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Lae is a city on the north coast of Papua New Guinea with a population of approx 100,000.
Lae is at the start of the Highlands Highway which is the main land transport corridor from the Highlands region to the coast.
Ka Lae, also known as South Point, is the southernmost point on the island of Hawai'i, and is also the southernmost point in the United States, at an approximate latitude of nineteen degrees north.
HMASLae (P-93) was an Attack class patrol boat built by Walkers of Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 5 October 1967 and commissioned on 3 April 1968.
Lae paid off on 14 November 1974 and was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the town of Lae in New Guinea.
The first HMASLae (L-3035) was a Mark III Tank Landing Ship built by Denny Brothers at Dumbarton in Scotland and launched on 24 October1944.
The second Lae was an Attack class patrol boat.
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HMAS Bandolier (16/11/73) and HMAS Archer (21/10/74) were given to Indonesia on the dates shown.
Five boats, HMAS Aitape, HMASLaeHMAS Madang, HMAS Ladava and HMAS Samarai which were all part of the Papua New Guinea division of the RAN were all given to Papua New Guinea on 14 November 1974, presumably to assist them as they became a new nation the next year.
Today, HMAS Advance is on display at the National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, Sydney (next to the Pyrmont Bridge) and HMAS Ardent is in Darwin as a memorial.
Having survived the Battle of the Java Sea HMAS Perth and the United States Cruiser Houston were sunk in a battle against overwhelming Japanese forces off the western tip of Java.
Lae and Salamaua were occupied by the Japanese to provide defensive depth for their important air and sea base at Rabaul.
HMA ships Perth, Vendetta and Stuart were among 13 Allied ships involved in the battle which saw the loss of five Italian ships and 1,230 men.
HMAS Adelaide launched first of 4 FFG's built in USA.
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The HMAS AUSTRALIA, later was attacked and hit again FIVE times by Kamikaze aircraft in 1944-1945 - attaining the uneviable record surviving the most number of Kamikaze strikes on any one ship during the Second World War.
In March 1944 he assumed command of HMAS Australia and took part in the Hollandia landings and the bombardment of Wakde and Aitape, and the landings at Biak, Noemfoor and Morotai.
HMAS Australia showing damage incurred from attacks by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft in Lingayen Gulf during the Luzon campaign.
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HMAS Kanimbla (L-51), a converted tank landing ship (LST) currently in commission as an amphibious transport ship (LPA).
The first HMAS Kanimbla (1936) was laid down as a motor vessel for McIlwraith McEachern Limited by Harland and Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland in July 1933, launched on 15 December 1935 and completed on 26 April 1936.
The ship operated a passenger service between Cairns in Queensland and Fremantle in Western Australia until the outbreak of World War II when she was converted to an armed merchant cruiser at Sydney and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Kanimbla on 6 September 1939.
CMDR Bill Van Boheemen aboard HMAS Kanimbla after 40 years of service in the RAN he has decided to retire.
His career highlights include having his first Charge job at age 22 onboard HMASLae (an Attack Class Patrol Boat based in PNG), being promoted as an SD to SBLT in 1976; this saw him off to England for 12 months.
He was the arresters engineer in HMAS Melbourne (1977-78), marine engineering officer (MEO) in HMA Ships Vampire and Perth, and finally serving as the engineer officer (EO) in Kanimbla.
Keke was flown out of the village by a helicopter and taken onboard the command Australian warship the HMAS Manoora for his own safety.
THE Lae District Land Court has confirmed customary ownership of Lae city land to clans of Butibam and Kamkumung.
It was a proud moment for the International School of Lae last week as they gathered during a special assembly to laud the school and students’ success in the recent Cairns Writing Competition and the Cairns Eisteddfod.
HMAS Parramatta, Waterhen, Vendetta, Voyager, Vampire, Yarra, Nizam and Napier all involved
Japanese convoy bound for Lae intercepted by American and RAAF aircraft All eight troop transports as well as four of the eight escorting destroyers were sunk
Australian LSI Manoora, Kanimbla and Westralia involved along with HMAS Shropshire, Australia, Arunta, Warramanga and Gascoyne.
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Lae is a city in eastern Papua New Guinea with a population of 80,655 (1990).
Lae is home to air transport lines into nearby
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