HMAS Brisbane (D 41)
HMAS Brisbane in 1995
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| Namesake: | City of Brisbane |
| Builder: | Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 15 February 1965 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 October 2001 |
| Motto: | "We Aim At Higher Things" |
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| Fate: | Sunk as dive wreck |
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| Class and type: | Perth-class guided missile destroyer |
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| Beam: | 47 ft 1 in (14.35 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric steam turbines, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 24 officers, 312 sailors |
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HMAS Brisbane (D 41) was one of three Perth-class guided missile destroyers to serve in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The United States-designed ship was laid down at Bay City, Michigan in 1965, launched in 1966 and commissioned into the RAN in 1967. She is named after the city of Brisbane, Queensland.
During her career, Brisbane made two deployments to the Vietnam War, was involved in the post-Cyclone Tracy disaster relief operation Navy Help Darwin, and deployed to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. Brisbane was decommissioned in 2001, and was sunk as a dive wreck off the Queensland coast in 2005.
Brisbane was one of three Perth-class guided missile destroyers built for the RAN. Based on the United States Navy's Charles F. Adams class, Brisbane had a displacement of 3,370 tons at standard load, and 4,551 tons at full load, a length of 437 feet (133 m) overall and 420 feet (130 m) between perpendiculars, a beam of 47 feet 1 inch (14.35 m), and a maximum draught of 15 feet 3 inches (4.65 m). Propulsion was provided by two General Electric turbines, which provided 70,000 shaft horsepower (52,000 kW) to the destroyer's two propeller shafts.Brisbane could achieve speeds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). The ship's company consisted of 24 officers and 312 sailors.
As a guided missile destroyer, Brisbane's main armament consisted of a Mark 13 missile launcher firing Tartar missiles and two Ikara anti-submarine missile launchers. This was supplemented by two 5"/54 calibre Mark 42 guns and two Mark 32 triple torpedo tube sets. Over the course of the ship's career, the Mark 13 launcher was modified to fire Standard missiles, two Phalanx CIWS units were installed in 1990, and the Ikara launchers were removed in 1991.
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