HMAS PERTH D 38

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Perth Class Guided Missile Destroyer
    During construction, she was assigned the USN hull number DDG-25
    Keel Laid 21 September 1962 - Launched 26 September 1963

  1. HMAS PERTH D 38 (Australian Naval Service)
    Commissioned 17 July 1965 - Decommissioned 15 October 1999

    Sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Albany, Western Australia in 2001

Naval Covers

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Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. HMAS Perth D 38 Covers Page 1     (1969)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Incomplete
Unreadable

1969-07-29

Captain's Marking

 

Other Information

HMAS PERTH earned the following Battle honours: Atlantic 1939, Malta Convoys 1941, Matapan 1941, Greece 1941, Crete 1941, Mediterranean 1941, Pacific 1941–42, Sunda Strait 1942 and Vietnam 1967–71.
Perth also earned the following Awards: Navy Unit Commendation (US) and Meritorious Unit Commendation (US).

NAMESAKE - Named after the City of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia.

Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have bourne the name PERTH - HMAS Perth D29, HMAS Perth D38, and HMAS Perth FFH157.

 


 

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