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Warramunga

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ClassTribal class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullI44
FateAfloat. Tribal-class destroyer. Survived the war. She was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. This is not the later frigate of the same name.
Armament (class)Tribal. Four twin 4.7-inch mounts and two funnels.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Warramunga
U.S. Navy. HMAS Warramunga (I44) underway at speed in early 1943.JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

HMAS Warramunga, pennant number I44, was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. Her service lay in the Pacific, and she survived the war.

Command in the later years of that service passed through four captains. Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux was captain from 23 November 1942. N. A. Mackinnon took command on 5 March 1944.

J. M. Alliston became captain on 30 September 1944 and was relieved on 18 April 1945. M. J. Clark assumed command the same day.

At the end of August 1945 Warramunga was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. A later frigate also carried the name Warramunga; that ship was a different hull from this destroyer.

The pictures on this page are the originals.