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	HMAS Hobart (1939) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hobart was the second of its class to be modified for Australian service, and the first to be named after the city of Hobart in Tasmania.
		She missed sailling with the rest of the attack force heading for the Battle of the Java Sea because of damage suffered by the tanker that she was refueling from.
		Hobart was damaged by a torpedo in July 1943 in the Solomons, and was taken out of service for repairs and modernisation at the Cockatoo Docks in Sydney.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Hobart_(1939) (378 words)

	Short History of HMAS Hobart
		Hobart joined the escort on 1st Feb 1940 for the Colombo to Suez leg of the first troop convoy from Australia and New Zealand to the Middle East.
		On 15th Aug Hobart led the force evacuating Empire troops from Berbera, and on the 19th she shelled the port installations as the Italians entered the town.
		At dawn on the 28th, Hobart and her outdated companions passed through the Sunda Strait - the same waters in which her sister Perth would be sunk at the end of the day, and already containing the litter and wreckage of battle.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-hobart/short_history.htm (1130 words)

	hobart
		Hobart was initially assigned to the centre zone of the three DMZ NGFS areas, but also took responsibility for the southern zone on the 11th when Edson sailed south for NGFS near Hue.
		Hobart's bombardment of Viet Cong base camps and concentration areas in the Long Hai hills east of Vung Tau was probably the first occasion that an Australian warship had fired in support of the Australian Army in the field since the Korean War, and perhaps since World War II.
		On September 25, Hobart was relieved by USS Bone (DD 704) and handed over to HMAS Perth at Subic Bay on the 29th, having fired 16,370 rounds and steamed 44,579 miles in the 117 days of her deployment and having come under fire.
	www.hotkey.net.au /~marshalle/navy/hobart.htm (2883 words)

	HMAS HOBART
		HMAS Hobart was built by Defoe Shipbuilding in Bay City, Michigan and launched on the 9
		HMAS Hobart is one of three Perth class Guided Missile Destroyers purchased from the US in the mid to late sixties.
		Hobart has been part of several joint service exercises and earned the nickname ‘The Green Ghost’.This was a response to her habit of disappearing from radar screens at critical times.
	www.qsl.net /anars/hmas_hobart.htm (1527 words)

	Sea Power Centre - Australia
		HOBART was at Aden when Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and her first shots against an enemy were fired two days later when her anti-aircraft guns opened fire on three Italian aircraft during a raid on Aden.
		HOBART was operational headquarters for the evacuation and in common with other ships concerned, her personnel had many and varied occupations during the operation.
		HOBART was fuelling at Tandjong Priok on 25 February 1942 when 27 bombers attacked her and the tanker from which she was fuelling.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/hobart1.html (1627 words)

	About HMAS Hobart
		She was commissioned as HMAS Hobart on 28th September 1938.
		At he outbreak of WW2 HMAS Hobart was in Sydney town, she put to sea and patrolled the eastern seaboard, This was followed by a very distinguished wartime career which took her to the Indian ocean, Mediterranean, Red Sea and Pacific.
		HMAS Hobart completed three 6 month tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam in 1967, 1968 and 1970.
	www.hmashobartasswa.com /hobart.html (278 words)

	Australian Navy Ships--HMAS Hobart and HMS Apollo (1936-1962)
		Transferred to Australia in late September 1938, she was then renamed HMAS Hobart and served in Australian waters during the remaining peacetime months.
		HMAS Hobart was sold for scrapping in February 1962 and was subsequently broken up in Japan.
		HMAS Hobart and HMS Apollo -- On Board and Miscellaneous Views.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/austral/aussh-hl/hobart.htm (702 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot HMAS Hobart Vietnam 1968
		Early on the morning of June 17th Hobart detected an aircraft approaching her from the vicinity of Cap Lay and evaluated it as 'friendly'.
		In the meantime whilst Hobart had been trying to establish the identity of the aircraft it launched a missile which hit her amidships on the starboard side, immediately aft of the boat davit.
		On the 16th USS PCF19 was sunk near the DMZ with 5 killed and on the 17th Hobart, Boston and Edson were attacked.
	www.gunplot.net /vietnam/hobartvietnam.html (894 words)

	The 60th Anniversary of the Torpedoeing of the HMAS Hobart on 20 July 1943
		In the clear, early evening of 20 July 1943, HMAS Hobart and the Allied ships of Task Force 74 were heading through waters near the Solomon Islands en route to Esperitu Santo when a sudden explosion ripped into the port side of Hobart.
		Hobart lost thirteen of her crew in the attack and one American officer who was on board; seven others were badly injured.
		The torpedo fired by the Japanese submarine damaged the keel and hull of HMAS Hobart.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/news/hobart.htm (1000 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot World War 2 Crusiers
		HMAS SYDNEY returns to Sydney, Australia after a triumphant tour of duty in the Mediterranean, where, included in her famous victories was the Sinking of Italian Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni on the 19th July 1940.
		Hobart's refit in Devonport in the latter part of 1942 saw her catapult removed and the addition of 1 single and 5 twin 20mm Oelikons.
		Hobart was struck by one torpedo causing considerable damage along with killing 7 Officers and Six Sailors.
	www.gunplot.net /shipgallery/ww2cruisers/ww2cruisers2.html (1003 words)

	Underwater Sports Diving Centre: Dive South Australias premiere wreck site, the ex HMAS Hobart, Yankalilla
		The exHMAS Hobart was known as the "Green Ghost" due to her speed, which made her appear to be able to be in several places at once.
		The HMAS Hobart was a Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer in the Royal Australia Navy (DDG 39), built in the United States of America and commissioned in 1965 in Boston.
		HMAS Hobart completed three tours of duty off South Vietnam in 1967, 1968 and 1970 with each tour being 6 months in duration.
	www.underwatersports.com.au /HMASHobart.html (682 words)

	Dive the Ex - HMAS Hobart Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Hobart was awarded a US Navy Unit commendation for her 1967 service with the Seventh Fleet.
		The HMAS hobart was decomissioned on the 12th of May 2000, She was been then towed to SOUTH AUSTRALIA where she was prepared to be scuttled at in Yankalilla Bay off the southern coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula.
		The HMAS Hobart was finally scuttled on the 5th of November 2002 after many delays.
	www.greenghostdive.com.au /hobart.htm (565 words)

	HMAS Hobart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Hobart was a Leander class light cruiser, obtained from the Royal Navy as HMS Apollo and renamed.
		The second Hobart was a Perth class guided missile armed destroyer launched on 9 January 1964.
		The third Hobart will be one of the new Aegis-guided Australian air warfare destroyers, scheduled to enter service around 2013.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Hobart (158 words)

	Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - HMAS Hobart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		HMAS Hobart was one of three "Charles F. Adams" class guided missile destroyers (DDG) built for the Royal Australian Navy.
		HMAS Hobart arrived in Subic Bay on 19 June 1968 where the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPAFLT), Admiral J.J. Hyland, USN, and Admiral Ulysses S. Grant Sharp, USN (don't you just love American names!!), Commander in Chief of the US Forces in the Pacific, examined the damage.
		HMAS Hobart is the most intact of the three, with both guns, the missile system and the bridge intact.
	www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info /articles/hobart.htm (1343 words)

	Australian Order Of Battle For Vietnam War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		HMAS Perth - 3 Tours 2nd September 1967 - 10th April 1968 14th September 1968 - 20th April 1969 14th September 1970 - 8th April 1971 On 18th October 1967, during her first deployment, Perth was hit by an artillery shell which penetrated one deck.
		HMAS Hobart - 3 Tours 7th March 1967 - 27th September l967 22nd March 1968 - 11th October 1968 6th March 1970 - 17th October 1970 Between 1967 and 1971, Australian destroyers were attached to the United States Seventh fleet for six-month tours of duty.
		HMAS Vendetta 15th September 1969 - 11th April 1970 HMAS Vendetta was the only Australian-built warship to serve in Vietnam and was the first Australian Daring Class destroyer to see active service.
	remlr.150m.com /vorders.html (1596 words)

	ABC Western Australia » Defence Forces Contingent - Navy
		The ex HMAS Sydney (WA) Association are mainly Western Australian sailors that served in the Royal Australian Navy's cruiser HMAS Sydney from her commissioning in 1935, in her service in Australian waters, and during her service in the Mediterranean, during 1940/1941.
		HMAS Bataan was originally to be called the Tribal class destroyer Kurnai but in honour of the battle for Bataan Island being waged, was renamed HMAS Bataan.
		HMAS SYDNEY was deployed on 25 missions to Vietnam over seven years and covered 346000 miles carrying 16094 troops, 2337 vehicles and 5753 tons of cargo.
	www.abc.net.au /wa/anzac/sea.htm (3355 words)

	HMAS Hobart Association of Australia
		In 1968 Lamb’s served on HMAS Hobart and up until his death this year 14/02/2004 was the Vice President of the Hobart association.
		Lamb’s was a Stoker in the navy as well as being a cuff rate Ships Diver which is what led him to his early discharge from the navy after a diving accident in 1973 onboard HMAS Torrens which resulted in him breaking his neck and being discharged from the RAN in early 1974.
		Lamb’s ashes were spread from HMAS Success in Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii the navy choosing the place for its naval significants as it is where Captain Cook met his end 225 years earlier to the day of Jeffs death.
	www.hmashobartasswa.com (488 words)

	AUFORN Compiled Sighting Reports Issue 42. Special Report May 2004
		At 3.30am HMAS Hobart was also struck by three air-to-air missiles and badly damaged, and two crewmen, Ordinary Seaman RJ Butterworth and Chief Electrician Hunt, were killed and several others were wounded.
		I was the CPOCOXSWAIN in HMAS HOBART from 93 to 95 and again from 98 till her final de-commissioning and do not remember any such discussion during that time re a Leading Signalman ghost.
		The HMAS Hobart tragedy mars an otherwise stellar performance during a difficult historical period, by the Royal Australian Navy.
	www.ufoinfo.com /ufoicq/special.shtml (2747 words)

	Navy ship HMAS Hobart hit during Vietnam UFO encounter? - DMZ, Viet Nam - June 15, 1968 - UFO Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In June 1968 Australia was dismayed by the news that the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart had been badly damaged by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam: Two crew died and seven were wounded during the USAF attack.
		At about 3.30am, the Hobart was patrolling (fled-out and maintaining radio silence) near Tiger Island, about 20kms off Cap Lay, when her radar room detected a fast, in-coming aircraft.
		Hobart served out three tours of duty in Vietnam, however it seems after 1968 she had an extra crewman.
	www.ufoevidence.org /cases/case60.htm (2275 words)

	Australians at War
		HMAS Brisbane [II] (1966) was the second vessel of that name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy.
		(The other two were HMAS Hobart and HMAS Perth.) These ships cost $40 million each (or $50 million with missiles) and were the first major Australian warships designed and built in America.
		HMAS Brisbane docked in Dubai, Persian Gulf, January 1991.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/hmas_brisbane.htm (499 words)

	HMAS HOBART - DDG39
		After HMAS Hobart was fired upon by the US Air Force, We (USS FALGOUT DER 324)had the sad duty to return two sailors who were killed in that attack back to there home in Brisbane.
		I have been talking with a member of the Naval Cadet unit here in Brisbane and was wondering if anyone had heard of a Day Cruise being organised onboard HMAS Hobart prior to decommissioning for ex-service personnel who served on her.
		Ex HMAS Hobart second deployment to Vietnam and lookin for old mates from the green empire.
	www.geocities.com /davobj/geobook.html (916 words)

	HMAS Hobart
		HMAS Hobart, Initially was to be called HMS Apollo.
		HMAS Hobart was finally scrapped in Japan March 1962.
		H.M.A.S Hobart glides past Mount Fuji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hmas_hobart.htm (526 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 [Australian War Memorial]
		The Japanese plans were uncovered by signals intelligence and the Allies countered with a force built around the carriers Yorktown and Lexington.
		Meanwhile the two opposing carrier forces fought a battle in which Lexington was lost and Yorktown, Zuikaku and Shokaku were heavily damaged.
		Aerial port side view of the cruiser HMAS Hobart.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/coral_sea/index.htm (232 words)

	Australian Cruisers
		HMAS Canberra, along with her sister ship, HMAS Australia, HMAS Canberra were built for the Australian navy.
		During the Battle at Savo island HMAS Canberra was hit by over twenty 8-inch to 4.7-inch shells which completely disabled her and was finally abandoned 5 hours later when she was listing some 30% and with fires which were burning out of control she was eventually scuttled 2 hours later.
		HMAS Melbourne was built by Cammell Laird as part of the Chatham Class light cruisers and transferred to Australian Navy along with HMAS Sydney.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /australian_cruisers.htm (853 words)

	United States Navy Commendation to HMAS Hobart
		As an element of Task Unit 70.8.9 HMAS HOBART provided Naval Gunfire Support for United States and Allied Forces ashore in the Republic of Vietnam, and as an element of Task Group 77.1 in the Gulf of Tonkin, supported Naval Operations against North Vietnamese logistics groups and lines of communications.
		Undeterred by frequent, vigorous, accurate enemy shore fire, HOBART was responsible for the destruction of numerous enemy installations, earning an enviable reputation as an Aggressive Eager and Dauntless Member of the US Seventh Fleet.
		The outstanding Team Work, Courage and Professionalism displayed by HOBART Officers and Men reflect Great Credit upon themselves and the Royal Australian Navy and were in keeping with the Highest Traditions of the Naval Service.
	www.vvaa.org.au /hobart.htm (304 words)

	HMAS HOBART
		The former HMAS Hobart was a Charles F Adams class destroyer commissioned in December 1965.
		The HMAS Hobart tied up at Dock 1, Port Adelaide, prior to extensive alterations in preparation for scuttling.
		After numerous delays and beurocratic obstacles, it now seems certain that the Hobart will be sunk late in 2002 in approx 30m of water off Wirrina, one and a half hours drive south of Adelaide.
	users.bigpond.net.au /harry_online/hmas_hobart.htm (212 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		That night Fletcher, mindful that his primary role was to protect Port Moresby, took the difficult decision to detach the Allies' main surface fleet, under the Australian Rear Admiral John Crace, to block the probable course of an invasion fleet.
		Crace's force consisted of the cruisers HMAS Australia, USS Chicago, HMAS Hobart, and the destroyers USS Perkins, USS Walke and USS Farragut.
		Fletcher and Crace knew that exposing surface ships to attack by land-based aircraft, without air cover was to risk a repeat of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse five months before.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_coral_sea (1689 words)

	Hobart says goodbye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		HOBART returned to Fleet Base East to take part in a large "open house." More than 11,000 people attended with thousands visiting the DDG.
		HOBART was laid down at the Defoe shipyard in the US on October 26, 1962.
		She was launched on January 9 1964 and commissioned into the RAN on December 18 1965.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/EDITIONS/2000/03_20_00/story03.htm (303 words)

	ADF Serials - RAAF A2 Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus
		HMAS Australia 075 (9.9.35), damaged 26.3.36, Supermarine (31.3.36 for repairs), HMAS Hobart (27.10.38), damaged 15.11.38 Malta, RAAF Richmond (21.12.38), HMAS Canberra (6.2.39), HMAS Richmond (5.5.39), HMAS Canberra (13.7.39).
		HMAS Sydney (23.9.40), QANTAS Rose Bay (21.2.41 repairs), HMAS Sydney (1.3.41), lost when ship was sunk by German raider Kormoran 19.11.41, 130 miles SW of Carnarvon, WA, SOC 23.1.42.
		HMAS Hobart (6.6.40), RAAF Pearce (17.12.40), HMAS Canberra (15.1.41 for return to Colombo), returned to RN charge 23.10.41.
	www.adf-serials.com /2a2.shtml (2031 words)

	HMAS Kanimbla Cruise Photo Gallery 3 Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		As soon as Hobart drew alongside, a line is fired to Hobart from the foredeck of Kanimbla by the fellow with the SLR rifle.
		On the other side of the fence, Hobart's crew attach the line which is used to mark and maintain the distance between the two ships for the duration of the transfer.
		Hobart's skipper is seen here (in the white shirt) carefully watching the transfer take place whilst the crew and seariders look on.
	www.sutcliffegallery.com.au /kanimbla/photo3II.htm (904 words)

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