On This Day
1976-1999 > Post Vietnam
On This Day - 1976-1999
- September 8, 2019
The decommissioned USS Goldsborough arrived at Garden Island after purchase from the USN for equipment to establish training facilities for maintenance personnel and spare parts for RAN DDGs
- September 8, 2019
HMAS Swan becomes the first RAN ship to visit China in 32 years, docking at Shangahi.
- August 3, 2019
The decommissioned USS Goldsborough arrived at Garden Island after purchase from the USN for equipment to establish training facilities for maintenance personnel and spare parts for RAN DDGs
- November 9, 2009
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 commenced flying for the R.A.N. Hydrography Institute.
- October 15, 1999
The guided missile destroyer HMAS PERTH, (CAPT L. Rago, RAN), was decommissioned at Sydney after a career spanning 34 years. She was the first of the three DDG’s to be paid off, and was eventually sunk as a dive wreck near Seal Rock, Albany, WA.