HMAS Bataan (I91)
HMAS Bataan
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 Australia
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| Namesake: | Battle of Bataan |
| Builder: | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
| Laid down: | 18 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 15 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 October 1954 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
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| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,116 tons |
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| Beam: | 36.5 feet (11.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 × drum-type boilers, Parsons Impulse Reaction turbines, 44,000 shaft horsepower (33,000 kW), 2 propellers |
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| Complement: | 14 officers, 247 sailors |
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HMAS Bataan (D9/I91/D191) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Laid down in 1942 and commissioned in 1945, the destroyer was originally to be named Chingilli or Kurnai but was renamed prior to launch in honour of the US stand during the Battle of Bataan.
Although not completed in time to see combat service during World War II, Bataan was present in Tokyo Bay for the official Japanese surrender, and made four deployments to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. In 1950, while en route for a fifth Occupation Force deployment, the Korean War started, and the destroyer was diverted to serve as a patrol ship and carrier escort until early 1951. A second Korean tour was made during 1952. Bataan was paid off in 1954, and sold for scrap in 1958.
Bataan was one of three Tribal-class destroyers ordered for the RAN. These ships were designed with a displacement of 2,116 tons, had a length of 377.5 feet (115.1 m) overall and 355 feet (108 m) between perpendiculars, and a beam of 36.5 feet (11.1 m). Propulsion was provided by three drum-type boilers supplying Parsons Impulse Reaction turbines; these provided 44,000 shaft horsepower (33,000 kW) to the ship's two propeller shafts. Maximum speed was 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph), with an economical speed of 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph). The ship's company consisted on 261 personnel: 14 officers and 247 sailors.
On completion, the destroyer's primary armament consisted of six 4.7-inch Mark VII guns in three twin turrets. She was also armed with two 4-inch Mark XVI* guns in a twin turret, six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, a quad-barrelled 2-pounder Mark VIII pom pom, a quadruple torpedo tube set for four 21-inch torpedoes, two depth charge throwers, and 46 depth charges. In 1945, the number of torpedoes and depth charges carried was reduced.
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