escort Melbourne during a five-month return trip to the United Kingdom for the Silver Jubilee Naval Review.[7] On 9 May, one of the carrier's Sea King helicopters was forced to ditch in the Indian Ocean: Brisbane successfully recovered the aircrew.[8]
Brisbane was one of two Australian warships that deployed in November 1990 to the Persian Gulf as a part of Operation Damask, the liberation of Kuwait. Brisbane underwent numerous modifications prior to her deployment; including the fitting of two Vulcan Phalanx Close-in weapon systems (via removal of the old P boats), the upgrading of technical communications systems, the installation of chaff] launchers, the fitting of extra detection aids, installation of armour around the outside rear of the operations room, and the fitting of radar-absorbent panels.
During this campaign Brisbane served in a number of roles, primarily, in the role of plane guard for the USS Midway Carrier Task Group (Battle Force Zulu), which operated in the Northern Persian Gulf. Brisbane deployed a number of Intelligence specialists as a part of her complement and members of the ship's company were trained to act as a boarding party for future likely boarding operations against commercial shipping involved in the movement of contraband. Brisbane also deployed three Clearance Divers to assist in the management of the sea mine threat and to lead boarding operations.
As a result of the professionalism of her crew in providing support to the Coalition Forces during this campaign, Brisbane was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation by the Australian Government.[9] Two other Royal Australian Navy units received the same award for recognition of professional services conducted during this campaign; they were the Guided Missile Frigate HMAS Sydney and the RAN Clearance Diving Team (Kuwait).
Brisbane paid off on 19 October 2001, and was marked to be sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Queensland. Her bridge and one of her 5-inch (127 mm) guns were removed and preserved at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, which were incorporated into the post-1945 galleries, which opened in 2007.
Brisbane was sunk approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) off the coast of Mudjimba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 31 July 2005 in 30 metres (98 ft) of water. Brisbane was filled with approximately 200 tonnes of concrete, and 38 small charges were detonated to breach the hull, the activation of which was performed by Queensland State Premier Peter Beattie. Brisbane sank in two and a half minutes. The top of her funnels can be seen lying just three metres below the water at low tide.
A 2009 study of the value of protected areas found that the wreck had contributed AU$18 million to the Sunshine Coast economy.[10] In July 2010, the Queensland State Government was forced to step up patrols of the wreck site because people were illegally using the dive exclusion zone as a fishing site.[11]
Citation: For meritorious operational service in the Persian Gulf during enforcement of sanctions in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and the subsequent period of hostilities against Iraq to liberate Kuwait in 1990-91.
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